2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,160 525 13.6 12.3-14.9 3,635 86.4 85.1-87.7
-Piedmont NC 2,254 254 12.2 10.6-14.0 2,000 87.8 86.0-89.4
GENDER
Male 1,048 113 11.7 9.4-14.3 935 88.3 85.7-90.6
Female 1,206 141 12.7 10.5-15.2 1,065 87.3 84.8-89.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,423 150 12.0 10.0-14.4 1,273 88.0 85.6-90.0
Non-Hispanic Black 468 57 11.6 8.7-15.1 411 88.4 84.9-91.3
Other 363 47 14.1 10.1-19.3 316 85.9 80.7-89.9
AGE
18-34 512 61 13.4 10.2-17.5 451 86.6 82.5-89.8
35-44 341 31 9.9 6.7-14.3 310 90.1 85.7-93.3
45-54 371 40 12.4 8.7-17.5 331 87.6 82.5-91.3
55-64 426 49 11.6 8.5-15.5 377 88.4 84.5-91.5
65-74 331 37 12.8 9.1-17.6 294 87.2 82.4-90.9
75+ 238 33 13.0 8.5-19.4 205 87.0 80.6-91.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 204 46 25.0 18.3-33.2 158 75.0 66.8-81.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 470 70 14.6 11.2-18.7 400 85.4 81.3-88.8
Some Post-H.S. 628 76 12.0 9.4-15.2 552 88.0 84.8-90.6
College Graduate 948 62 5.9 4.5- 7.7 886 94.1 92.3-95.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 653 254 44.2 39.7-48.9 399 55.8 51.1-60.3
No 1,582 *** *** *** 1,582 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 268 48 17.4 12.8-23.2 220 82.6 76.8-87.2
Non-Veteran 1,982 206 11.6 9.9-13.5 1,776 88.4 86.5-90.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,280 84 7.3 5.7- 9.2 1,196 92.7 90.8-94.3
Unemployed 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 545 69 13.4 10.2-17.2 476 86.6 82.8-89.8
Unable to Work 165 64 43.8 35.3-52.8 101 56.2 47.2-64.7
Other not in Labor Force 160 16 9.6 5.6-15.8 144 90.4 84.2-94.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 128 34 25.5 17.9-35.0 94 74.5 65.0-82.1
$15,000- 24,999 254 54 24.6 18.6-31.8 200 75.4 68.2-81.4
$25,000- 34,999 197 27 13.1 8.7-19.4 170 86.9 80.6-91.3
$35,000- 49,999 234 26 12.0 7.9-18.0 208 88.0 82.0-92.1
$50,000- 74,999 263 19 9.8 5.8-16.2 244 90.2 83.8-94.2
$75,000+ 705 39 5.5 3.9- 7.9 666 94.5 92.1-96.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 184 53 28.3 21.6-36.2 131 71.7 63.8-78.4
101% to 150% 224 33 18.7 12.9-26.4 191 81.3 73.6-87.1
151% to 200% 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,176 89 7.8 6.1- 9.9 1,087 92.2 90.1-93.9
HOUSING
Own 1,397 128 10.2 8.3-12.4 1,269 89.8 87.6-91.7
Rent 683 99 16.3 13.2-19.9 584 83.7 80.1-86.8
Other arrangement 154 25 14.8 9.6-22.3 129 85.2 77.7-90.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,248 127 11.2 9.2-13.6 1,121 88.8 86.4-90.8
Regional City or Suburban County 561 61 12.3 9.3-16.1 500 87.7 83.9-90.7
Rural 445 66 14.9 11.3-19.4 379 85.1 80.6-88.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 132 21 13.9 8.7-21.4 111 86.1 78.6-91.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 818 100 13.3 10.7-16.6 718 86.7 83.4-89.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,304 133 11.3 9.3-13.7 1,171 88.7 86.3-90.7

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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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