2024 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 703 208 27.9 24.1-32.0 495 72.1 68.0-75.9
GENDER
Male 272 65 23.7 18.4-30.0 207 76.3 70.0-81.6
Female 431 143 31.3 26.3-36.9 288 68.7 63.1-73.7
AGE
18-34 153 34 20.7 14.5-28.6 119 79.3 71.4-85.5
35-44 124 18 16.3 9.9-25.8 106 83.7 74.2-90.1
45-54 125 34 26.2 18.2-36.3 91 73.8 63.7-81.8
55-64 121 43 34.8 25.2-45.9 78 65.2 54.1-74.8
65-74 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 174 58 26.9 20.2-35.0 116 73.1 65.0-79.8
Some Post-H.S. 231 79 32.4 25.9-39.8 152 67.6 60.2-74.1
College Graduate 249 46 16.6 12.2-22.3 203 83.4 77.7-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 87 21 22.4 14.4-33.3 66 77.6 66.7-85.6
$75,000+ 188 27 16.5 11.0-23.9 161 83.5 76.1-89.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 208 208 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 495 *** *** *** 495 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 619 183 27.5 23.5-31.9 436 72.5 68.1-76.5
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 309 82 25.2 20.0-31.1 227 74.8 68.9-80.0
Regional City or Suburban County 181 54 31.1 23.4-40.0 127 68.9 60.0-76.6
Rural 213 72 29.0 22.3-36.7 141 71.0 63.3-77.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 400 71 19.3 14.9-24.6 329 80.7 75.4-85.1
Unemployed 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 144 62 42.4 32.9-52.4 82 57.6 47.6-67.1
Unable to Work 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 336 71 22.4 17.5-28.1 265 77.6 71.9-82.5
HOUSING
Own 339 90 26.2 21.1-32.0 249 73.8 68.0-78.9
Rent 297 98 31.6 26.0-37.8 199 68.4 62.2-74.0
Other arrangement 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 211 74 33.4 26.3-41.4 137 66.6 58.6-73.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 175 51 23.5 17.0-31.4 124 76.5 68.6-83.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 317 83 26.5 21.1-32.8 234 73.5 67.2-78.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 150 45 31.2 22.6-41.3 105 68.8 58.7-77.4
2nd Quartile 256 71 26.4 20.7-33.0 185 73.6 67.0-79.3
3rd Quartile 197 58 26.1 19.4-34.1 139 73.9 65.9-80.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 100 34 31.5 22.1-42.6 66 68.5 57.4-77.9

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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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