2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
-FEMALES 2,295 379 14.6 12.9-16.4 1,916 85.4 83.6-87.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,446 254 16.1 13.9-18.5 1,192 83.9 81.5-86.1
Non-Hispanic Black 430 82 16.1 12.5-20.5 348 83.9 79.5-87.5
Other 396 40 8.1 5.5-12.0 356 91.9 88.0-94.5
AGE
18-34 436 15 3.4 2.0- 5.7 421 96.6 94.3-98.0
35-44 351 19 5.5 3.4- 8.9 332 94.5 91.1-96.6
45-54 387 58 13.1 9.9-17.1 329 86.9 82.9-90.1
55-64 390 95 25.3 20.5-30.8 295 74.7 69.2-79.5
65-74 369 87 22.4 17.7-27.8 282 77.6 72.2-82.3
75+ 325 105 33.2 25.9-41.3 220 66.8 58.7-74.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 190 52 27.5 20.2-36.3 138 72.5 63.7-79.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 451 75 14.0 10.5-18.5 376 86.0 81.5-89.5
Some Post-H.S. 656 123 15.4 12.6-18.6 533 84.6 81.4-87.4
College Graduate 989 129 10.8 8.8-13.1 860 89.2 86.9-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 88 26 24.7 16.2-35.6 62 75.3 64.4-83.8
$15,000- 24,999 163 60 30.1 22.3-39.2 103 69.9 60.8-77.7
$25,000- 34,999 212 43 14.7 10.3-20.5 169 85.3 79.5-89.7
$35,000- 49,999 276 49 17.4 12.6-23.6 227 82.6 76.4-87.4
$50,000- 74,999 280 46 13.7 9.8-18.8 234 86.3 81.2-90.2
$75,000+ 676 53 8.0 5.9-10.8 623 92.0 89.2-94.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 732 379 46.0 41.4-50.5 353 54.0 49.5-58.6
No 1,534 *** *** *** 1,534 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 76 *** *** *** 67 88.5 77.4-94.6
Non-Veteran 2,217 370 14.7 13.0-16.6 1,847 85.3 83.4-87.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 782 97 10.3 8.3-12.8 685 89.7 87.2-91.7
Regional City or Suburban County 640 115 17.2 13.8-21.2 525 82.8 78.8-86.2
Rural 873 167 16.6 13.8-19.9 706 83.4 80.1-86.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,098 77 6.4 4.9- 8.3 1,021 93.6 91.7-95.1
Unemployed 101 16 10.8 6.1-18.3 85 89.2 81.7-93.9
Retired 684 177 25.6 21.4-30.3 507 74.4 69.7-78.6
Unable to Work 150 87 55.7 46.0-65.0 63 44.3 35.0-54.0
Other not in Labor Force 235 17 5.7 3.3- 9.6 218 94.3 90.4-96.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 69 14 15.1 8.4-25.5 55 84.9 74.5-91.6
50% to 100% 154 36 19.4 13.3-27.4 118 80.6 72.6-86.7
101% to 150% 252 75 23.8 18.2-30.5 177 76.2 69.5-81.8
151% to 200% 116 20 12.7 7.3-21.3 96 87.3 78.7-92.7
More than 200% 1,097 131 11.2 9.2-13.5 966 88.8 86.5-90.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 475 83 15.1 11.5-19.5 392 84.9 80.5-88.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 748 143 17.1 13.9-20.8 605 82.9 79.2-86.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,072 153 12.5 10.5-14.9 919 87.5 85.1-89.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 799 124 13.6 11.2-16.6 675 86.4 83.4-88.8
2nd Quartile 717 131 16.8 13.7-20.4 586 83.2 79.6-86.3
3rd Quartile 561 85 12.8 9.7-16.8 476 87.2 83.2-90.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 218 39 14.6 10.2-20.5 179 85.4 79.5-89.8

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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 U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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