2024 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 731 38 4.8 3.4- 6.9 693 95.2 93.1-96.6
GENDER
Male 282 19 6.3 3.9-10.2 263 93.7 89.8-96.1
Female 449 19 3.6 2.1- 6.0 430 96.4 94.0-97.9
AGE
18-34 161 *** *** *** 161 100 . - .
35-44 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 129 14 11.3 6.6-18.8 115 88.7 81.2-93.4
65-74 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 241 18 8.0 4.8-13.0 223 92.0 87.0-95.2
College Graduate 257 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 190 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 208 21 9.6 5.9-15.4 187 90.4 84.6-94.1
No 492 16 3.0 1.7- 5.1 476 97.0 94.9-98.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 644 32 4.4 3.0- 6.5 612 95.6 93.5-97.0
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 321 16 5.1 2.9- 8.8 305 94.9 91.2-97.1
Regional City or Suburban County 193 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 217 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 412 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 340 15 5.0 2.8- 8.7 325 95.0 91.3-97.2
HOUSING
Own 350 21 5.7 3.6- 8.9 329 94.3 91.1-96.4
Rent 309 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 220 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 329 18 5.7 3.3- 9.6 311 94.3 90.4-96.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 263 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 211 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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