2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,973 655 14.1 12.6-15.6 3,318 85.9 84.4-87.4
GENDER
Male 1,749 223 11.5 9.6-13.8 1,526 88.5 86.2-90.4
Female 2,224 432 16.4 14.4-18.6 1,792 83.6 81.4-85.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,376 373 14.7 12.9-16.7 2,003 85.3 83.3-87.1
Non-Hispanic Black 679 143 17.5 13.9-21.8 536 82.5 78.2-86.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 334 80 20.5 12.1-32.6 254 79.5 67.4-87.9
Non-Hispanic Other 161 18 10.2 5.4-18.4 143 89.8 81.6-94.6
Hispanic 364 35 6.5 4.5- 9.5 329 93.5 90.5-95.5
AGE
18-34 795 26 3.5 2.0- 6.0 769 96.5 94.0-98.0
35-44 570 46 7.0 4.7-10.5 524 93.0 89.5-95.3
45-54 612 83 12.6 9.5-16.6 529 87.4 83.4-90.5
55-64 732 171 22.1 18.0-26.7 561 77.9 73.3-82.0
65-74 697 170 24.7 20.2-29.9 527 75.3 70.1-79.8
75+ 511 154 30.1 24.5-36.3 357 69.9 63.7-75.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 317 93 27.1 20.6-34.8 224 72.9 65.2-79.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 851 163 14.3 11.6-17.6 688 85.7 82.4-88.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,101 219 14.3 12.1-17.0 882 85.7 83.0-87.9
College Graduate 1,686 178 8.8 7.2-10.8 1,508 91.2 89.2-92.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,307 655 44.9 41.1-48.8 652 55.1 51.2-58.9
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 505 101 18.7 14.5-23.9 404 81.3 76.1-85.5
Non-Veteran 3,461 553 13.4 11.9-15.0 2,908 86.6 85.0-88.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,133 131 5.1 4.1- 6.4 2,002 94.9 93.6-95.9
Unemployed 182 30 16.7 9.8-27.1 152 83.3 72.9-90.2
Retired 1,112 290 25.5 21.9-29.5 822 74.5 70.5-78.1
Unable to Work 283 189 65.6 56.8-73.5 94 34.4 26.5-43.2
Other not in Labor Force 228 13 2.8 1.3- 6.1 215 97.2 93.9-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 160 62 27.3 19.8-36.5 98 72.7 63.5-80.2
$15,000- 24,999 272 100 32.1 24.0-41.5 172 67.9 58.5-76.0
$25,000- 34,999 369 97 22.1 16.9-28.4 272 77.9 71.6-83.1
$35,000- 49,999 488 74 13.8 10.0-18.6 414 86.2 81.4-90.0
$50,000-74,999 539 72 11.2 7.8-15.9 467 88.8 84.1-92.2
$75,000-100,000 422 40 6.2 4.1- 9.3 382 93.8 90.7-95.9
$100,000-150,000 458 37 7.4 5.0-10.8 421 92.6 89.2-95.0
$150,000+ 412 26 6.2 3.9- 9.7 386 93.8 90.3-96.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 853 147 15.6 12.4-19.4 706 84.4 80.6-87.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 306 103 26.0 19.5-33.9 203 74.0 66.1-80.5
101% to 150% 255 64 13.6 9.4-19.3 191 86.4 80.7-90.6
151% to 200% 294 69 25.7 18.8-34.1 225 74.3 65.9-81.2
More than 200% 2,174 251 9.6 8.2-11.3 1,923 90.4 88.7-91.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 853 147 15.6 12.4-19.4 706 84.4 80.6-87.6
HOUSING
Own 2,613 403 13.5 11.8-15.4 2,210 86.5 84.6-88.2
Rent 1,057 189 16.0 13.0-19.6 868 84.0 80.4-87.0
Other arrangement 262 57 13.5 9.2-19.3 205 86.5 80.7-90.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,228 141 9.1 7.4-11.2 1,087 90.9 88.8-92.6
Regional City or Suburban County 983 144 14.6 11.7-18.1 839 85.4 81.9-88.3
Rural 1,762 370 18.3 15.8-21.1 1,392 81.7 78.9-84.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,279 265 18.5 15.3-22.1 1,014 81.5 77.9-84.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,114 190 14.6 12.1-17.5 924 85.4 82.5-87.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,580 200 11.3 9.4-13.6 1,380 88.7 86.4-90.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,215 161 11.9 9.7-14.5 1,054 88.1 85.5-90.3
2nd Quartile 1,053 147 12.1 9.7-15.0 906 87.9 85.0-90.3
3rd Quartile 1,006 192 17.9 14.8-21.4 814 82.1 78.6-85.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 699 155 17.9 13.6-23.3 544 82.1 76.7-86.4

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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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