2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,375 580 14.9 13.4-16.7 3,795 85.1 83.3-86.6
Western 500 80 20.1 15.3-25.9 420 79.9 74.1-84.7
GENDER
Male 228 36 18.0 11.9-26.3 192 82.0 73.7-88.1
Female 272 44 22.0 15.2-30.8 228 78.0 69.2-84.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 429 65 20.0 14.9-26.4 364 80.0 73.6-85.1
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 79 12 13.4 7.3-23.3 67 86.6 76.7-92.7
55-64 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 147 26 19.6 12.6-29.2 121 80.4 70.8-87.4
College Graduate 213 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 175 80 53.5 43.5-63.3 95 46.5 36.7-56.5
No 320 *** *** *** 320 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 437 69 20.4 15.2-26.9 368 79.6 73.1-84.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 257 26 11.1 7.2-16.7 231 88.9 83.3-92.8
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 167 21 17.2 11.1-25.8 146 82.8 74.2-88.9
Unable to Work 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 280 31 13.6 8.6-20.8 249 86.4 79.2-91.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 373 48 17.6 12.3-24.5 325 82.4 75.5-87.7
Rent 102 22 23.6 15.3-34.7 80 76.4 65.3-84.7
Other arrangement 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 183 21 11.4 7.1-17.6 162 88.6 82.4-92.9
Rural 317 59 24.1 17.7-31.9 258 75.9 68.1-82.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 171 25 14.5 9.1-22.3 146 85.5 77.7-90.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 196 24 14.4 8.7-23.1 172 85.6 76.9-91.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 291 35 14.0 9.4-20.5 256 86.0 79.5-90.6
2nd Quartile 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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