2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Health Care Access

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs,
or government plans such as Medicare, or Indian Health Service?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,420 3,999 90.0 88.7-91.1 421 10.0 8.9-11.3
Western 498 464 92.0 88.2-94.7 34 8.0 5.3-11.8
GENDER
Male 227 207 89.8 83.3-93.9 20 10.2 6.1-16.7
Female 271 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 430 412 93.8 89.6-96.3 18 6.2 3.7-10.4
Non-Hispanic Black 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 109 109 100 - *** *** ***
75+ 70 70 100 - *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 105 92 85.5 74.8-92.1 13 14.5 7.9-25.2
Some Post-H.S. 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 213 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 312 287 91.8 87.3-94.8 25 8.2 5.2-12.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 436 407 91.8 87.5-94.7 29 8.2 5.3-12.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 257 231 87.7 81.1-92.2 26 12.3 7.8-18.9
Unemployed 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 279 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 376 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 316 294 91.0 85.8-94.4 22 9.0 5.6-14.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 171 158 91.3 84.7-95.2 13 8.7 4.8-15.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 195 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 289 270 94.1 89.7-96.6 19 5.9 3.4-10.3
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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