2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,073 322 7.0 6.0- 8.2 3,751 93.0 91.8-94.0
GENDER
Male 1,795 114 5.7 4.5- 7.3 1,681 94.3 92.7-95.5
Female 2,278 208 8.2 6.6-10.1 2,070 91.8 89.9-93.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,429 205 8.0 6.7- 9.6 2,224 92.0 90.4-93.3
Non-Hispanic Black 698 65 6.8 4.9- 9.2 633 93.2 90.8-95.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 347 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 163 *** *** *** 157 95.7 88.5-98.5
Hispanic 375 *** *** *** 366 96.5 87.8-99.0
AGE
18-34 813 14 2.4 1.1- 5.1 799 97.6 94.9-98.9
35-44 582 19 3.5 1.9- 6.7 563 96.5 93.3-98.1
45-54 625 25 3.2 1.9- 5.4 600 96.8 94.6-98.1
55-64 747 71 10.4 7.5-14.3 676 89.6 85.7-92.5
65-74 722 111 16.2 12.5-20.7 611 83.8 79.3-87.5
75+ 524 80 13.6 10.2-17.9 444 86.4 82.1-89.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 323 39 9.7 6.1-14.9 284 90.3 85.1-93.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 881 85 7.7 5.5-10.6 796 92.3 89.4-94.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,126 114 8.2 6.3-10.5 1,012 91.8 89.5-93.7
College Graduate 1,721 82 4.1 3.0- 5.5 1,639 95.9 94.5-97.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,309 210 14.3 11.9-17.2 1,099 85.7 82.8-88.1
No 2,629 100 3.5 2.6- 4.7 2,529 96.5 95.3-97.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 517 47 10.9 7.5-15.6 470 89.1 84.4-92.5
Non-Veteran 3,538 274 6.5 5.4- 7.7 3,264 93.5 92.3-94.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,168 67 3.4 2.3- 4.9 2,101 96.6 95.1-97.7
Unemployed 186 13 6.0 3.1-11.2 173 94.0 88.8-96.9
Retired 1,139 163 14.0 11.4-17.1 976 86.0 82.9-88.6
Unable to Work 289 67 21.0 14.7-29.0 222 79.0 71.0-85.3
Other not in Labor Force 234 *** *** *** 227 97.9 95.3-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 203 34 11.0 7.1-16.7 169 89.0 83.3-92.9
$15,000- 24,999 279 52 17.9 11.9-26.0 227 82.1 74.0-88.1
$25,000- 34,999 376 38 7.7 5.1-11.7 338 92.3 88.3-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 490 45 7.6 5.2-11.0 445 92.4 89.0-94.8
$50,000-74,999 545 29 4.7 2.9- 7.4 516 95.3 92.6-97.1
$75,000-100,000 424 23 6.6 3.0-13.6 401 93.4 86.4-97.0
$100,000-150,000 463 15 3.6 1.9- 6.9 448 96.4 93.1-98.1
$150,000+ 418 15 3.7 1.7- 8.1 403 96.3 91.9-98.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 875 71 7.1 5.1- 9.8 804 92.9 90.2-94.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 66 *** *** *** 59 90.1 78.9-95.7
50% to 100% 307 45 12.3 7.7-19.1 262 87.7 80.9-92.3
101% to 150% 260 35 8.7 5.3-14.0 225 91.3 86.0-94.7
151% to 200% 300 33 10.1 6.4-15.5 267 89.9 84.5-93.6
More than 200% 2,195 125 5.4 4.1- 7.0 2,070 94.6 93.0-95.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 875 71 7.1 5.1- 9.8 804 92.9 90.2-94.9
HOUSING
Own 2,672 202 7.2 5.9- 8.7 2,470 92.8 91.3-94.1
Rent 1,083 86 6.3 4.6- 8.7 997 93.7 91.3-95.4
Other arrangement 272 30 6.5 4.0-10.5 242 93.5 89.5-96.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,253 64 4.1 3.0- 5.5 1,189 95.9 94.5-97.0
Regional City or Suburban County 1,010 75 7.7 5.6-10.5 935 92.3 89.5-94.4
Rural 1,810 183 9.2 7.4-11.4 1,627 90.8 88.6-92.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,309 128 9.6 7.3-12.6 1,181 90.4 87.4-92.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,146 102 7.2 5.6- 9.2 1,044 92.8 90.8-94.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,618 92 5.5 4.0- 7.3 1,526 94.5 92.7-96.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,251 78 6.3 4.8- 8.3 1,173 93.7 91.7-95.2
2nd Quartile 1,081 73 5.6 3.9- 7.9 1,008 94.4 92.1-96.1
3rd Quartile 1,026 96 9.2 7.1-12.0 930 90.8 88.0-92.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 715 75 8.3 5.3-12.8 640 91.7 87.2-94.7

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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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