2023 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 3,208 322 10.3 8.9-11.8 2,886 89.7 88.2-91.1
GENDER
Male 1,348 107 8.2 6.4-10.5 1,241 91.8 89.5-93.6
Female 1,860 215 12.0 10.1-14.3 1,645 88.0 85.7-89.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,904 129 7.1 5.8- 8.6 1,775 92.9 91.4-94.2
Non-Hispanic Black 579 103 19.0 14.8-24.2 476 81.0 75.8-85.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 316 40 11.0 5.8-19.6 276 89.0 80.4-94.2
Non-Hispanic Other 104 *** *** *** 98 95.6 87.7-98.5
Hispanic 269 41 15.3 10.9-21.2 228 84.7 78.8-89.1
AGE
18-34 515 71 13.9 10.5-18.4 444 86.1 81.6-89.5
35-44 454 64 13.8 10.1-18.8 390 86.2 81.2-89.9
45-54 518 72 11.7 8.7-15.6 446 88.3 84.4-91.3
55-64 642 68 9.6 7.1-12.8 574 90.4 87.2-92.9
65-74 586 34 6.2 3.8-10.0 552 93.8 90.0-96.2
75+ 452 12 2.4 1.1- 5.2 440 97.6 94.8-98.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 254 53 16.2 11.3-22.6 201 83.8 77.4-88.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 686 92 12.8 9.8-16.5 594 87.2 83.5-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 939 118 12.0 9.4-15.1 821 88.0 84.9-90.6
College Graduate 1,315 59 4.0 2.9- 5.5 1,256 96.0 94.5-97.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,092 185 16.1 13.4-19.3 907 83.9 80.7-86.6
No 2,088 130 7.2 5.7- 9.1 1,958 92.8 90.9-94.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 370 22 6.1 3.6-10.2 348 93.9 89.8-96.4
Non-Veteran 2,835 300 10.8 9.3-12.5 2,535 89.2 87.5-90.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,700 154 9.7 7.9-11.9 1,546 90.3 88.1-92.1
Unemployed 137 40 25.5 17.4-35.7 97 74.5 64.3-82.6
Retired 948 41 3.9 2.6- 5.7 907 96.1 94.3-97.4
Unable to Work 249 70 25.6 18.6-34.2 179 74.4 65.8-81.4
Other not in Labor Force 153 15 10.0 5.6-17.1 138 90.0 82.9-94.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 215 57 19.4 13.4-27.1 158 80.6 72.9-86.6
$25,000- 34,999 289 64 23.8 17.7-31.1 225 76.2 68.9-82.3
$35,000- 49,999 394 47 15.0 10.5-21.0 347 85.0 79.0-89.5
$50,000-74,999 430 29 7.0 4.6-10.6 401 93.0 89.4-95.4
$75,000-100,000 332 *** *** *** 323 96.5 92.9-98.3
$100,000-150,000 361 *** *** *** 356 98.8 95.4-99.7
$150,000+ 339 *** *** *** 336 99.2 97.2-99.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 721 60 8.9 6.0-13.0 661 91.1 87.0-94.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 241 81 27.4 20.7-35.2 160 72.6 64.8-79.3
101% to 150% 199 48 23.2 16.0-32.5 151 76.8 67.5-84.0
151% to 200% 246 37 16.1 11.0-22.9 209 83.9 77.1-89.0
More than 200% 1,732 75 4.7 3.5- 6.3 1,657 95.3 93.7-96.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 721 60 8.9 6.0-13.0 661 91.1 87.0-94.0
HOUSING
Own 2,246 128 6.3 4.9- 8.0 2,118 93.7 92.0-95.1
Rent 719 155 23.2 19.3-27.7 564 76.8 72.3-80.7
Other arrangement 211 35 15.0 9.7-22.4 176 85.0 77.6-90.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 904 85 10.4 8.2-13.1 819 89.6 86.9-91.8
Regional City or Suburban County 761 75 9.4 6.8-12.9 686 90.6 87.1-93.2
Rural 1,543 162 10.8 8.7-13.3 1,381 89.2 86.7-91.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,103 133 11.6 9.1-14.5 970 88.4 85.5-90.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 936 98 11.6 8.9-14.9 838 88.4 85.1-91.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,169 91 8.4 6.6-10.8 1,078 91.6 89.2-93.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 941 70 8.0 6.1-10.4 871 92.0 89.6-93.9
2nd Quartile 788 91 12.2 9.4-15.7 697 87.8 84.3-90.6
3rd Quartile 843 87 10.2 7.8-13.2 756 89.8 86.8-92.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 636 74 11.0 7.5-15.8 562 89.0 84.2-92.5

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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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