2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,240 3,444 79.1 77.5-80.5 354 8.9 7.9- 9.9 241 6.4 5.6- 7.4 183 5.2 4.4- 6.1 18 0.5 0.3- 0.8
-Piedmont NC 2,303 1,845 77.9 75.8-79.9 209 9.5 8.2-11.1 147 7.3 6.1- 8.7 91 4.8 3.8- 6.0 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 1,073 803 72.7 69.4-75.8 110 10.3 8.3-12.8 86 8.6 6.9-10.8 64 7.3 5.5- 9.5 *** *** ***
Female 1,230 1,042 82.6 79.9-85.0 99 8.8 7.1-10.8 61 6.1 4.6- 8.0 27 2.5 1.6- 3.9 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,451 1,178 78.3 75.6-80.8 128 9.5 7.8-11.5 87 6.7 5.4- 8.4 56 5.1 3.8- 6.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 479 409 83.4 79.0-87.0 41 9.3 6.6-12.8 18 4.7 2.8- 7.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 373 258 66.7 60.7-72.3 40 10.0 7.1-14.0 42 14.3 10.3-19.6 24 6.6 4.1-10.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 518 343 65.0 60.1-69.5 67 13.6 10.4-17.5 63 12.3 9.4-15.9 40 8.0 5.6-11.2 *** *** ***
35-44 343 264 77.0 71.6-81.7 24 6.4 4.2- 9.7 38 10.5 7.4-14.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 385 306 81.1 76.3-85.0 42 11.0 7.9-15.1 18 4.4 2.6- 7.2 17 3.3 2.0- 5.5 *** *** ***
55-64 436 364 81.6 77.0-85.4 38 9.1 6.5-12.6 19 5.1 3.2- 8.0 14 4.1 2.3- 7.3 *** *** ***
65-74 337 308 90.5 86.3-93.6 21 6.0 3.8- 9.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 241 223 94.3 90.5-96.7 15 5.0 2.8- 8.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 149 69.1 61.1-76.0 18 8.3 4.6-14.6 19 8.3 5.1-13.3 22 12.0 7.4-18.8 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 480 381 77.4 72.8-81.5 48 10.8 7.9-14.5 27 6.0 4.0- 8.9 21 5.1 3.1- 8.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 635 506 77.3 73.2-80.9 58 9.3 7.1-12.2 42 8.6 6.3-11.8 27 4.6 3.1- 7.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 970 806 82.3 79.4-84.8 85 9.3 7.4-11.6 57 6.4 4.8- 8.4 21 2.0 1.3- 3.1 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 653 535 79.0 74.8-82.6 56 8.7 6.5-11.5 31 6.6 4.4- 9.6 25 4.7 2.9- 7.5 *** *** ***
No 1,570 1,248 77.6 75.1-80.0 148 10.0 8.3-11.9 108 7.4 6.1- 9.1 61 4.7 3.5- 6.2 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 270 230 84.0 78.4-88.4 26 9.0 5.9-13.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,013 1,601 77.4 75.1-79.5 182 9.6 8.1-11.2 139 7.7 6.4- 9.3 80 4.7 3.7- 6.1 *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,299 987 74.3 71.3-77.0 139 10.8 9.0-13.0 103 8.8 7.2-10.9 60 5.3 3.9- 7.1 *** *** ***
Unemployed 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 551 505 91.3 88.0-93.7 33 5.2 3.6- 7.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 167 149 86.7 78.9-91.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 161 122 78.2 70.5-84.4 18 10.3 6.3-16.6 14 8.2 4.6-14.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 166 129 77.7 69.4-84.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 8.3 4.6-14.6 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 257 197 73.9 67.0-79.8 20 6.5 4.1-10.2 20 11.0 6.9-16.9 15 6.6 3.7-11.3 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 197 147 71.0 62.8-78.0 32 17.7 12.1-25.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 231 194 81.2 74.1-86.7 15 7.7 4.3-13.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 264 203 74.9 68.0-80.8 30 10.6 7.1-15.6 24 9.8 6.3-15.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 705 581 79.4 75.5-82.9 69 10.9 8.3-14.2 38 6.7 4.7- 9.4 16 2.9 1.7- 4.9 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 189 141 74.4 66.4-81.0 16 7.3 4.0-12.8 16 10.2 5.9-16.9 14 7.4 4.1-13.0 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 223 166 70.6 62.8-77.3 23 10.7 6.8-16.4 19 10.7 6.6-16.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 134 109 79.5 69.9-86.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,172 958 78.9 75.8-81.6 118 11.1 9.1-13.5 65 6.6 5.0- 8.6 30 3.4 2.2- 5.0 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,432 1,213 81.9 79.3-84.3 119 9.0 7.4-11.0 69 5.9 4.5- 7.6 29 2.9 1.9- 4.4 *** *** ***
Rent 694 498 68.6 64.4-72.5 79 11.8 9.3-15.0 61 10.2 7.8-13.3 48 8.1 5.9-11.0 *** *** ***
Other arrangement 155 116 74.2 65.7-81.2 *** *** *** 14 8.4 4.7-14.4 13 9.8 5.4-17.0 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,280 1,003 77.7 74.9-80.3 139 11.3 9.3-13.5 85 7.1 5.6- 8.9 45 3.4 2.4- 4.7 *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 571 472 78.5 74.1-82.4 35 7.4 5.1-10.7 35 7.5 5.2-10.6 27 6.0 4.0- 8.9 *** *** ***
Rural 452 370 77.6 72.3-82.2 35 7.3 5.0-10.6 27 7.6 5.0-11.4 19 7.2 4.3-11.8 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 131 113 82.4 72.4-89.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 834 680 78.3 74.7-81.6 58 6.6 4.9- 8.9 58 8.6 6.5-11.3 37 6.2 4.3- 8.9 *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,338 1,052 77.2 74.4-79.8 143 11.6 9.7-13.9 86 6.9 5.5- 8.7 47 3.5 2.5- 4.8 *** *** ***

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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.

Sub-group estimates have been suppressed because they do not meet statistical reliability standards.

^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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