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%)
TOTAL 4,314 173 3.5 2.9- 4.2 4,141 96.5 95.8-97.1
GENDER
Male 1,974 74 3.6 2.8- 4.7 1,900 96.4 95.3-97.2
Female 2,340 99 3.4 2.7- 4.4 2,241 96.6 95.6-97.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,723 112 3.4 2.7- 4.3 2,611 96.6 95.7-97.3
Non-Hispanic Black 731 38 4.8 3.4- 6.9 693 95.2 93.1-96.6
Non-Hispanic Other 235 *** *** *** 227 96.6 92.2-98.6
Hispanic 580 11 1.6 0.8- 3.2 569 98.4 96.8-99.2
AGE
18-34 970 *** *** *** 961 99.2 98.2-99.7
35-44 660 *** *** *** 652 99.0 97.9-99.5
45-54 678 18 2.7 1.6- 4.4 660 97.3 95.6-98.4
55-64 711 37 5.4 3.6- 8.1 674 94.6 91.9-96.4
65-74 655 44 7.0 4.8-10.0 611 93.0 90.0-95.2
75+ 563 57 9.8 7.1-13.3 506 90.2 86.7-92.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 405 22 5.0 2.9- 8.6 383 95.0 91.4-97.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 933 35 2.9 2.0- 4.1 898 97.1 95.9-98.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,138 54 4.3 3.1- 5.9 1,084 95.7 94.1-96.9
College Graduate 1,815 60 2.8 2.0- 3.7 1,755 97.2 96.3-98.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,309 106 6.7 5.3- 8.5 1,203 93.3 91.5-94.7
No 2,859 61 2.1 1.6- 2.9 2,798 97.9 97.1-98.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 500 18 4.0 2.4- 6.6 482 96.0 93.4-97.6
Non-Veteran 3,804 155 3.5 2.8- 4.2 3,649 96.5 95.8-97.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,328 38 1.5 1.0- 2.2 2,290 98.5 97.8-99.0
Unemployed 206 *** *** *** 201 96.2 90.2-98.6
Retired 1,151 89 7.1 5.6- 9.1 1,062 92.9 90.9-94.4
Unable to Work 260 30 11.9 7.6-18.2 230 88.1 81.8-92.4
Other not in Labor Force 301 *** *** *** 295 98.8 97.0-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 200 *** *** *** 190 96.4 92.9-98.2
$15,000- 24,999 283 28 9.3 5.9-14.4 255 90.7 85.6-94.1
$25,000- 34,999 353 18 5.3 2.9- 9.5 335 94.7 90.5-97.1
$35,000- 49,999 516 32 5.3 3.4- 8.3 484 94.7 91.7-96.6
$50,000-74,999 501 15 2.4 1.3- 4.4 486 97.6 95.6-98.7
$75,000-100,000 470 11 2.2 1.1- 4.1 459 97.8 95.9-98.9
$100,000-150,000 451 *** *** *** 444 98.3 95.8-99.3
$150,000+ 510 *** *** *** 504 98.2 95.7-99.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,030 46 3.4 2.4- 4.7 984 96.6 95.3-97.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 113 *** *** *** 107 96.5 91.9-98.5
50% to 100% 267 15 4.8 2.6- 8.5 252 95.2 91.5-97.4
101% to 150% 433 34 7.4 4.8-11.4 399 92.6 88.6-95.2
151% to 200% 212 *** *** *** 204 97.3 94.2-98.7
More than 200% 2,184 60 2.7 2.0- 3.7 2,124 97.3 96.3-98.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,030 46 3.4 2.4- 4.7 984 96.6 95.3-97.6
HOUSING
Own 2,631 110 3.8 3.1- 4.8 2,521 96.2 95.2-96.9
Rent 1,356 49 2.6 1.9- 3.6 1,307 97.4 96.4-98.1
Other arrangement 292 13 3.6 1.6- 7.8 279 96.4 92.2-98.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,511 48 3.0 2.2- 4.3 1,463 97.0 95.7-97.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,254 51 3.1 2.3- 4.2 1,203 96.9 95.8-97.7
Rural 1,549 74 4.4 3.2- 5.9 1,475 95.6 94.1-96.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 887 44 4.2 2.9- 6.0 843 95.8 94.0-97.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,366 67 4.0 3.0- 5.4 1,299 96.0 94.6-97.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,061 62 2.9 2.1- 3.9 1,999 97.1 96.1-97.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,513 47 3.1 2.1- 4.4 1,466 96.9 95.6-97.9
2nd Quartile 1,379 54 3.2 2.3- 4.3 1,325 96.8 95.7-97.7
3rd Quartile 1,043 54 4.5 3.2- 6.3 989 95.5 93.7-96.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 379 18 3.7 2.1- 6.4 361 96.3 93.6-97.9

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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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