2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,973 304 7.9 6.8- 9.2 3,669 92.1 90.8-93.2
FEMALES 2,224 202 9.5 7.8-11.4 2,022 90.5 88.6-92.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,330 119 10.4 8.2-13.1 1,211 89.6 86.9-91.8
Non-Hispanic Black 401 42 10.2 6.9-14.9 359 89.8 85.1-93.1
Other 470 39 5.4 2.7-10.2 431 94.6 89.8-97.3
AGE
18-34 394 29 5.1 3.3- 7.7 365 94.9 92.3-96.7
35-44 311 18 5.4 3.0- 9.6 293 94.6 90.4-97.0
45-54 360 29 7.8 4.8-12.5 331 92.2 87.5-95.2
55-64 413 45 14.7 9.8-21.4 368 85.3 78.6-90.2
65-74 401 41 12.0 7.3-19.0 360 88.0 81.0-92.7
75+ 314 38 16.1 10.3-24.3 276 83.9 75.7-89.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 151 29 23.5 15.0-34.7 122 76.5 65.3-85.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 458 56 11.7 8.2-16.4 402 88.3 83.6-91.8
Some Post-H.S. 653 62 8.1 5.7-11.4 591 91.9 88.6-94.3
College Graduate 953 55 4.8 3.5- 6.7 898 95.2 93.3-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 108 17 15.3 8.1-26.9 91 84.7 73.1-91.9
$15,000- 24,999 187 42 25.7 17.0-36.9 145 74.3 63.1-83.0
$25,000- 34,999 227 36 14.1 8.9-21.6 191 85.9 78.4-91.1
$35,000- 49,999 263 18 5.6 3.2- 9.6 245 94.4 90.4-96.8
$50,000- 74,999 300 15 5.7 2.9-10.7 285 94.3 89.3-97.1
$75,000+ 624 17 2.9 1.5- 5.4 607 97.1 94.6-98.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 764 202 29.0 24.4-34.0 562 71.0 66.0-75.6
No 1,443 *** *** *** 1,443 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,149 192 9.1 7.4-11.0 1,957 90.9 89.0-92.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 660 47 7.3 5.1-10.3 613 92.7 89.7-94.9
Regional City or Suburban County 522 41 9.1 6.1-13.4 481 90.9 86.6-93.9
Rural 1,042 114 11.7 8.9-15.4 928 88.3 84.6-91.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,056 36 3.8 2.5- 5.6 1,020 96.2 94.4-97.5
Unemployed 108 *** *** *** 98 90.6 80.0-95.9
Retired 665 73 13.2 9.4-18.2 592 86.8 81.8-90.6
Unable to Work 192 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 187 14 5.2 2.7- 9.8 173 94.8 90.2-97.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 198 38 20.5 13.0-30.7 160 79.5 69.3-87.0
101% to 150% 154 26 11.6 6.6-19.6 128 88.4 80.4-93.4
151% to 200% 170 18 13.2 7.5-22.2 152 86.8 77.8-92.5
More than 200% 1,124 52 4.5 3.1- 6.5 1,072 95.5 93.5-96.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 741 85 14.2 10.3-19.4 656 85.8 80.6-89.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 617 59 7.9 5.6-10.9 558 92.1 89.1-94.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 866 58 8.0 5.7-11.0 808 92.0 89.0-94.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 653 41 5.8 3.9- 8.6 612 94.2 91.4-96.1
2nd Quartile 579 53 10.2 7.3-14.2 526 89.8 85.8-92.7
3rd Quartile 576 56 10.5 7.3-15.0 520 89.5 85.0-92.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 416 52 15.8 10.2-23.8 364 84.2 76.2-89.8

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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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