2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

General Health Indicator

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,308 3,527 82.4 81.0-83.7 781 17.6 16.3-19.0
GENDER
Male 1,971 1,614 81.8 79.7-83.8 357 18.2 16.2-20.3
Female 2,337 1,913 83.0 81.1-84.7 424 17.0 15.3-18.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,722 2,290 84.6 82.9-86.1 432 15.4 13.9-17.1
Non-Hispanic Black 732 598 82.3 78.7-85.3 134 17.7 14.7-21.3
Non-Hispanic Other 234 192 81.6 74.5-87.1 42 18.4 12.9-25.5
Hispanic 575 413 71.1 66.7-75.1 162 28.9 24.9-33.3
AGE
18-34 966 845 88.1 85.6-90.3 121 11.9 9.7-14.4
35-44 657 556 85.7 82.6-88.4 101 14.3 11.6-17.4
45-54 676 541 80.7 77.0-83.9 135 19.3 16.1-23.0
55-64 709 548 75.8 71.6-79.5 161 24.2 20.5-28.4
65-74 658 516 78.4 74.4-82.0 142 21.6 18.0-25.6
75+ 565 450 78.1 73.1-82.5 115 21.9 17.5-26.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 401 221 56.5 50.6-62.1 180 43.5 37.9-49.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 933 727 81.3 78.3-84.0 206 18.7 16.0-21.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,137 922 83.2 80.7-85.5 215 16.8 14.5-19.3
College Graduate 1,815 1,639 91.5 90.0-92.8 176 8.5 7.2-10.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,308 825 64.6 61.4-67.7 483 35.4 32.3-38.6
No 2,857 2,584 90.5 89.1-91.7 273 9.5 8.3-10.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 500 419 83.8 79.6-87.2 81 16.2 12.8-20.4
Non-Veteran 3,798 3,100 82.3 80.7-83.7 698 17.7 16.3-19.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,324 2,048 88.3 86.6-89.7 276 11.7 10.3-13.4
Unemployed 206 156 78.6 71.6-84.2 50 21.4 15.8-28.4
Retired 1,155 926 79.2 76.0-82.1 229 20.8 17.9-24.0
Unable to Work 260 93 35.0 28.5-42.0 167 65.0 58.0-71.5
Other not in Labor Force 299 247 85.8 80.8-89.7 52 14.2 10.3-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 198 119 59.9 51.2-68.1 79 40.1 31.9-48.8
$15,000- 24,999 281 168 64.2 57.2-70.7 113 35.8 29.3-42.8
$25,000- 34,999 352 257 73.0 66.8-78.5 95 27.0 21.5-33.2
$35,000- 49,999 518 410 80.6 76.2-84.4 108 19.4 15.6-23.8
$50,000-74,999 504 432 85.7 81.7-88.9 72 14.3 11.1-18.3
$75,000-100,000 468 416 88.3 84.4-91.4 52 11.7 8.6-15.6
$100,000-150,000 452 414 91.0 87.2-93.8 38 9.0 6.2-12.8
$150,000+ 509 487 96.0 93.7-97.5 22 4.0 2.5- 6.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,026 824 80.3 77.2-83.1 202 19.7 16.9-22.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 65 65.0 54.5-74.2 47 35.0 25.8-45.5
50% to 100% 265 164 64.6 57.7-71.0 101 35.4 29.0-42.3
101% to 150% 433 297 72.2 66.7-77.1 136 27.8 22.9-33.3
151% to 200% 211 165 78.5 71.0-84.5 46 21.5 15.5-29.0
More than 200% 2,187 1,952 89.3 87.7-90.7 235 10.7 9.3-12.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,026 824 80.3 77.2-83.1 202 19.7 16.9-22.8
HOUSING
Own 2,633 2,223 83.6 81.8-85.2 410 16.4 14.8-18.2
Rent 1,350 1,038 78.6 76.1-80.9 312 21.4 19.1-23.9
Other arrangement 291 234 82.1 76.4-86.7 57 17.9 13.3-23.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,509 1,292 86.3 84.1-88.2 217 13.7 11.8-15.9
Regional City or Suburban County 1,250 1,026 82.2 79.5-84.6 224 17.8 15.4-20.5
Rural 1,549 1,209 78.7 76.1-81.1 340 21.3 18.9-23.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 889 696 78.7 75.3-81.7 193 21.3 18.3-24.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,359 1,083 81.1 78.5-83.5 276 18.9 16.5-21.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,060 1,748 85.1 83.2-86.9 312 14.9 13.1-16.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,512 1,288 85.7 83.4-87.7 224 14.3 12.3-16.6
2nd Quartile 1,375 1,116 82.4 79.9-84.6 259 17.6 15.4-20.1
3rd Quartile 1,040 832 80.6 77.5-83.3 208 19.4 16.7-22.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 381 291 76.7 71.3-81.3 90 23.3 18.7-28.7

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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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