2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,179 1,315 30.8 29.2-32.6 2,864 69.2 67.4-70.8
Eastern NC 1,137 383 33.0 29.9-36.3 754 67.0 63.7-70.1
GENDER
Male 510 170 32.2 27.7-37.1 340 67.8 62.9-72.3
Female 627 213 33.8 29.5-38.3 414 66.2 61.7-70.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 719 248 33.7 29.7-37.9 471 66.3 62.1-70.3
Non-Hispanic Black 232 80 32.1 25.7-39.2 152 67.9 60.8-74.3
Other 171 49 30.6 22.6-39.9 122 69.4 60.1-77.4
AGE
18-34 229 53 24.2 18.5-31.0 176 75.8 69.0-81.5
35-44 164 40 25.1 18.2-33.5 124 74.9 66.5-81.8
45-54 170 48 29.9 22.1-39.0 122 70.1 61.0-77.9
55-64 220 85 39.6 32.5-47.1 135 60.4 52.9-67.5
65-74 197 83 42.6 34.7-50.9 114 57.4 49.1-65.3
75+ 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 300 102 31.6 26.0-37.8 198 68.4 62.2-74.0
Some Post-H.S. 315 124 39.0 33.0-45.4 191 61.0 54.6-67.0
College Graduate 415 110 24.6 20.3-29.5 305 75.4 70.5-79.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 383 383 100 - *** *** ***
No 754 *** *** *** 754 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 86 37.6 30.6-45.1 135 62.4 54.9-69.4
Non-Veteran 915 297 31.8 28.3-35.5 618 68.2 64.5-71.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 592 138 25.1 21.2-29.5 454 74.9 70.5-78.8
Unemployed 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 331 147 45.1 38.8-51.6 184 54.9 48.4-61.2
Unable to Work 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 107 41 33.6 24.1-44.6 66 66.4 55.4-75.9
$35,000- 49,999 138 55 39.5 30.3-49.5 83 60.5 50.5-69.7
$50,000- 74,999 156 56 37.2 28.7-46.5 100 62.8 53.5-71.3
$75,000+ 352 87 26.8 21.8-32.6 265 73.2 67.4-78.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 267 84 28.6 22.7-35.3 183 71.4 64.7-77.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 123 51 37.6 28.0-48.2 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 578 173 32.3 27.9-36.9 405 67.7 63.1-72.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 267 84 28.6 22.7-35.3 183 71.4 64.7-77.3
HOUSING
Own 745 242 32.6 28.8-36.7 503 67.4 63.3-71.2
Rent 305 112 35.7 29.7-42.1 193 64.3 57.9-70.3
Other arrangement 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 97 25 22.6 14.6-33.3 72 77.4 66.7-85.4
Regional City or Suburban County 372 124 33.0 27.6-38.8 248 67.0 61.2-72.4
Rural 668 234 34.5 30.3-38.8 434 65.5 61.2-69.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 681 243 34.8 30.7-39.1 438 65.2 60.9-69.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 119 44 37.0 27.4-47.6 75 63.0 52.4-72.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 337 96 27.1 22.1-32.9 241 72.9 67.1-77.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 229 64 27.3 21.1-34.4 165 72.7 65.6-78.9
2nd Quartile 218 77 36.2 29.2-44.0 141 63.8 56.0-70.8
3rd Quartile 371 126 31.5 26.3-37.3 245 68.5 62.7-73.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 319 116 36.1 30.0-42.7 203 63.9 57.3-70.0

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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 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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