2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Radon Testing

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,657 725 27.7 25.7-29.8 1,932 72.3 70.2-74.3
-Piedmont NC 1,406 434 29.8 27.1-32.6 972 70.2 67.4-72.9
GENDER
Male 650 214 31.4 27.5-35.6 436 68.6 64.4-72.5
Female 756 220 28.3 24.8-32.2 536 71.7 67.8-75.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 868 326 35.3 31.8-39.0 542 64.7 61.0-68.2
Non-Hispanic Black 306 76 23.7 18.6-29.6 230 76.3 70.4-81.4
Other 232 32 14.3 9.5-21.0 200 85.7 79.0-90.5
AGE
18-34 230 58 24.5 18.9-31.2 172 75.5 68.8-81.1
35-44 218 76 36.1 29.1-43.6 142 63.9 56.4-70.9
45-54 248 71 26.7 20.9-33.3 177 73.3 66.7-79.1
55-64 296 93 29.5 24.1-35.7 203 70.5 64.3-75.9
65-74 226 84 38.5 31.6-45.9 142 61.5 54.1-68.4
75+ 167 42 23.3 16.2-32.3 125 76.7 67.7-83.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 295 52 20.1 15.1-26.1 243 79.9 73.9-84.9
Some Post-H.S. 399 115 30.0 25.0-35.4 284 70.0 64.6-75.0
College Graduate 563 255 46.7 42.1-51.3 308 53.3 48.7-57.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 424 87 20.7 16.4-25.7 337 79.3 74.3-83.6
No 974 345 33.5 30.2-36.9 629 66.5 63.1-69.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 177 55 32.2 24.6-40.8 122 67.8 59.2-75.4
Non-Veteran 1,229 379 29.5 26.7-32.5 850 70.5 67.5-73.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 790 261 31.6 28.1-35.4 529 68.4 64.6-71.9
Unemployed 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 374 116 29.8 24.7-35.5 258 70.2 64.5-75.3
Unable to Work 107 19 15.6 9.5-24.5 88 84.4 75.5-90.5
Other not in Labor Force 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 169 28 17.7 11.9-25.7 141 82.3 74.3-88.1
$25,000- 34,999 116 19 14.9 9.1-23.5 97 85.1 76.5-90.9
$35,000- 49,999 146 41 28.1 20.4-37.4 105 71.9 62.6-79.6
$50,000- 74,999 156 53 27.8 20.4-36.7 103 72.2 63.3-79.6
$75,000+ 451 201 44.6 39.5-49.8 250 55.4 50.2-60.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 126 15 14.4 8.3-23.9 111 85.6 76.1-91.7
101% to 150% 143 27 18.3 12.1-26.7 116 81.7 73.3-87.9
151% to 200% 85 21 24.1 15.5-35.6 64 75.9 64.4-84.5
More than 200% 727 283 38.0 34.0-42.1 444 62.0 57.9-66.0
HOUSING
Own 955 355 35.0 31.7-38.6 600 65.0 61.4-68.3
Rent 368 59 13.8 10.4-18.0 309 86.2 82.0-89.6
Other arrangement 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 746 282 37.2 33.2-41.3 464 62.8 58.7-66.8
Regional City or Suburban County 351 86 21.2 16.9-26.4 265 78.8 73.6-83.1
Rural 309 66 22.5 17.5-28.4 243 77.5 71.6-82.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 93 16 19.2 11.3-30.8 77 80.8 69.2-88.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 534 156 27.6 23.4-32.3 378 72.4 67.7-76.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 779 262 32.6 29.0-36.4 517 67.4 63.6-71.0

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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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