2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Age under 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,843 1,634 89.3 87.6-90.9 209 10.7 9.1-12.4
Western 235 199 83.9 76.3-89.4 36 16.1 10.6-23.7
GENDER
Male 121 98 83.5 74.9-89.5 23 16.5 10.5-25.1
Female 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 165 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 178 153 84.3 74.7-90.8 25 15.7 9.2-25.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 217 181 82.3 74.2-88.3 36 17.7 11.7-25.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 235 199 83.9 76.3-89.4 36 16.1 10.6-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 145 117 79.0 68.9-86.5 28 21.0 13.5-31.1
2nd Quartile 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

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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