2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,973 304 7.9 6.8- 9.2 3,669 92.1 90.8-93.2
GENDER
Male 1,749 102 6.2 4.8- 8.0 1,647 93.8 92.0-95.2
Female 2,224 202 9.5 7.8-11.4 2,022 90.5 88.6-92.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,380 175 8.1 6.7- 9.8 2,205 91.9 90.2-93.3
Non-Hispanic Black 684 64 9.5 6.9-13.0 620 90.5 87.0-93.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 330 30 8.6 4.4-16.4 300 91.4 83.6-95.6
Non-Hispanic Other 161 *** *** *** 151 93.7 85.5-97.4
Hispanic 360 21 4.8 2.9- 7.8 339 95.2 92.2-97.1
AGE
18-34 795 50 5.0 3.7- 6.9 745 95.0 93.1-96.3
35-44 566 28 5.0 3.0- 8.3 538 95.0 91.7-97.0
45-54 612 44 7.6 5.0-11.2 568 92.4 88.8-95.0
55-64 734 68 11.2 8.1-15.3 666 88.8 84.7-91.9
65-74 696 55 9.2 6.0-13.8 641 90.8 86.2-94.0
75+ 514 55 13.5 9.3-19.1 459 86.5 80.9-90.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 312 45 15.7 10.7-22.4 267 84.3 77.6-89.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 856 82 9.1 6.9-12.1 774 90.9 87.9-93.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,099 96 7.7 6.0-10.0 1,003 92.3 90.0-94.0
College Graduate 1,688 81 4.2 3.0- 5.7 1,607 95.8 94.3-97.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,306 304 25.3 21.9-28.9 1,002 74.7 71.1-78.1
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 507 49 12.0 8.2-17.2 458 88.0 82.8-91.8
Non-Veteran 3,459 254 7.3 6.1- 8.6 3,205 92.7 91.4-93.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,129 60 3.1 2.2- 4.3 2,069 96.9 95.7-97.8
Unemployed 184 21 10.5 6.0-17.7 163 89.5 82.3-94.0
Retired 1,115 106 10.3 7.9-13.4 1,009 89.7 86.6-92.1
Unable to Work 282 100 43.4 34.7-52.5 182 56.6 47.5-65.3
Other not in Labor Force 228 15 4.8 2.6- 8.9 213 95.2 91.1-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 160 30 19.3 12.3-29.0 130 80.7 71.0-87.7
$15,000- 24,999 270 55 23.3 16.0-32.6 215 76.7 67.4-84.0
$25,000- 34,999 373 48 10.2 6.9-14.9 325 89.8 85.1-93.1
$35,000- 49,999 487 41 9.8 6.6-14.4 446 90.2 85.6-93.4
$50,000-74,999 540 25 4.7 2.9- 7.7 515 95.3 92.3-97.1
$75,000-100,000 423 15 3.3 1.6- 6.6 408 96.7 93.4-98.4
$100,000-150,000 458 13 3.0 1.5- 5.7 445 97.0 94.3-98.5
$150,000+ 413 *** *** *** 406 99.0 97.6-99.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 849 70 9.1 6.6-12.5 779 90.9 87.5-93.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 303 53 19.1 13.0-27.2 250 80.9 72.8-87.0
101% to 150% 253 34 8.7 5.4-13.8 219 91.3 86.2-94.6
151% to 200% 298 33 11.3 7.4-16.8 265 88.7 83.2-92.6
More than 200% 2,179 99 4.7 3.6- 6.1 2,080 95.3 93.9-96.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 849 70 9.1 6.6-12.5 779 90.9 87.5-93.4
HOUSING
Own 2,618 152 6.5 5.2- 8.0 2,466 93.5 92.0-94.8
Rent 1,055 113 11.0 8.6-14.1 942 89.0 85.9-91.4
Other arrangement 259 36 11.8 7.5-18.0 223 88.2 82.0-92.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,226 77 6.0 4.5- 7.9 1,149 94.0 92.1-95.5
Regional City or Suburban County 982 67 8.2 5.9-11.2 915 91.8 88.8-94.1
Rural 1,765 160 9.5 7.6-11.8 1,605 90.5 88.2-92.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,279 115 10.5 8.0-13.6 1,164 89.5 86.4-92.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,116 99 8.4 6.4-10.9 1,017 91.6 89.1-93.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,578 90 6.2 4.7- 8.0 1,488 93.8 92.0-95.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,213 68 5.7 4.2- 7.8 1,145 94.3 92.2-95.8
2nd Quartile 1,054 75 7.4 5.5- 9.8 979 92.6 90.2-94.5
3rd Quartile 1,007 93 10.0 7.6-13.2 914 90.0 86.8-92.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 699 68 11.2 7.8-15.9 631 88.8 84.1-92.2

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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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