2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,317 189 4.1 3.4- 4.9 4,128 95.9 95.1-96.6
Western 745 37 5.6 3.7- 8.5 708 94.4 91.5-96.3
GENDER
Male 334 18 5.4 3.0- 9.6 316 94.6 90.4-97.0
Female 411 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 608 30 6.1 3.8- 9.5 578 93.9 90.5-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 107 *** *** *** 107 100 -
35-44 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 295 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 296 26 10.2 6.5-15.8 270 89.8 84.2-93.5
No 428 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 675 34 5.7 3.6- 8.8 641 94.3 91.2-96.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 318 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 293 19 8.4 4.8-14.2 274 91.6 85.8-95.2
Unable to Work 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 204 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 353 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 531 27 6.4 3.9-10.3 504 93.6 89.7-96.1
Rent 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 240 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 505 24 5.9 3.4-10.0 481 94.1 90.0-96.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 406 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 240 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 437 28 6.3 4.1- 9.6 409 93.7 90.4-95.9
2nd Quartile 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
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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