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%)
North Carolina 3,950 1,315 31.7 29.7-33.8 2,635 68.3 66.2-70.3
Non-Hispanic White 2,364 782 33.4 30.8-36.0 1,582 66.6 64.0-69.2
GENDER
Male 1,041 323 31.1 27.3-35.1 718 68.9 64.9-72.7
Female 1,323 459 35.4 32.0-39.0 864 64.6 61.0-68.0
AGE
18-34 424 111 28.0 22.8-34.0 313 72.0 66.0-77.2
35-44 279 64 24.0 18.5-30.5 215 76.0 69.5-81.5
45-54 336 90 28.7 22.4-35.9 246 71.3 64.1-77.6
55-64 425 137 31.7 25.8-38.3 288 68.3 61.7-74.2
65-74 469 153 37.1 31.2-43.4 316 62.9 56.6-68.8
75+ 405 219 54.7 47.6-61.6 186 45.3 38.4-52.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 445 187 40.4 34.8-46.1 258 59.6 53.9-65.2
Some Post-H.S. 664 255 33.9 29.5-38.6 409 66.1 61.4-70.5
College Graduate 1,166 291 22.0 19.3-25.0 875 78.0 75.0-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 253 106 43.0 35.2-51.2 147 57.0 48.8-64.8
$50,000- 74,999 333 97 24.6 19.6-30.4 236 75.4 69.6-80.4
$75,000+ 922 206 20.8 17.8-24.2 716 79.2 75.8-82.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 782 782 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,582 *** *** *** 1,582 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 329 156 45.0 38.3-51.9 173 55.0 48.1-61.7
Non-Veteran 2,033 625 31.6 28.8-34.5 1,408 68.4 65.5-71.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 688 197 28.6 24.4-33.1 491 71.4 66.9-75.6
Regional City or Suburban County 655 209 34.2 29.2-39.6 446 65.8 60.4-70.8
Rural 1,021 376 36.1 32.2-40.2 645 63.9 59.8-67.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,198 258 22.6 19.6-26.0 940 77.4 74.0-80.4
Unemployed 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 822 349 43.1 38.1-48.1 473 56.9 51.9-61.9
Unable to Work 129 112 88.0 79.9-93.1 17 12.0 6.9-20.1
Other not in Labor Force 125 26 22.9 15.4-32.7 99 77.1 67.3-84.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 166 85 51.2 41.9-60.5 81 48.8 39.5-58.1
More than 200% 1,478 399 24.8 22.2-27.6 1,079 75.2 72.4-77.8
HOUSING
Own 1,732 527 31.4 28.5-34.6 1,205 68.6 65.4-71.5
Rent 484 192 40.3 34.9-46.0 292 59.7 54.0-65.1
Other arrangement 131 59 40.0 30.2-50.7 72 60.0 49.3-69.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 584 227 39.0 33.8-44.5 357 61.0 55.5-66.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 774 278 36.3 31.9-40.9 496 63.7 59.1-68.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,006 277 28.1 24.4-32.3 729 71.9 67.7-75.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 878 257 28.6 24.7-32.9 621 71.4 67.1-75.3
2nd Quartile 665 216 33.8 29.1-38.8 449 66.2 61.2-70.9
3rd Quartile 610 221 37.9 32.9-43.2 389 62.1 56.8-67.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 211 88 39.3 30.7-48.6 123 60.7 51.4-69.3

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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 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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