2019 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 had any other types of cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,277 400 7.8 7.0- 8.7 3,877 92.2 91.3-93.0
-Piedmont NC 2,318 205 7.6 6.5- 8.9 2,113 92.4 91.1-93.5
GENDER
Male 1,085 82 5.9 4.6- 7.5 1,003 94.1 92.5-95.4
Female 1,233 123 9.2 7.5-11.2 1,110 90.8 88.8-92.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,460 158 9.5 7.9-11.3 1,302 90.5 88.7-92.1
Non-Hispanic Black 481 28 4.3 2.8- 6.4 453 95.7 93.6-97.2
Other 377 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 526 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 345 13 3.0 1.7- 5.4 332 97.0 94.6-98.3
45-54 385 26 7.1 4.7-10.7 359 92.9 89.3-95.3
55-64 437 46 9.3 6.7-12.7 391 90.7 87.3-93.3
65-74 336 59 18.5 14.1-23.8 277 81.5 76.2-85.9
75+ 246 52 22.6 16.5-30.1 194 77.4 69.9-83.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 214 20 8.6 5.3-13.8 194 91.4 86.2-94.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 486 41 8.8 6.3-12.1 445 91.2 87.9-93.7
Some Post-H.S. 638 60 7.6 5.7-10.1 578 92.4 89.9-94.3
College Graduate 975 84 6.3 5.0- 7.9 891 93.7 92.1-95.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 656 99 14.4 11.4-17.9 557 85.6 82.1-88.6
No 1,581 97 4.9 3.9- 6.1 1,484 95.1 93.9-96.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 272 40 14.1 10.1-19.3 232 85.9 80.7-89.9
Non-Veteran 2,026 164 6.9 5.7- 8.2 1,862 93.1 91.8-94.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,309 61 3.6 2.7- 4.8 1,248 96.4 95.2-97.3
Unemployed 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 555 98 18.0 14.4-22.1 457 82.0 77.9-85.6
Unable to Work 167 36 23.6 16.7-32.2 131 76.4 67.8-83.3
Other not in Labor Force 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 166 23 9.0 5.7-13.9 143 91.0 86.1-94.3
$15,000- 24,999 257 29 11.0 7.2-16.4 228 89.0 83.6-92.8
$25,000- 34,999 198 16 7.0 4.1-11.8 182 93.0 88.2-95.9
$35,000- 49,999 234 16 6.0 3.4-10.4 218 94.0 89.6-96.6
$50,000- 74,999 267 15 4.5 2.5- 7.7 252 95.5 92.3-97.5
$75,000+ 707 53 6.5 4.8- 8.9 654 93.5 91.1-95.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 188 17 6.4 3.8-10.7 171 93.6 89.3-96.2
101% to 150% 224 25 10.2 6.4-16.0 199 89.8 84.0-93.6
151% to 200% 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,180 89 6.6 5.2- 8.4 1,091 93.4 91.6-94.8
HOUSING
Own 1,435 152 9.3 7.7-11.1 1,283 90.7 88.9-92.3
Rent 704 42 4.4 3.1- 6.2 662 95.6 93.8-96.9
Other arrangement 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,288 90 5.9 4.7- 7.5 1,198 94.1 92.5-95.3
Regional City or Suburban County 574 51 6.9 5.0- 9.4 523 93.1 90.6-95.0
Rural 456 64 13.5 10.2-17.7 392 86.5 82.3-89.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 131 22 16.3 10.4-24.4 109 83.7 75.6-89.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 839 83 8.3 6.3-10.8 756 91.7 89.2-93.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,348 100 6.3 5.1- 7.8 1,248 93.7 92.2-94.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 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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