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 4,162 742 15.3 14.1-16.5 3,420 84.7 83.5-85.9
-Piedmont NC 2,250 335 13.0 11.6-14.7 1,915 87.0 85.3-88.4
GENDER
Male 1,038 138 11.2 9.3-13.4 900 88.8 86.6-90.7
Female 1,212 197 14.7 12.5-17.1 1,015 85.3 82.9-87.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,424 223 14.1 12.2-16.3 1,201 85.9 83.7-87.8
Non-Hispanic Black 463 83 13.9 11.1-17.4 380 86.1 82.6-88.9
Other 363 29 6.1 4.0- 9.3 334 93.9 90.7-96.0
AGE
18-34 511 15 2.6 1.5- 4.3 496 97.4 95.7-98.5
35-44 339 13 3.5 2.0- 6.2 326 96.5 93.8-98.0
45-54 369 42 11.7 8.5-16.0 327 88.3 84.0-91.5
55-64 429 95 22.0 17.9-26.8 334 78.0 73.2-82.1
65-74 326 87 27.4 22.3-33.2 239 72.6 66.8-77.7
75+ 241 78 36.2 28.4-44.8 163 63.8 55.2-71.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 39 21.4 15.4-29.0 166 78.6 71.0-84.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 468 110 18.3 14.9-22.2 358 81.7 77.8-85.1
Some Post-H.S. 625 106 13.1 10.6-16.0 519 86.9 84.0-89.4
College Graduate 948 80 6.0 4.7- 7.6 868 94.0 92.4-95.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 655 335 46.9 42.4-51.5 320 53.1 48.5-57.6
No 1,582 *** *** *** 1,582 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 266 64 19.2 14.6-24.9 202 80.8 75.1-85.4
Non-Veteran 1,981 271 12.3 10.8-14.1 1,710 87.7 85.9-89.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,277 60 4.3 3.2- 5.7 1,217 95.7 94.3-96.8
Unemployed 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 544 160 31.3 26.7-36.3 384 68.7 63.7-73.3
Unable to Work 165 100 56.5 47.5-65.1 65 43.5 34.9-52.5
Other not in Labor Force 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 128 47 32.8 24.4-42.5 81 67.2 57.5-75.6
$15,000- 24,999 254 66 23.9 18.4-30.5 188 76.1 69.5-81.6
$25,000- 34,999 198 40 14.3 10.1-19.8 158 85.7 80.2-89.9
$35,000- 49,999 233 33 13.4 9.3-19.1 200 86.6 80.9-90.7
$50,000- 74,999 260 19 7.1 4.4-11.4 241 92.9 88.6-95.6
$75,000+ 704 40 5.3 3.8- 7.3 664 94.7 92.7-96.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 184 55 27.6 21.0-35.4 129 72.4 64.6-79.0
101% to 150% 224 51 18.2 13.3-24.4 173 81.8 75.6-86.7
151% to 200% 131 23 13.7 8.8-20.6 108 86.3 79.4-91.2
More than 200% 1,171 101 7.7 6.2- 9.5 1,070 92.3 90.5-93.8
HOUSING
Own 1,393 199 13.2 11.3-15.4 1,194 86.8 84.6-88.7
Rent 684 102 12.1 9.8-14.9 582 87.9 85.1-90.2
Other arrangement 153 32 15.8 10.8-22.4 121 84.2 77.6-89.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,245 141 10.0 8.3-12.0 1,104 90.0 88.0-91.7
Regional City or Suburban County 560 103 16.8 13.5-20.8 457 83.2 79.2-86.5
Rural 445 91 16.6 13.3-20.6 354 83.4 79.4-86.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 132 32 19.5 13.4-27.6 100 80.5 72.4-86.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 815 162 17.4 14.5-20.6 653 82.6 79.4-85.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,303 141 9.7 8.1-11.6 1,162 90.3 88.4-91.9

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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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