2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,950 1,315 31.7 29.7-33.8 2,635 68.3 66.2-70.3
GENDER
Male 1,738 546 30.2 27.3-33.4 1,192 69.8 66.6-72.7
Female 2,212 769 33.0 30.3-35.8 1,443 67.0 64.2-69.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,364 782 33.4 30.8-36.0 1,582 66.6 64.0-69.2
Non-Hispanic Black 679 245 32.8 28.1-37.9 434 67.2 62.1-71.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 331 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 160 42 23.0 15.8-32.3 118 77.0 67.7-84.2
Hispanic 360 97 24.9 20.0-30.5 263 75.1 69.5-80.0
AGE
18-34 792 198 25.0 21.3-29.2 594 75.0 70.8-78.7
35-44 563 134 23.0 18.8-27.8 429 77.0 72.2-81.2
45-54 611 161 26.4 21.7-31.6 450 73.6 68.4-78.3
55-64 727 271 35.2 30.4-40.4 456 64.8 59.6-69.6
65-74 695 258 39.5 34.2-45.0 437 60.5 55.0-65.8
75+ 510 280 57.0 50.6-63.1 230 43.0 36.9-49.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 312 156 51.4 43.4-59.3 156 48.6 40.7-56.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 845 333 34.9 30.7-39.3 512 65.1 60.7-69.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,099 419 32.2 28.6-35.9 680 67.8 64.1-71.4
College Graduate 1,678 403 21.1 18.8-23.7 1,275 78.9 76.3-81.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,315 1,315 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 2,635 *** *** *** 2,635 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 504 228 44.7 38.8-50.7 276 55.3 49.3-61.2
Non-Veteran 3,440 1,084 29.8 27.7-32.0 2,356 70.2 68.0-72.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,115 455 21.1 18.8-23.5 1,660 78.9 76.5-81.2
Unemployed 182 83 43.2 33.5-53.4 99 56.8 46.6-66.5
Retired 1,110 488 45.1 40.7-49.6 622 54.9 50.4-59.3
Unable to Work 284 231 81.8 75.0-87.0 53 18.2 13.0-25.0
Other not in Labor Force 228 51 21.6 15.6-29.1 177 78.4 70.9-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 159 93 49.7 39.6-59.8 66 50.3 40.2-60.4
$15,000- 24,999 271 157 53.9 44.0-63.5 114 46.1 36.5-56.0
$25,000- 34,999 370 168 46.1 38.4-54.1 202 53.9 45.9-61.6
$35,000- 49,999 489 179 36.3 30.8-42.3 310 63.7 57.7-69.2
$50,000-74,999 536 150 27.0 22.1-32.5 386 73.0 67.5-77.9
$75,000-100,000 419 111 25.1 19.7-31.4 308 74.9 68.6-80.3
$100,000-150,000 452 99 19.8 15.7-24.7 353 80.2 75.3-84.3
$150,000+ 411 69 14.1 10.6-18.5 342 85.9 81.5-89.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 843 289 33.4 29.0-38.1 554 66.6 61.9-71.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 303 171 53.1 44.8-61.3 132 46.9 38.7-55.2
101% to 150% 253 105 32.1 23.5-42.1 148 67.9 57.9-76.5
151% to 200% 295 134 47.4 39.5-55.4 161 52.6 44.6-60.5
More than 200% 2,165 576 24.7 22.4-27.2 1,589 75.3 72.8-77.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 843 289 33.4 29.0-38.1 554 66.6 61.9-71.0
HOUSING
Own 2,604 791 29.0 26.6-31.6 1,813 71.0 68.4-73.4
Rent 1,049 394 36.9 33.0-40.9 655 63.1 59.1-67.0
Other arrangement 259 120 41.5 33.8-49.7 139 58.5 50.3-66.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,217 341 27.0 24.0-30.3 876 73.0 69.7-76.0
Regional City or Suburban County 974 315 32.0 28.0-36.4 659 68.0 63.6-72.0
Rural 1,759 659 35.8 32.5-39.2 1,100 64.2 60.8-67.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,273 487 37.9 33.9-42.1 786 62.1 57.9-66.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,115 395 33.1 29.5-36.8 720 66.9 63.2-70.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,562 433 27.4 24.5-30.6 1,129 72.6 69.4-75.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,200 343 28.1 24.8-31.7 857 71.9 68.3-75.2
2nd Quartile 1,049 336 30.4 26.9-34.2 713 69.6 65.8-73.1
3rd Quartile 1,005 360 35.4 31.5-39.5 645 64.6 60.5-68.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 696 276 37.9 31.7-44.5 420 62.1 55.5-68.3

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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