2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,314 173 3.5 2.9- 4.2 4,141 96.5 95.8-97.1
Western 743 35 4.3 2.7- 7.0 708 95.7 93.0-97.3
GENDER
Male 334 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 409 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 605 33 4.9 3.0- 8.1 572 95.1 91.9-97.0
Non-Hispanic Black 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 107 *** *** *** 107 100 -
35-44 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 293 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 294 25 5.9 3.6- 9.6 269 94.1 90.4-96.4
No 428 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 67 *** *** *** 67 100 -
Non-Veteran 673 35 4.8 2.9- 7.7 638 95.2 92.3-97.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 317 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 290 22 8.6 4.9-14.5 268 91.4 85.5-95.1
Unable to Work 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 205 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 352 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 528 29 5.5 3.3- 9.2 499 94.5 90.8-96.7
Rent 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 240 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 503 25 5.0 2.8- 8.9 478 95.0 91.1-97.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 405 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 240 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 436 18 3.4 2.0- 5.9 418 96.6 94.1-98.0
2nd Quartile 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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