2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,223 315 11.1 9.7-12.7 2,908 88.9 87.3-90.3
GENDER
Male 1,353 141 11.7 9.5-14.3 1,212 88.3 85.7-90.5
Female 1,870 174 10.6 8.8-12.7 1,696 89.4 87.3-91.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,915 148 8.9 7.4-10.7 1,767 91.1 89.3-92.6
Non-Hispanic Black 582 71 13.5 10.1-17.7 511 86.5 82.3-89.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 317 26 10.9 4.4-24.4 291 89.1 75.6-95.6
Non-Hispanic Other 104 *** *** *** 95 87.5 75.4-94.1
Hispanic 268 59 20.0 14.8-26.5 209 80.0 73.5-85.2
AGE
18-34 518 94 18.8 15.0-23.3 424 81.2 76.7-85.0
35-44 457 54 14.1 10.0-19.5 403 85.9 80.5-90.0
45-54 520 72 12.1 9.0-16.2 448 87.9 83.8-91.0
55-64 645 69 10.3 7.7-13.6 576 89.7 86.4-92.3
65-74 587 23 3.7 2.3- 6.0 564 96.3 94.0-97.7
75+ 454 *** *** *** 451 99.6 98.7-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 257 41 13.8 9.3-19.9 216 86.2 80.1-90.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 689 87 14.7 11.5-18.7 602 85.3 81.3-88.5
Some Post-H.S. 942 102 10.4 8.2-13.2 840 89.6 86.8-91.8
College Graduate 1,321 84 7.7 5.8-10.1 1,237 92.3 89.9-94.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,099 132 12.9 10.4-16.0 967 87.1 84.0-89.6
No 2,097 177 10.0 8.3-11.9 1,920 90.0 88.1-91.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 372 34 11.4 7.3-17.3 338 88.6 82.7-92.7
Non-Veteran 2,847 281 11.0 9.6-12.7 2,566 89.0 87.3-90.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,711 197 12.3 10.4-14.6 1,514 87.7 85.4-89.6
Unemployed 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 952 *** *** *** 943 99.0 97.7-99.6
Unable to Work 248 22 9.2 5.4-15.1 226 90.8 84.9-94.6
Other not in Labor Force 154 15 9.0 4.7-16.7 139 91.0 83.3-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 216 35 17.3 10.5-27.2 181 82.7 72.8-89.5
$25,000- 34,999 290 41 17.3 12.1-24.0 249 82.7 76.0-87.9
$35,000- 49,999 396 45 14.3 10.0-20.0 351 85.7 80.0-90.0
$50,000-74,999 432 47 12.6 8.9-17.6 385 87.4 82.4-91.1
$75,000-100,000 334 23 8.8 5.5-13.8 311 91.2 86.2-94.5
$100,000-150,000 361 17 4.5 2.6- 7.7 344 95.5 92.3-97.4
$150,000+ 340 17 4.8 2.7- 8.2 323 95.2 91.8-97.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 727 59 8.5 6.0-11.8 668 91.5 88.2-94.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 241 50 22.7 15.7-31.5 191 77.3 68.5-84.3
101% to 150% 200 30 15.9 9.7-25.0 170 84.1 75.0-90.3
151% to 200% 246 27 13.7 8.8-20.6 219 86.3 79.4-91.2
More than 200% 1,739 127 8.4 6.8-10.3 1,612 91.6 89.7-93.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 727 59 8.5 6.0-11.8 668 91.5 88.2-94.0
HOUSING
Own 2,256 150 8.0 6.5- 9.8 2,106 92.0 90.2-93.5
Rent 722 116 16.9 13.7-20.6 606 83.1 79.4-86.3
Other arrangement 213 47 25.6 18.5-34.3 166 74.4 65.7-81.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 908 102 12.0 9.7-14.8 806 88.0 85.2-90.3
Regional City or Suburban County 766 75 9.6 7.2-12.6 691 90.4 87.4-92.8
Rural 1,549 138 11.4 9.1-14.2 1,411 88.6 85.8-90.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,111 106 11.6 8.9-14.9 1,005 88.4 85.1-91.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 942 92 10.9 8.6-13.7 850 89.1 86.3-91.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,170 117 10.9 8.8-13.5 1,053 89.1 86.5-91.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 942 83 9.1 7.0-11.7 859 90.9 88.3-93.0
2nd Quartile 790 90 12.8 10.0-16.2 700 87.2 83.8-90.0
3rd Quartile 852 86 11.0 8.5-14.1 766 89.0 85.9-91.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 639 56 11.9 8.0-17.3 583 88.1 82.7-92.0

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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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