2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,330 122 4.5 3.6- 5.5 3,208 95.5 94.5-96.4
Eastern NC 912 43 5.8 4.1- 8.2 869 94.2 91.8-95.9
GENDER
Male 389 32 9.4 6.4-13.7 357 90.6 86.3-93.6
Female 523 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 563 16 3.4 1.9- 5.9 547 96.6 94.1-98.1
Non-Hispanic Black 199 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 151 14 9.5 5.5-15.9 137 90.5 84.1-94.5
35-44 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 181 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 227 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 260 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 335 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 313 15 5.5 3.1- 9.6 298 94.5 90.4-96.9
No 593 27 5.5 3.5- 8.5 566 94.5 91.5-96.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 146 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 765 35 5.6 3.7- 8.2 730 94.4 91.8-96.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 456 29 7.9 5.3-11.8 427 92.1 88.2-94.7
Unemployed 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 286 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 278 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 229 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 455 17 4.3 2.6- 7.1 438 95.7 92.9-97.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 229 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 614 20 4.4 2.7- 7.3 594 95.6 92.7-97.3
Rent 229 14 6.3 3.5-11.1 215 93.7 88.9-96.5
Other arrangement 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 286 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 550 28 6.0 3.8- 9.4 522 94.0 90.6-96.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 548 28 6.3 4.0- 9.8 520 93.7 90.2-96.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 274 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 291 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 272 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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