2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

HIV/AIDS

At Risk for HIV:
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You have injected any drug other than those prescribed for you in the past year.
You have been treated for a sexually transmitted disease or STD in the past year.
You have given or received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the past year.
You had anal sex without a condom in the past year.
You had four or more sex partners in the past year.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,528 236 6.7 5.7- 7.8 4,292 93.3 92.2-94.3
-Piedmont NC 1,825 105 6.5 5.2- 8.1 1,720 93.5 91.9-94.8
GENDER
Male 815 63 8.6 6.5-11.3 752 91.4 88.7-93.5
Female 1,010 42 4.6 3.2- 6.6 968 95.4 93.4-96.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,202 60 5.6 4.2- 7.5 1,142 94.4 92.5-95.8
Non-Hispanic Black 361 26 8.2 5.2-12.5 335 91.8 87.5-94.8
Other 262 19 8.4 5.1-13.5 243 91.6 86.5-94.9
AGE
18-34 436 58 13.4 10.1-17.6 378 86.6 82.4-89.9
35-44 267 18 7.6 4.3-13.0 249 92.4 87.0-95.7
45-54 323 16 3.7 2.1- 6.5 307 96.3 93.5-97.9
55-64 341 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 264 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 171 *** *** *** 171 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 402 32 8.3 5.7-11.8 370 91.7 88.2-94.3
Some Post-H.S. 466 26 7.3 4.8-10.8 440 92.7 89.2-95.2
College Graduate 811 39 4.5 3.2- 6.3 772 95.5 93.7-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 231 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 208 22 12.2 7.4-19.4 186 87.8 80.6-92.6
$50,000- 74,999 258 20 8.6 5.4-13.6 238 91.4 86.4-94.6
$75,000+ 553 22 4.2 2.5- 7.0 531 95.8 93.0-97.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 458 21 5.3 3.1- 8.8 437 94.7 91.2-96.9
No 1,359 84 6.9 5.4- 8.8 1,275 93.1 91.2-94.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 200 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,624 93 6.4 5.1- 8.1 1,531 93.6 91.9-94.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,066 69 7.2 5.5- 9.2 997 92.8 90.8-94.5
Regional City or Suburban County 410 23 6.4 3.9-10.5 387 93.6 89.5-96.1
Rural 349 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,048 82 8.1 6.3-10.2 966 91.9 89.8-93.7
Unemployed 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 413 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 201 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 975 57 6.4 4.7- 8.5 918 93.6 91.5-95.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 539 30 5.5 3.5- 8.6 509 94.5 91.4-96.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,198 74 7.2 5.6- 9.3 1,124 92.8 90.7-94.4

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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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