2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Health Conditions

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

(Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,893 200 4.2 3.5- 5.0 4,693 95.8 95.0-96.5
-Piedmont NC 2,005 70 3.7 2.8- 4.8 1,935 96.3 95.2-97.2
GENDER
Male 911 31 3.7 2.5- 5.6 880 96.3 94.4-97.5
Female 1,094 39 3.6 2.5- 5.2 1,055 96.4 94.8-97.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,300 44 3.6 2.6- 5.1 1,256 96.4 94.9-97.4
Non-Hispanic Black 401 19 4.3 2.5- 7.1 382 95.7 92.9-97.5
Other 304 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 485 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 306 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 354 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 363 16 5.0 2.8- 8.7 347 95.0 91.3-97.2
65-74 284 21 8.6 5.2-13.9 263 91.4 86.1-94.8
75+ 185 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 162 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 458 18 4.0 2.3- 6.7 440 96.0 93.3-97.7
Some Post-H.S. 502 21 4.2 2.7- 6.7 481 95.8 93.3-97.3
College Graduate 877 21 1.7 1.0- 2.7 856 98.3 97.3-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 252 22 9.4 5.8-14.9 230 90.6 85.1-94.2
$25,000- 34,999 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 218 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 272 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 584 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 491 39 7.3 5.1-10.4 452 92.7 89.6-94.9
No 1,433 29 2.6 1.7- 3.9 1,404 97.4 96.1-98.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,783 60 3.6 2.7- 4.8 1,723 96.4 95.2-97.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,173 37 3.2 2.2- 4.6 1,136 96.8 95.4-97.8
Regional City or Suburban County 448 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 384 20 6.0 3.7- 9.8 364 94.0 90.2-96.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,158 17 1.6 0.9- 2.8 1,141 98.4 97.2-99.1
Unemployed 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 443 28 7.4 4.8-11.3 415 92.6 88.7-95.2
Unable to Work 144 19 12.3 7.3-19.8 125 87.7 80.2-92.7
Other not in Labor Force 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 220 20 8.9 5.3-14.6 200 91.1 85.4-94.7
151% to 200% 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,030 22 2.1 1.3- 3.3 1,008 97.9 96.7-98.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 598 19 3.8 2.2- 6.3 579 96.2 93.7-97.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,311 44 3.2 2.3- 4.6 1,267 96.8 95.4-97.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 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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