2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,967 536 14.8 13.2-16.5 3,431 85.2 83.5-86.8
GENDER
Male 1,748 209 13.1 11.0-15.6 1,539 86.9 84.4-89.0
Female 2,219 327 16.3 14.2-18.7 1,892 83.7 81.3-85.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,371 298 14.6 12.6-16.7 2,073 85.4 83.3-87.4
Non-Hispanic Black 683 104 15.1 11.6-19.4 579 84.9 80.6-88.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 330 42 12.4 6.8-21.4 288 87.6 78.6-93.2
Non-Hispanic Other 162 27 15.9 9.9-24.4 135 84.1 75.6-90.1
Hispanic 364 54 14.5 10.7-19.4 310 85.5 80.6-89.3
AGE
18-34 794 146 18.9 15.7-22.7 648 81.1 77.3-84.3
35-44 568 85 14.9 11.5-19.2 483 85.1 80.8-88.5
45-54 615 76 12.3 8.9-16.8 539 87.7 83.2-91.1
55-64 731 112 15.0 11.6-19.1 619 85.0 80.9-88.4
65-74 698 60 11.0 7.6-15.7 638 89.0 84.3-92.4
75+ 509 55 12.7 8.4-18.6 454 87.3 81.4-91.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 315 70 26.8 20.0-34.9 245 73.2 65.1-80.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 852 156 18.1 14.9-21.9 696 81.9 78.1-85.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,102 165 14.1 11.7-16.8 937 85.9 83.2-88.3
College Graduate 1,682 145 8.3 6.7-10.3 1,537 91.7 89.7-93.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,299 536 47.5 43.5-51.4 763 52.5 48.6-56.5
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 507 83 18.6 14.2-24.0 424 81.4 76.0-85.8
Non-Veteran 3,454 450 14.2 12.5-16.0 3,004 85.8 84.0-87.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,126 227 11.2 9.5-13.1 1,899 88.8 86.9-90.5
Unemployed 183 48 27.2 18.9-37.6 135 72.8 62.4-81.1
Retired 1,112 114 11.4 8.7-14.8 998 88.6 85.2-91.3
Unable to Work 282 107 44.1 35.3-53.2 175 55.9 46.8-64.7
Other not in Labor Force 229 36 17.8 12.3-25.2 193 82.2 74.8-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 160 48 28.7 20.5-38.4 112 71.3 61.6-79.5
$15,000- 24,999 271 66 25.8 18.4-35.0 205 74.2 65.0-81.6
$25,000- 34,999 371 67 20.3 14.8-27.4 304 79.7 72.6-85.2
$35,000- 49,999 489 76 18.7 14.4-24.1 413 81.3 75.9-85.6
$50,000-74,999 539 55 11.5 7.9-16.5 484 88.5 83.5-92.1
$75,000-100,000 420 39 11.9 7.8-17.8 381 88.1 82.2-92.2
$100,000-150,000 454 35 7.6 5.1-11.0 419 92.4 89.0-94.9
$150,000+ 413 24 5.2 3.1- 8.5 389 94.8 91.5-96.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 850 126 16.1 12.7-20.1 724 83.9 79.9-87.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 305 76 27.8 20.4-36.6 229 72.2 63.4-79.6
101% to 150% 254 50 15.8 10.9-22.3 204 84.2 77.7-89.1
151% to 200% 296 56 23.6 17.0-31.8 240 76.4 68.2-83.0
More than 200% 2,171 206 10.5 8.8-12.4 1,965 89.5 87.6-91.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 850 126 16.1 12.7-20.1 724 83.9 79.9-87.3
HOUSING
Own 2,612 262 11.1 9.4-13.0 2,350 88.9 87.0-90.6
Rent 1,055 202 21.7 18.3-25.5 853 78.3 74.5-81.7
Other arrangement 261 68 28.0 21.2-35.8 193 72.0 64.2-78.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,222 153 13.5 11.1-16.2 1,069 86.5 83.8-88.9
Regional City or Suburban County 980 139 15.8 12.7-19.5 841 84.2 80.5-87.3
Rural 1,765 244 15.2 12.8-18.0 1,521 84.8 82.0-87.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,275 186 16.1 13.1-19.7 1,089 83.9 80.3-86.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,119 169 15.8 13.2-18.9 950 84.2 81.1-86.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,573 181 13.3 11.1-16.0 1,392 86.7 84.0-88.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,207 147 13.8 11.3-16.6 1,060 86.2 83.4-88.7
2nd Quartile 1,056 143 14.9 12.2-18.2 913 85.1 81.8-87.8
3rd Quartile 1,007 142 16.2 13.1-20.0 865 83.8 80.0-86.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 697 104 13.7 10.2-18.1 593 86.3 81.9-89.8

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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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