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
MALES 1,798 54 3.1 2.2- 4.4 1,744 96.9 95.6-97.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,073 37 3.7 2.4- 5.7 1,036 96.3 94.3-97.6
Non-Hispanic Black 291 13 4.3 2.2- 8.1 278 95.7 91.9-97.8
Other 396 *** *** *** 393 99.7 98.8-99.9
AGE
18-34 410 *** *** *** 408 99.5 97.1-99.9
35-44 261 *** *** *** 259 98.6 94.0-99.7
45-54 260 *** *** *** 257 99.2 97.3-99.7
55-64 328 13 4.3 2.3- 8.1 315 95.7 91.9-97.7
65-74 309 15 7.3 3.8-13.5 294 92.7 86.5-96.2
75+ 202 18 11.2 5.9-20.2 184 88.8 79.8-94.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 170 *** *** *** 162 94.0 86.3-97.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 410 *** *** *** 405 98.5 95.9-99.5
Some Post-H.S. 456 17 3.8 2.1- 6.6 439 96.2 93.4-97.9
College Graduate 751 24 2.9 1.8- 4.8 727 97.1 95.2-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 76 *** *** *** 73 97.5 92.2-99.3
$15,000- 24,999 88 *** *** *** 85 95.5 83.8-98.9
$25,000- 34,999 146 *** *** *** 136 91.4 82.1-96.1
$35,000- 49,999 227 13 5.7 2.6-11.8 214 94.3 88.2-97.4
$50,000- 74,999 243 *** *** *** 237 97.1 92.7-98.8
$75,000+ 673 13 1.7 0.9- 3.3 660 98.3 96.7-99.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 544 34 7.0 4.5-10.8 510 93.0 89.2-95.5
No 1,189 19 1.4 0.8- 2.4 1,170 98.6 97.6-99.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 442 17 4.5 2.3- 8.5 425 95.5 91.5-97.7
Non-Veteran 1,347 37 2.8 1.8- 4.2 1,310 97.2 95.8-98.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 579 15 2.1 1.1- 4.1 564 97.9 95.9-98.9
Regional City or Suburban County 475 12 2.1 0.9- 4.7 463 97.9 95.3-99.1
Rural 744 27 5.0 3.2- 8.0 717 95.0 92.0-96.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,092 12 1.3 0.7- 2.6 1,080 98.7 97.4-99.3
Unemployed 77 *** *** *** 76 99.3 95.0-99.9
Retired 463 36 10.4 6.8-15.8 427 89.6 84.2-93.2
Unable to Work 95 *** *** *** 90 97.2 92.5-99.0
Other not in Labor Force 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 107 *** *** *** 101 93.7 81.5-98.0
101% to 150% 103 *** *** *** 101 97.0 87.4-99.4
151% to 200% 129 *** *** *** 123 94.5 86.7-97.9
More than 200% 1,062 33 3.2 2.0- 5.0 1,029 96.8 95.0-98.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 550 19 4.3 2.5- 7.3 531 95.7 92.7-97.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 517 21 4.4 2.5- 7.6 496 95.6 92.4-97.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 731 14 1.6 0.8- 3.2 717 98.4 96.8-99.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 575 15 2.3 1.1- 4.5 560 97.7 95.5-98.9
2nd Quartile 493 13 2.6 1.3- 5.1 480 97.4 94.9-98.7
3rd Quartile 442 13 3.1 1.5- 6.5 429 96.9 93.5-98.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 288 13 7.8 3.9-14.8 275 92.2 85.2-96.1

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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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