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%)
North Carolina 3,403 373 11.2 10.0-12.6 3,030 88.8 87.4-90.0
-MALES 1,488 183 12.2 10.4-14.3 1,305 87.8 85.7-89.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 959 72 7.8 6.1-10.1 887 92.2 89.9-93.9
Non-Hispanic Black 222 32 14.7 10.1-21.0 190 85.3 79.0-89.9
Other 296 76 23.1 18.0-29.0 220 76.9 71.0-82.0
AGE
18-34 317 63 18.8 14.4-24.2 254 81.2 75.8-85.6
35-44 236 40 15.2 10.8-21.0 196 84.8 79.0-89.2
45-54 224 33 12.7 8.8-17.9 191 87.3 82.1-91.2
55-64 260 37 13.3 9.2-19.0 223 86.7 81.0-90.8
65-74 241 *** *** *** 235 96.7 92.0-98.7
75+ 190 *** *** *** 188 99.4 97.3-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 172 40 18.6 13.4-25.1 132 81.4 74.9-86.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 345 63 17.5 13.3-22.7 282 82.5 77.3-86.7
Some Post-H.S. 375 42 10.2 7.3-14.2 333 89.8 85.8-92.7
College Graduate 593 37 5.9 4.1- 8.3 556 94.1 91.7-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 81 21 20.8 13.2-31.3 60 79.2 68.7-86.8
$25,000- 34,999 90 14 14.9 8.1-25.7 76 85.1 74.3-91.9
$35,000- 49,999 199 35 18.6 12.6-26.5 164 81.4 73.5-87.4
$50,000- 74,999 170 21 10.3 6.4-16.2 149 89.7 83.8-93.6
$75,000+ 563 38 8.2 5.7-11.5 525 91.8 88.5-94.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 460 51 11.1 8.1-14.9 409 88.9 85.1-91.9
No 1,014 128 12.2 10.1-14.7 886 87.8 85.3-89.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 310 19 7.3 4.5-11.6 291 92.7 88.4-95.5
Non-Veteran 1,177 164 13.4 11.3-15.9 1,013 86.6 84.1-88.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 503 73 13.6 10.6-17.4 430 86.4 82.6-89.4
Regional City or Suburban County 454 56 12.4 9.3-16.4 398 87.6 83.6-90.7
Rural 531 54 10.6 7.8-14.3 477 89.4 85.7-92.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 904 123 12.5 10.3-15.1 781 87.5 84.9-89.7
Unemployed 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 381 *** *** *** 376 98.9 96.8-99.6
Unable to Work 87 *** *** *** 81 94.1 86.4-97.6
Other not in Labor Force 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 94 25 22.7 15.1-32.6 69 77.3 67.4-84.9
101% to 150% 123 22 21.5 13.5-32.5 101 78.5 67.5-86.5
151% to 200% 69 *** *** *** 61 91.9 83.4-96.2
More than 200% 821 71 8.9 6.9-11.6 750 91.1 88.4-93.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 300 34 12.6 8.5-18.1 266 87.4 81.9-91.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 472 62 13.1 9.9-17.0 410 86.9 83.0-90.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 716 87 11.4 9.1-14.3 629 88.6 85.7-90.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 535 48 8.5 6.1-11.7 487 91.5 88.3-93.9
2nd Quartile 474 74 15.2 11.9-19.2 400 84.8 80.8-88.1
3rd Quartile 349 44 11.7 8.5-15.8 305 88.3 84.2-91.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 130 17 14.8 8.5-24.7 113 85.2 75.3-91.5

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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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