2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,179 1,315 30.8 29.2-32.6 2,864 69.2 67.4-70.8
GENDER
Male 1,909 579 29.3 26.9-31.8 1,330 70.7 68.2-73.1
Female 2,270 736 32.3 29.9-34.7 1,534 67.7 65.3-70.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,663 894 33.3 31.1-35.5 1,769 66.7 64.5-68.9
Non-Hispanic Black 703 208 27.9 24.1-32.0 495 72.1 68.0-75.9
Non-Hispanic Other 222 62 27.5 21.0-35.2 160 72.5 64.8-79.0
Hispanic 551 137 24.2 20.4-28.5 414 75.8 71.5-79.6
AGE
18-34 926 218 25.1 21.9-28.5 708 74.9 71.5-78.1
35-44 636 131 21.1 17.7-25.1 505 78.9 74.9-82.3
45-54 659 169 25.2 21.5-29.3 490 74.8 70.7-78.5
55-64 691 255 38.1 33.8-42.5 436 61.9 57.5-66.2
65-74 642 240 36.7 32.4-41.3 402 63.3 58.7-67.6
75+ 558 294 54.3 48.6-59.9 264 45.7 40.1-51.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 386 170 47.0 41.1-53.0 216 53.0 47.0-58.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 906 323 33.7 30.1-37.4 583 66.3 62.6-69.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,104 386 33.4 30.3-36.7 718 66.6 63.3-69.7
College Graduate 1,766 431 20.5 18.5-22.6 1,335 79.5 77.4-81.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,315 1,315 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 2,864 *** *** *** 2,864 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 486 202 39.7 34.7-44.8 284 60.3 55.2-65.3
Non-Veteran 3,690 1,113 29.7 27.9-31.5 2,577 70.3 68.5-72.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,263 468 21.9 19.9-24.0 1,795 78.1 76.0-80.1
Unemployed 195 67 32.7 25.3-41.1 128 67.3 58.9-74.7
Retired 1,133 499 44.7 41.1-48.5 634 55.3 51.5-58.9
Unable to Work 258 199 74.1 67.0-80.2 59 25.9 19.8-33.0
Other not in Labor Force 291 69 22.4 17.2-28.5 222 77.6 71.5-82.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 147 80 53.3 43.4-62.9 67 46.7 37.1-56.6
$15,000- 24,999 277 145 49.5 42.2-56.7 132 50.5 43.3-57.8
$25,000- 34,999 344 131 36.3 30.3-42.8 213 63.7 57.2-69.7
$35,000- 49,999 507 181 34.7 29.8-40.0 326 65.3 60.0-70.2
$50,000-74,999 490 160 33.1 28.2-38.2 330 66.9 61.8-71.8
$75,000-100,000 461 122 30.3 25.3-35.7 339 69.7 64.3-74.7
$100,000-150,000 442 88 18.4 14.7-22.9 354 81.6 77.1-85.3
$150,000+ 503 77 14.9 11.8-18.7 426 85.1 81.3-88.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,008 331 32.1 28.5-35.8 677 67.9 64.2-71.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 266 129 49.1 42.0-56.2 137 50.9 43.8-58.0
101% to 150% 423 172 36.8 31.3-42.7 251 63.2 57.3-68.7
151% to 200% 205 80 35.0 27.6-43.1 125 65.0 56.9-72.4
More than 200% 2,144 546 26.0 23.8-28.3 1,598 74.0 71.7-76.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,008 331 32.1 28.5-35.8 677 67.9 64.2-71.5
HOUSING
Own 2,574 780 30.2 28.1-32.4 1,794 69.8 67.6-71.9
Rent 1,300 432 32.8 29.9-35.9 868 67.2 64.1-70.1
Other arrangement 278 98 32.6 26.4-39.5 180 67.4 60.5-73.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,463 349 23.0 20.5-25.6 1,114 77.0 74.4-79.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,203 403 33.4 30.2-36.8 800 66.6 63.2-69.8
Rural 1,513 563 36.5 33.5-39.5 950 63.5 60.5-66.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 855 308 35.5 31.8-39.5 547 64.5 60.5-68.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,333 480 34.9 31.7-38.1 853 65.1 61.9-68.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,991 527 25.8 23.5-28.1 1,464 74.2 71.9-76.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,464 429 27.7 25.0-30.5 1,035 72.3 69.5-75.0
2nd Quartile 1,335 411 31.3 28.4-34.5 924 68.7 65.5-71.6
3rd Quartile 1,012 345 32.3 29.0-35.9 667 67.7 64.1-71.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 368 130 35.6 29.9-41.7 238 64.4 58.3-70.1

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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