2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the last 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your mortgage, rent or utility bills?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,208 322 10.3 8.9-11.8 2,886 89.7 88.2-91.1
Eastern NC 1,224 127 10.8 8.2-14.2 1,097 89.2 85.8-91.8
GENDER
Male 489 40 9.9 6.0-15.9 449 90.1 84.1-94.0
Female 735 87 11.6 8.4-15.8 648 88.4 84.2-91.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 571 39 6.5 4.3- 9.6 532 93.5 90.4-95.7
Non-Hispanic Black 251 44 20.4 13.7-29.4 207 79.6 70.6-86.3
Other 393 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 167 23 13.4 7.7-22.3 144 86.6 77.7-92.3
35-44 187 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 189 26 8.5 4.8-14.6 163 91.5 85.4-95.2
55-64 266 31 12.5 7.8-19.4 235 87.5 80.6-92.2
65-74 237 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 286 43 16.9 10.5-26.1 243 83.1 73.9-89.5
Some Post-H.S. 414 40 8.1 5.1-12.7 374 91.9 87.3-94.9
College Graduate 420 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 452 72 13.6 9.5-19.1 380 86.4 80.9-90.5
No 762 51 8.6 5.5-13.2 711 91.4 86.8-94.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,054 121 12.2 9.2-16.1 933 87.8 83.9-90.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 617 56 10.6 7.0-15.8 561 89.4 84.2-93.0
Unemployed 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 366 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 127 31 18.2 10.8-29.2 96 81.8 70.8-89.2
Other not in Labor Force 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 342 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 262 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 631 30 4.2 2.6- 6.6 601 95.8 93.4-97.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 262 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 875 51 7.1 4.4-11.3 824 92.9 88.7-95.6
Rent 254 58 23.2 16.6-31.6 196 76.8 68.4-83.4
Other arrangement 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 281 33 10.7 7.1-15.8 248 89.3 84.2-92.9
Rural 869 89 11.3 7.8-16.2 780 88.7 83.8-92.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 861 104 12.6 9.4-16.8 757 87.4 83.2-90.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 222 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 352 41 11.8 8.0-17.2 311 88.2 82.8-92.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 577 65 11.4 7.3-17.4 512 88.6 82.6-92.7

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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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