2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,925 188 3.5 2.9- 4.3 4,737 96.5 95.7-97.1
-Piedmont NC 2,453 85 3.3 2.6- 4.3 2,368 96.7 95.7-97.4
GENDER
Male 1,186 45 3.6 2.5- 5.2 1,141 96.4 94.8-97.5
Female 1,267 40 3.0 2.1- 4.4 1,227 97.0 95.6-97.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,565 48 3.0 2.1- 4.2 1,517 97.0 95.8-97.9
Non-Hispanic Black 438 24 4.9 3.0- 7.7 414 95.1 92.3-97.0
Other 397 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 583 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 420 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 399 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 373 16 4.4 2.6- 7.5 357 95.6 92.5-97.4
65-74 371 27 7.4 4.8-11.2 344 92.6 88.8-95.2
75+ 245 28 11.5 7.4-17.5 217 88.5 82.5-92.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 203 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 504 24 5.3 3.4- 8.3 480 94.7 91.7-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 614 23 2.9 1.8- 4.7 591 97.1 95.3-98.2
College Graduate 1,122 25 1.6 1.0- 2.4 1,097 98.4 97.6-99.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 650 60 8.7 6.5-11.6 590 91.3 88.4-93.5
No 1,750 25 1.4 0.9- 2.4 1,725 98.6 97.6-99.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 262 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,177 73 3.2 2.4- 4.2 2,104 96.8 95.8-97.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,432 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 557 48 8.6 6.2-11.9 509 91.4 88.1-93.8
Unable to Work 132 18 13.5 8.1-21.8 114 86.5 78.2-91.9
Other not in Labor Force 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 184 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 227 17 7.9 4.6-13.2 210 92.1 86.8-95.4
$35,000- 49,999 249 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 298 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 841 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 516 24 4.1 2.5- 6.5 492 95.9 93.5-97.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 184 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,306 33 2.4 1.5- 3.7 1,273 97.6 96.3-98.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 516 24 4.1 2.5- 6.5 492 95.9 93.5-97.5
HOUSING
Own 1,534 55 3.5 2.5- 4.8 1,479 96.5 95.2-97.5
Rent 720 21 2.6 1.6- 4.3 699 97.4 95.7-98.4
Other arrangement 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,369 38 2.5 1.7- 3.6 1,331 97.5 96.4-98.3
Regional City or Suburban County 628 25 3.7 2.2- 6.1 603 96.3 93.9-97.8
Rural 456 22 5.2 3.2- 8.3 434 94.8 91.7-96.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 209 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 918 39 4.0 2.8- 5.8 879 96.0 94.2-97.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,326 38 2.6 1.8- 3.8 1,288 97.4 96.2-98.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 821 22 2.3 1.4- 3.9 799 97.7 96.1-98.6
2nd Quartile 948 31 3.2 2.1- 4.7 917 96.8 95.3-97.9
3rd Quartile 611 29 5.0 3.1- 7.9 582 95.0 92.1-96.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 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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