2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,215 213 4.8 4.1- 5.7 4,002 95.2 94.3-95.9
GENDER
Male 1,924 82 4.0 3.1- 5.2 1,842 96.0 94.8-96.9
Female 2,291 131 5.6 4.5- 6.9 2,160 94.4 93.1-95.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,681 119 4.3 3.4- 5.3 2,562 95.7 94.7-96.6
Non-Hispanic Black 710 42 5.5 3.8- 8.0 668 94.5 92.0-96.2
Non-Hispanic Other 227 *** *** *** 217 95.7 90.9-98.0
Hispanic 556 41 7.0 5.0- 9.7 515 93.0 90.3-95.0
AGE
18-34 933 40 4.1 2.9- 5.9 893 95.9 94.1-97.1
35-44 644 18 2.6 1.6- 4.3 626 97.4 95.7-98.4
45-54 663 27 3.5 2.3- 5.2 636 96.5 94.8-97.7
55-64 694 48 7.4 5.2-10.3 646 92.6 89.7-94.8
65-74 649 37 5.3 3.6- 7.7 612 94.7 92.3-96.4
75+ 561 41 7.8 4.9-12.1 520 92.2 87.9-95.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 391 46 11.5 8.1-16.2 345 88.5 83.8-91.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 912 55 5.1 3.7- 7.0 857 94.9 93.0-96.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,113 58 4.3 3.2- 6.0 1,055 95.7 94.0-96.8
College Graduate 1,782 54 2.8 2.0- 3.8 1,728 97.2 96.2-98.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,305 213 15.8 13.5-18.4 1,092 84.2 81.6-86.5
No 2,864 *** *** *** 2,864 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 490 16 2.6 1.5- 4.5 474 97.4 95.5-98.5
Non-Veteran 3,722 197 5.1 4.3- 6.1 3,525 94.9 93.9-95.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,287 79 3.6 2.7- 4.6 2,208 96.4 95.4-97.3
Unemployed 194 *** *** *** 184 96.8 93.8-98.4
Retired 1,144 73 6.2 4.6- 8.4 1,071 93.8 91.6-95.4
Unable to Work 257 40 16.5 11.6-22.9 217 83.5 77.1-88.4
Other not in Labor Force 294 *** *** *** 287 98.2 95.9-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 146 14 9.1 5.1-15.7 132 90.9 84.3-94.9
$15,000- 24,999 280 28 7.6 4.8-12.0 252 92.4 88.0-95.2
$25,000- 34,999 346 27 7.3 4.4-11.8 319 92.7 88.2-95.6
$35,000- 49,999 512 26 5.1 3.1- 8.2 486 94.9 91.8-96.9
$50,000-74,999 496 24 5.0 3.1- 7.8 472 95.0 92.2-96.9
$75,000-100,000 465 11 3.0 1.5- 5.8 454 97.0 94.2-98.5
$100,000-150,000 445 *** *** *** 436 97.2 94.0-98.7
$150,000+ 506 *** *** *** 498 98.4 96.7-99.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,019 66 5.7 4.2- 7.8 953 94.3 92.2-95.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 109 *** *** *** 104 96.6 91.6-98.7
50% to 100% 265 25 8.8 5.6-13.7 240 91.2 86.3-94.4
101% to 150% 427 36 7.0 4.6-10.7 391 93.0 89.3-95.4
151% to 200% 207 16 5.6 3.2- 9.9 191 94.4 90.1-96.8
More than 200% 2,162 65 3.5 2.6- 4.6 2,097 96.5 95.4-97.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,019 66 5.7 4.2- 7.8 953 94.3 92.2-95.8
HOUSING
Own 2,589 102 3.8 3.0- 4.8 2,487 96.2 95.2-97.0
Rent 1,315 91 7.3 5.8- 9.3 1,224 92.7 90.7-94.2
Other arrangement 284 18 6.5 3.6-11.3 266 93.5 88.7-96.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,477 62 3.8 2.8- 5.1 1,415 96.2 94.9-97.2
Regional City or Suburban County 1,221 49 4.3 3.1- 6.0 1,172 95.7 94.0-96.9
Rural 1,517 102 6.2 4.8- 7.9 1,415 93.8 92.1-95.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 863 47 5.1 3.5- 7.4 816 94.9 92.6-96.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,340 90 5.8 4.5- 7.5 1,250 94.2 92.5-95.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,012 76 3.9 3.0- 5.1 1,936 96.1 94.9-97.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,478 57 3.9 2.9- 5.3 1,421 96.1 94.7-97.1
2nd Quartile 1,348 68 4.6 3.5- 6.1 1,280 95.4 93.9-96.5
3rd Quartile 1,018 64 5.9 4.2- 8.1 954 94.1 91.9-95.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 371 24 5.5 3.5- 8.6 347 94.5 91.4-96.5

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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 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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