2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,350 1,392 33.6 31.7-35.6 2,958 66.4 64.4-68.3
Western 496 176 37.9 32.4-43.8 320 62.1 56.2-67.6
GENDER
Male 224 70 31.7 24.1-40.4 154 68.3 59.6-75.9
Female 272 106 43.8 36.1-51.8 166 56.2 48.2-63.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 426 149 38.4 32.6-44.7 277 61.6 55.3-67.4
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 146 58 39.6 30.3-49.8 88 60.4 50.2-69.7
College Graduate 212 54 20.7 15.2-27.5 158 79.3 72.5-84.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 176 176 100 - *** *** ***
No 320 *** *** *** 320 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 433 154 38.3 32.3-44.6 279 61.7 55.4-67.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 254 49 21.4 15.6-28.7 205 78.6 71.3-84.4
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 166 73 47.6 38.8-56.7 93 52.4 43.3-61.2
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 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 141 24 17.8 11.4-26.8 117 82.2 73.2-88.6
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% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 278 76 27.2 20.9-34.5 202 72.8 65.5-79.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 370 128 36.8 30.4-43.7 242 63.2 56.3-69.6
Rent 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 184 51 24.7 18.4-32.4 133 75.3 67.6-81.6
Rural 312 125 44.2 37.0-51.6 187 55.8 48.4-63.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 167 62 35.5 27.5-44.4 105 64.5 55.6-72.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 197 58 29.4 22.0-38.1 139 70.6 61.9-78.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 290 94 31.3 25.1-38.2 196 68.7 61.8-74.9
2nd Quartile 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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