2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,143 1,377 31.7 30.0-33.4 2,766 68.3 66.6-70.0
-Piedmont NC 2,241 659 28.1 26.0-30.4 1,582 71.9 69.6-74.0
GENDER
Male 1,037 293 27.0 23.9-30.2 744 73.0 69.8-76.1
Female 1,204 366 29.2 26.2-32.3 838 70.8 67.7-73.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,418 427 29.3 26.6-32.2 991 70.7 67.8-73.4
Non-Hispanic Black 461 140 27.0 22.7-31.7 321 73.0 68.3-77.3
Other 362 92 24.2 19.3-29.9 270 75.8 70.1-80.7
AGE
18-34 510 88 19.6 15.8-24.0 422 80.4 76.0-84.2
35-44 340 54 16.0 12.1-20.9 286 84.0 79.1-87.9
45-54 368 93 25.0 20.1-30.5 275 75.0 69.5-79.9
55-64 425 145 34.5 29.5-39.9 280 65.5 60.1-70.5
65-74 324 133 43.0 37.0-49.1 191 57.0 50.9-63.0
75+ 239 135 58.4 50.6-65.9 104 41.6 34.1-49.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 93 46.7 38.8-54.8 112 53.3 45.2-61.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 468 183 35.6 30.8-40.7 285 64.4 59.3-69.2
Some Post-H.S. 622 201 28.2 24.5-32.2 421 71.8 67.8-75.5
College Graduate 942 182 15.5 13.3-18.1 760 84.5 81.9-86.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 659 659 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,582 *** *** *** 1,582 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 264 118 40.8 34.2-47.7 146 59.2 52.3-65.8
Non-Veteran 1,973 540 26.7 24.4-29.0 1,433 73.3 71.0-75.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,273 205 16.2 13.9-18.7 1,068 83.8 81.3-86.1
Unemployed 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 539 256 49.2 44.2-54.2 283 50.8 45.8-55.8
Unable to Work 165 134 82.3 74.5-88.1 31 17.7 11.9-25.5
Other not in Labor Force 161 33 19.0 13.2-26.5 128 81.0 73.5-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 128 73 52.3 42.2-62.2 55 47.7 37.8-57.8
$15,000- 24,999 254 123 48.5 41.4-55.7 131 51.5 44.3-58.6
$25,000- 34,999 196 74 34.0 26.9-41.9 122 66.0 58.1-73.1
$35,000- 49,999 232 72 31.6 25.1-39.0 160 68.4 61.0-74.9
$50,000- 74,999 261 48 20.8 15.3-27.7 213 79.2 72.3-84.7
$75,000+ 703 106 14.2 11.6-17.3 597 85.8 82.7-88.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 184 93 47.9 39.8-56.2 91 52.1 43.8-60.2
101% to 150% 223 95 42.6 35.1-50.5 128 57.4 49.5-64.9
151% to 200% 130 44 31.1 23.0-40.5 86 68.9 59.5-77.0
More than 200% 1,170 235 19.3 16.8-22.0 935 80.7 78.0-83.2
HOUSING
Own 1,385 381 27.3 24.6-30.1 1,004 72.7 69.9-75.4
Rent 684 215 29.2 25.5-33.2 469 70.8 66.8-74.5
Other arrangement 154 58 31.7 24.1-40.3 96 68.3 59.7-75.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,239 310 24.1 21.4-27.0 929 75.9 73.0-78.6
Regional City or Suburban County 558 186 32.3 27.9-37.0 372 67.7 63.0-72.1
Rural 444 163 34.1 29.2-39.4 281 65.9 60.6-70.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 132 49 34.2 25.8-43.8 83 65.8 56.2-74.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 811 279 32.1 28.4-36.1 532 67.9 63.9-71.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,298 331 25.1 22.4-27.9 967 74.9 72.1-77.6

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the 2018 BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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