2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
Western 512 188 34.9 29.5-40.8 324 65.1 59.2-70.5
GENDER
Male 221 73 29.5 22.5-37.6 148 70.5 62.4-77.5
Female 291 115 40.1 32.3-48.4 176 59.9 51.6-67.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 426 158 36.9 30.9-43.2 268 63.1 56.8-69.1
Non-Hispanic Black 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 72 19 21.5 13.2-33.2 53 78.5 66.8-86.8
35-44 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 168 68 34.1 25.5-44.0 100 65.9 56.0-74.5
College Graduate 206 58 26.4 19.4-34.9 148 73.6 65.1-80.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 188 188 100 - *** *** ***
No 324 *** *** *** 324 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 455 161 33.1 27.4-39.2 294 66.9 60.8-72.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 221 43 18.7 13.3-25.7 178 81.3 74.3-86.7
Unemployed 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 193 83 46.0 36.2-56.0 110 54.0 44.0-63.8
Unable to Work 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 140 27 15.3 9.7-23.3 113 84.7 76.7-90.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 264 65 20.5 15.1-27.2 199 79.5 72.8-84.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 376 131 31.9 26.0-38.5 245 68.1 61.5-74.0
Rent 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 146 43 30.7 22.2-40.7 103 69.3 59.3-77.8
Rural 366 145 36.5 29.8-43.7 221 63.5 56.3-70.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 232 92 35.6 27.5-44.7 140 64.4 55.3-72.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 156 47 31.0 22.8-40.7 109 69.0 59.3-77.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 264 95 34.9 27.8-42.6 169 65.1 57.4-72.2
2nd Quartile 115 36 22.5 14.0-34.2 *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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