2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,741 1,517 28.3 26.7-30.0 3,224 71.7 70.0-73.3
-Piedmont NC 1,930 494 24.5 22.3-26.8 1,436 75.5 73.2-77.7
GENDER
Male 874 224 24.2 21.0-27.6 650 75.8 72.4-79.0
Female 1,056 270 24.8 21.8-28.1 786 75.2 71.9-78.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,263 312 24.0 21.4-26.9 951 76.0 73.1-78.6
Non-Hispanic Black 380 110 26.4 21.5-32.0 270 73.6 68.0-78.5
Other 287 72 23.4 18.0-29.9 215 76.6 70.1-82.0
AGE
18-34 464 68 15.3 11.9-19.5 396 84.7 80.5-88.1
35-44 291 39 15.4 10.7-21.7 252 84.6 78.3-89.3
45-54 338 88 26.6 21.4-32.6 250 73.4 67.4-78.6
55-64 353 102 28.2 22.9-34.1 251 71.8 65.9-77.1
65-74 276 91 32.9 26.6-39.9 185 67.1 60.1-73.4
75+ 182 100 56.5 47.6-65.0 82 43.5 35.0-52.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 154 77 48.9 39.8-58.0 77 51.1 42.0-60.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 434 146 30.6 25.9-35.8 288 69.4 64.2-74.1
Some Post-H.S. 492 137 23.0 19.2-27.2 355 77.0 72.8-80.8
College Graduate 847 134 11.8 9.8-14.2 713 88.2 85.8-90.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 146 78 54.0 44.4-63.3 68 46.0 36.7-55.6
$15,000- 24,999 245 110 39.9 32.9-47.4 135 60.1 52.6-67.1
$25,000- 34,999 166 40 26.4 18.9-35.7 126 73.6 64.3-81.1
$35,000- 49,999 215 55 25.0 18.5-32.8 160 75.0 67.2-81.5
$50,000- 74,999 272 54 16.8 12.4-22.4 218 83.2 77.6-87.6
$75,000+ 575 70 11.3 8.6-14.6 505 88.7 85.4-91.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 494 494 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,436 *** *** *** 1,436 100 . - .
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,129 267 23.1 20.3-26.2 862 76.9 73.8-79.7
Regional City or Suburban County 436 115 23.4 19.1-28.4 321 76.6 71.6-80.9
Rural 365 112 30.6 25.1-36.7 253 69.4 63.3-74.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,114 144 13.1 10.9-15.7 970 86.9 84.3-89.1
Unemployed 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 436 183 40.9 35.5-46.6 253 59.1 53.4-64.5
Unable to Work 137 114 81.4 72.3-88.0 23 18.6 12.0-27.7
Other not in Labor Force 168 21 11.0 6.5-17.9 147 89.0 82.1-93.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 215 98 43.6 35.7-51.8 117 56.4 48.2-64.3
151% to 200% 119 36 28.8 20.3-39.1 83 71.2 60.9-79.7
More than 200% 1,017 175 15.1 12.8-17.9 842 84.9 82.1-87.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 573 160 27.3 23.2-31.9 413 72.7 68.1-76.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,264 304 22.7 20.1-25.6 960 77.3 74.4-79.9

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the 2017 BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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