2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Do you have any kind of insurance coverage that pays for some or all of your routine dental care
including dental insurance prepaid plans such as HMOs or government plans such as Medicaid?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,508 2,339 69.1 67.3-70.9 1,169 30.9 29.1-32.7
-Non-Hispanic Black 625 511 80.4 76.2-84.0 114 19.6 16.0-23.8
GENDER
Male 237 184 77.7 71.1-83.1 53 22.3 16.9-28.9
Female 388 327 82.6 76.8-87.2 61 17.4 12.8-23.2
AGE
18-34 121 94 76.6 66.6-84.3 27 23.4 15.7-33.4
35-44 110 90 79.5 69.0-87.1 20 20.5 12.9-31.0
45-54 110 92 85.4 76.7-91.2 18 14.6 8.8-23.3
55-64 114 94 82.6 71.6-89.9 20 17.4 10.1-28.4
65-74 103 87 84.3 74.4-90.8 16 15.7 9.2-25.6
75+ 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 151 108 71.1 61.6-79.0 43 28.9 21.0-38.4
Some Post-H.S. 213 175 82.5 75.6-87.7 38 17.5 12.3-24.4
College Graduate 217 196 91.8 86.9-95.0 21 8.2 5.0-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 102 77 73.6 62.7-82.3 25 26.4 17.7-37.3
$50,000- 74,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 177 147 79.4 69.6-86.6 30 20.6 13.4-30.4
No 426 350 81.4 76.5-85.5 76 18.6 14.5-23.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 550 446 79.1 74.4-83.1 104 20.9 16.9-25.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 260 211 80.7 74.8-85.5 49 19.3 14.5-25.2
Regional City or Suburban County 160 135 82.2 72.5-89.0 25 17.8 11.0-27.5
Rural 205 165 78.8 70.5-85.3 40 21.2 14.7-29.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 354 292 81.5 76.0-86.0 62 18.5 14.0-24.0
Unemployed 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 139 119 81.4 70.3-89.0 20 18.6 11.0-29.7
Unable to Work 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 297 258 85.9 80.5-90.1 39 14.1 9.9-19.5
HOUSING
Own 316 267 82.3 76.4-87.1 49 17.7 12.9-23.6
Rent 248 200 79.0 72.6-84.1 48 21.0 15.9-27.4
Other arrangement 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 194 159 81.3 73.2-87.4 35 18.7 12.6-26.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 153 123 78.6 69.2-85.7 30 21.4 14.3-30.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 278 229 80.9 74.6-85.9 49 19.1 14.1-25.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 136 115 83.9 73.5-90.8 21 16.1 9.2-26.5
2nd Quartile 212 174 79.7 72.2-85.5 38 20.3 14.5-27.8
3rd Quartile 181 144 78.9 70.7-85.2 37 21.1 14.8-29.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 96 78 80.9 69.0-89.0 18 19.1 11.0-31.0

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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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