2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Health Care Access

Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^
Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,553 2,998 84.8 83.4-86.2 209 6.0 5.1- 7.0 346 9.2 8.1-10.3
Western 677 573 82.8 78.6-86.3 39 7.7 5.2-11.1 65 9.6 7.0-12.9
GENDER
Male 295 243 82.0 76.2-86.5 18 7.2 4.4-11.5 34 10.9 7.4-15.7
Female 382 330 83.5 76.9-88.6 21 8.1 4.5-14.0 31 8.4 5.1-13.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 561 505 86.1 81.3-89.8 33 8.5 5.7-12.6 23 5.4 3.2- 9.0
Non-Hispanic Black 36 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 71 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 105 79 80.3 71.1-87.1 *** *** *** 16 13.7 8.1-22.4
55-64 113 97 89.1 81.7-93.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 137 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 156 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 142 108 78.1 68.0-85.6 14 9.3 5.2-16.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 195 178 88.4 80.7-93.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 264 240 85.1 76.3-91.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 279 240 83.2 76.2-88.4 *** *** *** 24 9.3 5.7-14.8
No 378 317 82.6 76.9-87.2 23 7.7 4.6-12.6 38 9.6 6.3-14.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 617 516 81.9 77.5-85.7 36 7.7 5.1-11.4 65 10.4 7.6-14.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 283 217 76.1 69.0-82.0 26 11.4 7.1-17.8 40 12.5 8.3-18.4
Unemployed 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 274 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 18.4 10.3-30.7
$35,000- 49,999 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 186 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 180 148 78.5 68.3-86.1 *** *** *** 26 18.0 10.9-28.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 11 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 319 298 90.6 84.3-94.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 180 148 78.5 68.3-86.1 *** *** *** 26 18.0 10.9-28.3
HOUSING
Own 502 457 88.9 84.7-92.1 22 6.2 3.7-10.1 23 4.9 3.1- 7.7
Rent 137 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 24.1 15.9-34.8
Other arrangement 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 215 172 77.4 68.6-84.2 *** *** *** 31 14.5 9.5-21.5
Rural 462 401 85.1 80.2-89.0 27 7.4 4.8-11.4 34 7.4 4.7-11.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 374 322 83.8 78.0-88.3 24 8.4 5.3-13.0 28 7.8 4.7-12.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 215 172 77.4 68.6-84.2 *** *** *** 31 14.5 9.5-21.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 393 326 80.4 74.6-85.1 25 9.5 6.0-14.8 42 10.1 7.0-14.3
2nd Quartile 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 170 151 89.6 82.0-94.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

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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