2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,073 184 3.8 3.1- 4.7 3,889 96.2 95.3-96.9
Eastern NC 1,504 81 4.1 3.0- 5.6 1,423 95.9 94.4-97.0
GENDER
Male 642 19 3.2 1.9- 5.4 623 96.8 94.6-98.1
Female 862 62 5.0 3.5- 7.2 800 95.0 92.8-96.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 734 35 3.2 2.1- 4.7 699 96.8 95.3-97.9
Non-Hispanic Black 293 21 6.5 3.8-11.0 272 93.5 89.0-96.2
Other 458 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 269 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 224 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 221 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 302 20 5.2 2.9- 9.2 282 94.8 90.8-97.1
65-74 290 26 7.2 4.2-12.0 264 92.8 88.0-95.8
75+ 184 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 369 18 3.4 1.9- 6.0 351 96.6 94.0-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 472 27 3.9 2.3- 6.6 445 96.1 93.4-97.7
College Graduate 529 27 4.7 2.9- 7.6 502 95.3 92.4-97.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 536 50 7.9 5.4-11.5 486 92.1 88.5-94.6
No 921 29 2.2 1.3- 3.6 892 97.8 96.4-98.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 243 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,252 68 4.2 3.0- 5.9 1,184 95.8 94.1-97.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 766 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 428 43 10.2 6.7-15.2 385 89.8 84.8-93.3
Unable to Work 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 206 18 7.7 4.4-13.3 188 92.3 86.7-95.6
$50,000- 74,999 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 424 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 310 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 776 36 3.6 2.4- 5.3 740 96.4 94.7-97.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 310 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,023 54 4.0 2.7- 5.8 969 96.0 94.2-97.3
Rent 362 20 5.4 3.1- 9.3 342 94.6 90.7-96.9
Other arrangement 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 390 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 1,021 69 5.6 4.0- 7.9 952 94.4 92.1-96.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,042 62 5.0 3.4- 7.1 980 95.0 92.9-96.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 181 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 281 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 228 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 450 21 2.7 1.7- 4.4 429 97.3 95.6-98.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 646 46 7.8 4.9-12.1 600 92.2 87.9-95.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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