2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

HIV/AIDS

At Risk for HIV:
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You have injected any drug other than those prescribed for you in the past year.
You have been treated for a sexually transmitted disease or STD in the past year.
You have given or received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the past year.
You had anal sex without a condom in the past year.
You had four or more sex partners in the past year.
Do any of these situations apply to you?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,208 261 7.3 6.2- 8.5 3,947 92.7 91.5-93.8
Western 484 31 8.9 5.8-13.5 453 91.1 86.5-94.2
GENDER
Male 221 17 10.9 6.3-18.0 204 89.1 82.0-93.7
Female 263 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 418 27 8.7 5.7-13.2 391 91.3 86.8-94.3
Non-Hispanic Black 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 96 *** *** *** 96 100 -
65-74 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 69 *** *** *** 69 100 -
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 142 15 15.2 8.5-25.9 127 84.8 74.1-91.5
College Graduate 206 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 311 20 8.5 5.1-13.9 291 91.5 86.1-94.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 424 28 9.8 6.3-15.0 396 90.2 85.0-93.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 251 25 11.3 7.1-17.5 226 88.7 82.5-92.9
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 162 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 275 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 366 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 96 16 21.1 12.9-32.5 80 78.9 67.5-87.1
Other arrangement 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 307 19 9.4 5.4-15.7 288 90.6 84.3-94.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 190 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 283 19 9.0 5.0-15.4 264 91.0 84.6-95.0
2nd Quartile 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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