2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,311 297 6.7 5.8- 7.6 4,014 93.3 92.4-94.2
GENDER
Male 1,972 124 6.0 4.9- 7.3 1,848 94.0 92.7-95.1
Female 2,339 173 7.3 6.1- 8.7 2,166 92.7 91.3-93.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,723 211 7.6 6.5- 8.9 2,512 92.4 91.1-93.5
Non-Hispanic Black 731 53 6.1 4.5- 8.2 678 93.9 91.8-95.5
Non-Hispanic Other 235 18 7.4 4.2-12.7 217 92.6 87.3-95.8
Hispanic 577 13 1.9 1.0- 3.6 564 98.1 96.4-99.0
AGE
18-34 966 16 1.5 0.9- 2.5 950 98.5 97.5-99.1
35-44 659 23 4.4 2.8- 6.8 636 95.6 93.2-97.2
45-54 680 36 5.1 3.5- 7.5 644 94.9 92.5-96.5
55-64 709 66 10.8 8.1-14.3 643 89.2 85.7-91.9
65-74 658 92 14.3 11.4-17.8 566 85.7 82.2-88.6
75+ 562 62 11.1 8.2-14.7 500 88.9 85.3-91.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 403 42 11.3 7.9-15.9 361 88.7 84.1-92.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 932 87 8.2 6.5-10.3 845 91.8 89.7-93.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,137 105 7.6 6.1- 9.5 1,032 92.4 90.5-93.9
College Graduate 1,816 62 2.9 2.1- 3.9 1,754 97.1 96.1-97.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,305 191 13.7 11.7-16.1 1,114 86.3 83.9-88.3
No 2,860 100 3.6 2.9- 4.6 2,760 96.4 95.4-97.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 500 39 7.1 5.0-10.0 461 92.9 90.0-95.0
Non-Veteran 3,801 258 6.6 5.7- 7.6 3,543 93.4 92.4-94.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,325 78 3.8 3.0- 4.9 2,247 96.2 95.1-97.0
Unemployed 206 *** *** *** 196 95.8 91.7-97.9
Retired 1,151 136 12.1 10.0-14.7 1,015 87.9 85.3-90.0
Unable to Work 260 61 22.9 17.4-29.6 199 77.1 70.4-82.6
Other not in Labor Force 301 *** *** *** 292 98.0 95.3-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 200 28 12.2 8.2-17.9 172 87.8 82.1-91.8
$15,000- 24,999 279 44 12.0 8.4-16.9 235 88.0 83.1-91.6
$25,000- 34,999 353 29 9.2 6.0-13.9 324 90.8 86.1-94.0
$35,000- 49,999 518 43 8.5 6.0-12.0 475 91.5 88.0-94.0
$50,000-74,999 504 22 5.3 3.1- 8.7 482 94.7 91.3-96.9
$75,000-100,000 468 23 5.4 3.4- 8.4 445 94.6 91.6-96.6
$100,000-150,000 452 11 2.5 1.2- 5.0 441 97.5 95.0-98.8
$150,000+ 510 15 2.9 1.7- 5.1 495 97.1 94.9-98.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,027 82 7.5 5.8- 9.6 945 92.5 90.4-94.2
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 113 14 9.9 5.6-17.0 99 90.1 83.0-94.4
50% to 100% 266 36 11.0 7.6-15.5 230 89.0 84.5-92.4
101% to 150% 430 49 10.6 7.3-15.0 381 89.4 85.0-92.7
151% to 200% 212 15 7.6 4.4-12.8 197 92.4 87.2-95.6
More than 200% 2,188 98 4.8 3.8- 6.0 2,090 95.2 94.0-96.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,027 82 7.5 5.8- 9.6 945 92.5 90.4-94.2
HOUSING
Own 2,635 174 6.8 5.7- 8.0 2,461 93.2 92.0-94.3
Rent 1,350 96 6.5 5.2- 8.1 1,254 93.5 91.9-94.8
Other arrangement 291 26 7.0 4.2-11.3 265 93.0 88.7-95.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,508 73 4.5 3.5- 5.8 1,435 95.5 94.2-96.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,251 83 6.0 4.7- 7.8 1,168 94.0 92.2-95.3
Rural 1,552 141 9.3 7.7-11.3 1,411 90.7 88.7-92.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 889 77 7.7 6.0- 9.9 812 92.3 90.1-94.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,366 110 7.2 5.8- 9.0 1,256 92.8 91.0-94.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,056 110 5.7 4.6- 7.2 1,946 94.3 92.8-95.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,510 74 5.4 4.1- 7.2 1,436 94.6 92.8-95.9
2nd Quartile 1,379 96 6.0 4.7- 7.5 1,283 94.0 92.5-95.3
3rd Quartile 1,040 84 8.0 6.3-10.2 956 92.0 89.8-93.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 382 43 9.6 6.9-13.3 339 90.4 86.7-93.1

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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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