2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,400 388 10.7 9.6-12.0 3,012 89.3 88.0-90.4
GENDER
Male 1,489 118 7.9 6.5- 9.7 1,371 92.1 90.3-93.5
Female 1,911 270 13.2 11.5-15.1 1,641 86.8 84.9-88.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,175 162 7.3 6.1- 8.7 2,013 92.7 91.3-93.9
Non-Hispanic Black 595 134 18.6 15.4-22.3 461 81.4 77.7-84.6
Non-Hispanic Other 155 18 9.9 5.8-16.5 137 90.1 83.5-94.2
Hispanic 452 73 16.2 12.6-20.6 379 83.8 79.4-87.4
AGE
18-34 613 72 10.7 8.3-13.6 541 89.3 86.4-91.7
35-44 525 92 15.8 12.7-19.5 433 84.2 80.5-87.3
45-54 558 59 8.4 6.3-11.1 499 91.6 88.9-93.7
55-64 593 76 12.1 9.3-15.6 517 87.9 84.4-90.7
65-74 572 51 9.2 6.7-12.5 521 90.8 87.5-93.3
75+ 485 34 7.4 4.5-12.0 451 92.6 88.0-95.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 338 89 26.8 21.4-32.9 249 73.2 67.1-78.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 720 139 15.1 12.5-18.0 581 84.9 82.0-87.5
Some Post-H.S. 928 105 8.9 7.1-11.0 823 91.1 89.0-92.9
College Graduate 1,404 55 3.3 2.4- 4.4 1,349 96.7 95.6-97.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,098 199 16.8 14.3-19.6 899 83.2 80.4-85.7
No 2,264 185 7.9 6.7- 9.3 2,079 92.1 90.7-93.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 367 20 5.5 3.4- 9.0 347 94.5 91.0-96.6
Non-Veteran 3,029 368 11.4 10.1-12.8 2,661 88.6 87.2-89.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,811 126 6.4 5.3- 7.8 1,685 93.6 92.2-94.7
Unemployed 141 42 22.5 16.0-30.5 99 77.5 69.5-84.0
Retired 991 77 8.5 6.4-11.2 914 91.5 88.8-93.6
Unable to Work 210 104 48.2 40.2-56.3 106 51.8 43.7-59.8
Other not in Labor Force 214 35 14.5 9.9-20.7 179 85.5 79.3-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 216 79 36.9 29.4-45.0 137 63.1 55.0-70.6
$25,000- 34,999 258 56 22.7 17.0-29.7 202 77.3 70.3-83.0
$35,000- 49,999 430 48 10.7 7.8-14.5 382 89.3 85.5-92.2
$50,000-74,999 394 20 4.3 2.6- 7.0 374 95.7 93.0-97.4
$75,000-100,000 365 *** *** *** 356 96.7 93.3-98.4
$100,000-150,000 362 *** *** *** 356 98.3 95.6-99.3
$150,000+ 409 *** *** *** 405 99.1 97.5-99.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 860 107 11.9 9.5-14.8 753 88.1 85.2-90.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 212 82 35.7 28.7-43.3 130 64.3 56.7-71.3
101% to 150% 338 90 26.3 20.9-32.4 248 73.7 67.6-79.1
151% to 200% 168 27 15.0 9.7-22.6 141 85.0 77.4-90.3
More than 200% 1,733 43 2.4 1.7- 3.3 1,690 97.6 96.7-98.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 860 107 11.9 9.5-14.8 753 88.1 85.2-90.5
HOUSING
Own 2,236 133 6.9 5.7- 8.3 2,103 93.1 91.7-94.3
Rent 909 202 22.4 19.4-25.7 707 77.6 74.3-80.6
Other arrangement 227 52 20.5 15.0-27.4 175 79.5 72.6-85.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,106 106 8.6 7.0-10.6 1,000 91.4 89.4-93.0
Regional City or Suburban County 992 96 8.3 6.6-10.4 896 91.7 89.6-93.4
Rural 1,302 186 14.6 12.4-17.2 1,116 85.4 82.8-87.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 706 111 14.7 11.8-18.0 595 85.3 82.0-88.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,125 147 12.6 10.5-15.0 978 87.4 85.0-89.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,569 130 7.5 6.1- 9.1 1,439 92.5 90.9-93.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,188 99 8.4 6.6-10.5 1,089 91.6 89.5-93.4
2nd Quartile 1,061 123 10.8 8.9-13.1 938 89.2 86.9-91.1
3rd Quartile 832 114 12.4 10.0-15.3 718 87.6 84.7-90.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 319 52 13.7 10.1-18.2 267 86.3 81.8-89.9

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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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