2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,073 184 3.8 3.1- 4.7 3,889 96.2 95.3-96.9
FEMALES 2,275 130 4.4 3.4- 5.7 2,145 95.6 94.3-96.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,356 70 4.4 3.1- 6.2 1,286 95.6 93.8-96.9
Non-Hispanic Black 407 28 4.6 2.8- 7.3 379 95.4 92.7-97.2
Other 489 32 4.4 2.1- 9.0 457 95.6 91.0-97.9
AGE
18-34 402 *** *** *** 397 99.0 97.2-99.6
35-44 323 *** *** *** 317 99.0 97.5-99.6
45-54 365 16 5.0 2.9- 8.5 349 95.0 91.5-97.1
55-64 417 29 5.5 3.0-10.0 388 94.5 90.0-97.0
65-74 415 45 8.9 5.6-14.0 370 91.1 86.0-94.4
75+ 321 28 8.3 4.3-15.2 293 91.7 84.8-95.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 156 *** *** *** 149 94.4 84.2-98.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 475 35 5.1 3.3- 7.8 440 94.9 92.2-96.7
Some Post-H.S. 667 44 4.8 3.0- 7.5 623 95.2 92.5-97.0
College Graduate 966 43 3.0 2.0- 4.4 923 97.0 95.6-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 130 18 7.5 4.0-13.7 112 92.5 86.3-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 191 16 5.3 2.9- 9.6 175 94.7 90.4-97.1
$25,000- 34,999 229 22 7.0 4.0-12.1 207 93.0 87.9-96.0
$35,000- 49,999 263 20 6.4 3.5-11.3 243 93.6 88.7-96.5
$50,000- 74,999 299 *** *** *** 291 98.8 97.3-99.5
$75,000+ 631 19 2.1 1.1- 3.7 612 97.9 96.3-98.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 763 84 9.4 6.8-13.0 679 90.6 87.0-93.2
No 1,441 39 1.8 1.2- 2.8 1,402 98.2 97.2-98.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,191 120 4.0 3.1- 5.2 2,071 96.0 94.8-96.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 673 20 2.6 1.4- 4.5 653 97.4 95.5-98.6
Regional City or Suburban County 538 22 4.3 2.4- 7.6 516 95.7 92.4-97.6
Rural 1,064 88 6.1 4.4- 8.5 976 93.9 91.5-95.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,076 25 1.8 1.1- 3.1 1,051 98.2 96.9-98.9
Unemployed 110 *** *** *** 108 98.7 94.6-99.7
Retired 675 62 9.4 6.2-14.0 613 90.6 86.0-93.8
Unable to Work 193 36 13.8 8.9-20.8 157 86.2 79.2-91.1
Other not in Labor Force 190 *** *** *** 187 99.0 96.6-99.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 52 *** *** *** 46 91.0 79.1-96.4
50% to 100% 202 21 6.4 3.7-10.7 181 93.6 89.3-96.3
101% to 150% 155 11 4.0 1.8- 8.5 144 96.0 91.5-98.2
151% to 200% 171 16 7.7 4.1-14.0 155 92.3 86.0-95.9
More than 200% 1,129 45 2.6 1.7- 3.9 1,084 97.4 96.1-98.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 758 57 6.1 3.9- 9.4 701 93.9 90.6-96.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 631 39 4.0 2.6- 6.0 592 96.0 94.0-97.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 886 34 3.8 2.3- 6.0 852 96.2 94.0-97.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 676 31 3.7 2.2- 6.1 645 96.3 93.9-97.8
2nd Quartile 587 29 4.4 2.7- 7.2 558 95.6 92.8-97.3
3rd Quartile 587 33 4.0 2.3- 7.0 554 96.0 93.0-97.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 425 37 7.5 4.4-12.6 388 92.5 87.4-95.6

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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 U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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