2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,314 173 3.5 2.9- 4.2 4,141 96.5 95.8-97.1
Eastern NC 1,166 47 3.6 2.6- 5.0 1,119 96.4 95.0-97.4
GENDER
Male 525 22 3.4 2.1- 5.4 503 96.6 94.6-97.9
Female 641 25 3.8 2.3- 6.0 616 96.2 94.0-97.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 731 32 3.6 2.4- 5.4 699 96.4 94.6-97.6
Non-Hispanic Black 241 14 5.4 3.0- 9.6 227 94.6 90.4-97.0
Other 179 *** *** *** 179 100 -
AGE
18-34 242 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 170 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 173 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 226 16 6.8 3.9-11.6 210 93.2 88.4-96.1
65-74 197 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 306 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 324 20 5.9 3.5- 9.6 304 94.1 90.4-96.5
College Graduate 426 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 382 26 5.9 3.7- 9.2 356 94.1 90.8-96.3
No 751 20 2.4 1.4- 4.0 731 97.6 96.0-98.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 228 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 935 42 4.1 2.9- 5.8 893 95.9 94.2-97.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 604 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 334 23 5.5 3.3- 8.8 311 94.5 91.2-96.7
Unable to Work 86 13 13.2 7.3-22.8 73 86.8 77.2-92.7
Other not in Labor Force 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 356 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 272 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 582 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 272 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 753 32 4.0 2.7- 5.9 721 96.0 94.1-97.3
Rent 321 12 3.0 1.6- 5.3 309 97.0 94.7-98.4
Other arrangement 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 388 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 681 31 3.9 2.6- 5.9 650 96.1 94.1-97.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 706 31 3.4 2.3- 5.2 675 96.6 94.8-97.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 338 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 231 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 222 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 387 20 3.8 2.3- 6.2 367 96.2 93.8-97.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 326 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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