2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Inadequate Sleep

Getting recommended hours of sleep*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,334 2,749 62.4 60.4-64.3 1,585 37.6 35.7-39.6
Western 494 330 65.8 60.4-70.8 164 34.2 29.2-39.6
GENDER
Male 226 154 65.7 57.3-73.2 72 34.3 26.8-42.7
Female 268 176 65.9 58.5-72.6 92 34.1 27.4-41.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 425 286 66.4 60.8-71.6 139 33.6 28.4-39.2
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 147 91 62.8 52.8-71.7 56 37.2 28.3-47.2
College Graduate 211 156 76.2 68.9-82.2 55 23.8 17.8-31.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 174 93 53.8 44.0-63.2 81 46.2 36.8-56.0
No 307 228 72.9 66.2-78.7 79 27.1 21.3-33.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 430 288 66.7 61.0-71.9 142 33.3 28.1-39.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 254 173 65.3 57.5-72.4 81 34.7 27.6-42.5
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 164 116 68.0 58.8-75.9 48 32.0 24.1-41.2
Unable to Work 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 139 111 80.8 71.8-87.4 28 19.2 12.6-28.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 280 204 73.3 66.5-79.1 76 26.7 20.9-33.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 368 255 67.7 61.4-73.4 113 32.3 26.6-38.6
Rent 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 180 127 68.7 59.7-76.4 53 31.3 23.6-40.3
Rural 314 203 64.4 57.6-70.8 111 35.6 29.2-42.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 132 *** *** *** 43 36.8 27.0-47.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 169 106 65.4 56.7-73.2 63 34.6 26.8-43.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 193 135 68.5 59.8-76.1 58 31.5 23.9-40.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 287 197 67.6 60.8-73.8 90 32.4 26.2-39.2
2nd Quartile 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***

Back to Inadequate Sleep.

*Recommended sleep by Age:
18–60 years 7 or more hours per night
61–64 years 7–9 hours
65 years and older 7–8 hours
https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/about_sleep/how_much_sleep.html

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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