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 3,403 373 11.2 10.0-12.6 3,030 88.8 87.4-90.0
GENDER
Male 1,488 183 12.2 10.4-14.3 1,305 87.8 85.7-89.6
Female 1,915 190 10.4 8.7-12.3 1,725 89.6 87.7-91.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,177 142 7.3 6.1- 8.8 2,035 92.7 91.2-93.9
Non-Hispanic Black 597 86 14.0 11.0-17.7 511 86.0 82.3-89.0
Non-Hispanic Other 154 19 15.7 9.4-25.0 135 84.3 75.0-90.6
Hispanic 452 121 25.1 21.1-29.7 331 74.9 70.3-78.9
AGE
18-34 614 117 18.2 14.9-22.0 497 81.8 78.0-85.1
35-44 528 81 13.1 10.3-16.6 447 86.9 83.4-89.7
45-54 559 82 13.8 10.8-17.4 477 86.2 82.6-89.2
55-64 592 73 12.6 9.5-16.7 519 87.4 83.3-90.5
65-74 573 11 2.0 1.0- 4.1 562 98.0 95.9-99.0
75+ 484 *** *** *** 479 99.1 97.8-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 337 75 18.0 14.2-22.6 262 82.0 77.4-85.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 723 98 12.5 10.0-15.5 625 87.5 84.5-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 930 110 12.8 10.3-15.8 820 87.2 84.2-89.7
College Graduate 1,404 88 6.0 4.7- 7.5 1,316 94.0 92.5-95.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,095 134 13.5 11.1-16.4 961 86.5 83.6-88.9
No 2,271 233 9.9 8.6-11.5 2,038 90.1 88.5-91.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 367 21 7.3 4.5-11.4 346 92.7 88.6-95.5
Non-Veteran 3,033 352 11.7 10.4-13.2 2,681 88.3 86.8-89.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,812 238 12.4 10.7-14.3 1,574 87.6 85.7-89.3
Unemployed 142 84 61.3 51.4-70.3 58 38.7 29.7-48.6
Retired 992 13 1.3 0.7- 2.5 979 98.7 97.5-99.3
Unable to Work 209 17 8.5 5.1-13.8 192 91.5 86.2-94.9
Other not in Labor Force 215 18 9.0 5.1-15.4 197 91.0 84.6-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 216 46 19.5 14.2-26.2 170 80.5 73.8-85.8
$25,000- 34,999 258 45 16.1 11.6-22.0 213 83.9 78.0-88.4
$35,000- 49,999 431 62 15.3 11.5-20.1 369 84.7 79.9-88.5
$50,000-74,999 394 45 12.3 8.8-17.0 349 87.7 83.0-91.2
$75,000-100,000 366 26 8.6 5.5-13.2 340 91.4 86.8-94.5
$100,000-150,000 362 22 7.5 4.6-12.1 340 92.5 87.9-95.4
$150,000+ 409 16 3.8 2.2- 6.4 393 96.2 93.6-97.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 861 89 10.6 8.3-13.4 772 89.4 86.6-91.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 212 53 22.5 16.8-29.4 159 77.5 70.6-83.2
101% to 150% 339 56 17.6 12.9-23.6 283 82.4 76.4-87.1
151% to 200% 168 20 12.7 7.8-20.0 148 87.3 80.0-92.2
More than 200% 1,734 131 8.0 6.6- 9.7 1,603 92.0 90.3-93.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 861 89 10.6 8.3-13.4 772 89.4 86.6-91.7
HOUSING
Own 2,238 137 7.4 6.1- 8.9 2,101 92.6 91.1-93.9
Rent 910 188 22.4 19.3-25.7 722 77.6 74.3-80.7
Other arrangement 229 44 19.7 14.5-26.4 185 80.3 73.6-85.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,105 148 13.1 11.0-15.7 957 86.9 84.3-89.0
Regional City or Suburban County 995 114 11.5 9.2-14.2 881 88.5 85.8-90.8
Rural 1,303 111 9.3 7.5-11.6 1,192 90.7 88.4-92.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 707 67 10.7 8.1-14.0 640 89.3 86.0-91.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,126 117 11.0 9.0-13.4 1,009 89.0 86.6-91.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,570 189 11.6 9.8-13.7 1,381 88.4 86.3-90.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,187 121 10.7 8.5-13.3 1,066 89.3 86.7-91.5
2nd Quartile 1,065 130 12.1 10.0-14.6 935 87.9 85.4-90.0
3rd Quartile 833 85 9.9 7.8-12.4 748 90.1 87.6-92.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 318 37 13.5 9.2-19.3 281 86.5 80.7-90.8

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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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