2023 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 4,073 184 3.8 3.1- 4.7 3,889 96.2 95.3-96.9
GENDER
Male 1,798 54 3.1 2.2- 4.4 1,744 96.9 95.6-97.8
Female 2,275 130 4.4 3.4- 5.7 2,145 95.6 94.3-96.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,429 107 4.1 3.1- 5.3 2,322 95.9 94.7-96.9
Non-Hispanic Black 698 41 4.4 3.0- 6.5 657 95.6 93.5-97.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 345 22 4.8 2.3- 9.9 323 95.2 90.1-97.7
Non-Hispanic Other 164 *** *** *** 158 96.4 89.7-98.8
Hispanic 376 *** *** *** 369 98.7 97.2-99.4
AGE
18-34 812 *** *** *** 805 99.2 98.1-99.7
35-44 584 *** *** *** 576 98.8 97.0-99.5
45-54 625 19 3.0 1.8- 4.9 606 97.0 95.1-98.2
55-64 745 42 5.0 3.2- 7.7 703 95.0 92.3-96.8
65-74 724 60 8.2 5.6-11.8 664 91.8 88.2-94.4
75+ 523 46 9.5 6.0-14.6 477 90.5 85.4-94.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 326 15 5.8 2.9-11.2 311 94.2 88.8-97.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 885 40 3.3 2.2- 4.9 845 96.7 95.1-97.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,123 61 4.3 3.0- 6.1 1,062 95.7 93.9-97.0
College Graduate 1,717 67 3.0 2.2- 4.0 1,650 97.0 96.0-97.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,307 118 8.3 6.4-10.8 1,189 91.7 89.2-93.6
No 2,630 58 1.6 1.1- 2.3 2,572 98.4 97.7-98.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 517 25 5.9 3.3-10.1 492 94.1 89.9-96.7
Non-Veteran 3,538 157 3.5 2.8- 4.4 3,381 96.5 95.6-97.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,168 37 1.5 1.0- 2.3 2,131 98.5 97.7-99.0
Unemployed 187 *** *** *** 184 99.0 96.7-99.7
Retired 1,138 98 9.9 7.3-13.2 1,040 90.1 86.8-92.7
Unable to Work 288 41 9.2 6.1-13.7 247 90.8 86.3-93.9
Other not in Labor Force 234 *** *** *** 231 99.2 97.3-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 206 21 5.8 3.3- 9.9 185 94.2 90.1-96.7
$15,000- 24,999 279 19 5.0 2.6- 9.2 260 95.0 90.8-97.4
$25,000- 34,999 375 32 7.7 4.8-12.4 343 92.3 87.6-95.2
$35,000- 49,999 490 33 6.0 3.7- 9.6 457 94.0 90.4-96.3
$50,000-74,999 542 14 2.1 1.0- 4.1 528 97.9 95.9-99.0
$75,000-100,000 424 16 3.2 1.7- 6.0 408 96.8 94.0-98.3
$100,000-150,000 463 *** *** *** 454 98.8 97.1-99.5
$150,000+ 417 *** *** *** 410 98.7 97.0-99.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 877 33 3.9 2.3- 6.6 844 96.1 93.4-97.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 68 *** *** *** 61 92.4 83.2-96.7
50% to 100% 309 27 6.3 3.6-10.9 282 93.7 89.1-96.4
101% to 150% 258 13 3.4 1.5- 7.6 245 96.6 92.4-98.5
151% to 200% 300 22 6.6 3.9-11.0 278 93.4 89.0-96.1
More than 200% 2,191 78 2.9 2.1- 4.0 2,113 97.1 96.0-97.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 877 33 3.9 2.3- 6.6 844 96.1 93.4-97.7
HOUSING
Own 2,671 125 4.1 3.2- 5.3 2,546 95.9 94.7-96.8
Rent 1,083 43 3.1 2.1- 4.5 1,040 96.9 95.5-97.9
Other arrangement 273 14 3.5 1.7- 7.2 259 96.5 92.8-98.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,252 35 2.3 1.5- 3.6 1,217 97.7 96.4-98.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,013 34 3.2 2.0- 5.1 979 96.8 94.9-98.0
Rural 1,808 115 5.6 4.3- 7.4 1,693 94.4 92.6-95.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,308 76 5.2 3.7- 7.3 1,232 94.8 92.7-96.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,148 60 4.2 2.9- 5.9 1,088 95.8 94.1-97.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,617 48 2.8 1.9- 4.1 1,569 97.2 95.9-98.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,251 46 3.0 2.0- 4.5 1,205 97.0 95.5-98.0
2nd Quartile 1,080 42 3.5 2.4- 5.3 1,038 96.5 94.7-97.6
3rd Quartile 1,029 46 3.6 2.3- 5.6 983 96.4 94.4-97.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 713 50 7.6 5.0-11.6 663 92.4 88.4-95.0

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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