2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
GENDER
Male 1,929 263 13.2 11.5-15.2 1,666 86.8 84.8-88.5
Female 2,295 379 14.6 12.9-16.4 1,916 85.4 83.6-87.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,692 442 14.9 13.4-16.6 2,250 85.1 83.4-86.6
Non-Hispanic Black 704 119 15.0 12.1-18.3 585 85.0 81.7-87.9
Non-Hispanic Other 229 30 11.3 7.4-17.1 199 88.7 82.9-92.6
Hispanic 557 43 8.1 5.8-11.4 514 91.9 88.6-94.2
AGE
18-34 934 38 4.0 2.8- 5.7 896 96.0 94.3-97.2
35-44 645 34 5.7 4.0- 8.2 611 94.3 91.8-96.0
45-54 669 88 12.2 9.7-15.3 581 87.8 84.7-90.3
55-64 697 161 24.0 20.3-28.1 536 76.0 71.9-79.7
65-74 650 146 22.5 18.8-26.6 504 77.5 73.4-81.2
75+ 559 174 31.8 26.5-37.6 385 68.2 62.4-73.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 390 89 26.4 21.2-32.4 301 73.6 67.6-78.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 917 143 13.8 11.4-16.7 774 86.2 83.3-88.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,114 199 14.6 12.5-16.9 915 85.4 83.1-87.5
College Graduate 1,786 210 9.4 8.1-11.0 1,576 90.6 89.0-91.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,309 642 45.9 42.6-49.3 667 54.1 50.7-57.4
No 2,864 *** *** *** 2,864 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 492 100 19.0 15.4-23.2 392 81.0 76.8-84.6
Non-Veteran 3,729 542 13.3 12.0-14.6 3,187 86.7 85.4-88.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,292 152 6.6 5.5- 8.0 2,140 93.4 92.0-94.5
Unemployed 198 27 8.7 5.7-13.1 171 91.3 86.9-94.3
Retired 1,141 288 25.5 22.3-29.0 853 74.5 71.0-77.7
Unable to Work 258 148 54.9 47.6-62.0 110 45.1 38.0-52.4
Other not in Labor Force 293 22 6.8 4.3-10.8 271 93.2 89.2-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 148 43 28.6 20.8-38.0 105 71.4 62.0-79.2
$15,000- 24,999 280 92 27.5 21.6-34.3 188 72.5 65.7-78.4
$25,000- 34,999 346 61 15.1 11.2-20.1 285 84.9 79.9-88.8
$35,000- 49,999 513 93 18.4 14.6-22.9 420 81.6 77.1-85.4
$50,000-74,999 500 79 14.1 10.9-17.9 421 85.9 82.1-89.1
$75,000-100,000 467 54 12.7 9.4-16.9 413 87.3 83.1-90.6
$100,000-150,000 447 36 7.7 5.3-11.1 411 92.3 88.9-94.7
$150,000+ 506 25 4.9 3.2- 7.4 481 95.1 92.6-96.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,017 159 13.7 11.3-16.6 858 86.3 83.4-88.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 109 24 21.3 13.4-32.3 85 78.7 67.7-86.6
50% to 100% 266 66 22.6 17.2-29.1 200 77.4 70.9-82.8
101% to 150% 428 104 20.1 15.9-25.0 324 79.9 75.0-84.1
151% to 200% 207 34 13.7 9.0-20.2 173 86.3 79.8-91.0
More than 200% 2,170 253 11.5 10.0-13.2 1,917 88.5 86.8-90.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,017 159 13.7 11.3-16.6 858 86.3 83.4-88.7
HOUSING
Own 2,598 401 14.7 13.1-16.4 2,197 85.3 83.6-86.9
Rent 1,314 197 12.8 11.0-14.9 1,117 87.2 85.1-89.0
Other arrangement 282 41 11.9 8.0-17.3 241 88.1 82.7-92.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,477 156 9.2 7.7-11.0 1,321 90.8 89.0-92.3
Regional City or Suburban County 1,223 202 16.3 13.8-19.1 1,021 83.7 80.9-86.2
Rural 1,524 284 16.6 14.5-19.0 1,240 83.4 81.0-85.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 864 152 15.5 12.9-18.6 712 84.5 81.4-87.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,341 230 15.8 13.6-18.4 1,111 84.2 81.6-86.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,019 260 11.8 10.3-13.6 1,759 88.2 86.4-89.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,484 208 13.1 11.1-15.3 1,276 86.9 84.7-88.9
2nd Quartile 1,350 219 14.7 12.6-17.1 1,131 85.3 82.9-87.4
3rd Quartile 1,017 148 13.5 11.1-16.3 869 86.5 83.7-88.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 373 67 15.2 11.6-19.6 306 84.8 80.4-88.4

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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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