2021 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 4,843 364 7.1 6.2- 8.1 4,479 92.9 91.9-93.8
-Piedmont NC 2,410 138 5.6 4.6- 6.8 2,272 94.4 93.2-95.4
GENDER
Male 1,167 51 4.0 2.8- 5.6 1,116 96.0 94.4-97.2
Female 1,243 87 7.1 5.6- 9.0 1,156 92.9 91.0-94.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,544 85 5.6 4.4- 7.1 1,459 94.4 92.9-95.6
Non-Hispanic Black 428 33 7.5 4.9-11.2 395 92.5 88.8-95.1
Other 388 14 2.3 1.3- 4.0 374 97.7 96.0-98.7
AGE
18-34 577 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 413 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 388 23 6.4 4.0-10.0 365 93.6 90.0-96.0
55-64 369 30 8.7 5.8-12.7 339 91.3 87.3-94.2
65-74 362 25 5.9 3.7- 9.3 337 94.1 90.7-96.3
75+ 241 28 13.8 8.8-20.9 213 86.2 79.1-91.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 198 31 16.2 11.0-23.1 167 83.8 76.9-89.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 498 43 7.3 5.1-10.5 455 92.7 89.5-94.9
Some Post-H.S. 599 30 3.9 2.6- 5.7 569 96.1 94.3-97.4
College Graduate 1,107 33 2.3 1.5- 3.3 1,074 97.7 96.7-98.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 646 138 21.0 17.5-25.0 508 79.0 75.0-82.5
No 1,752 *** *** *** 1,752 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 261 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,144 123 5.6 4.5- 6.8 2,021 94.4 93.2-95.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,418 23 1.9 1.2- 3.2 1,395 98.1 96.8-98.8
Unemployed 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 551 47 7.5 5.3-10.4 504 92.5 89.6-94.7
Unable to Work 129 50 40.0 30.5-50.4 79 60.0 49.6-69.5
Other not in Labor Force 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 27 19.4 12.8-28.3 96 80.6 71.7-87.2
$15,000- 24,999 185 25 13.1 8.3-20.1 160 86.9 79.9-91.7
$25,000- 34,999 222 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 245 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 295 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 836 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 504 46 8.9 6.3-12.3 458 91.1 87.7-93.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 180 30 13.8 9.1-20.5 150 86.2 79.5-90.9
101% to 150% 175 15 8.2 4.7-13.9 160 91.8 86.1-95.3
151% to 200% 183 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,297 26 2.2 1.3- 3.6 1,271 97.8 96.4-98.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 504 46 8.9 6.3-12.3 458 91.1 87.7-93.7
HOUSING
Own 1,515 52 4.0 2.9- 5.4 1,463 96.0 94.6-97.1
Rent 703 61 8.6 6.4-11.4 642 91.4 88.6-93.6
Other arrangement 161 24 10.8 6.7-16.8 137 89.2 83.2-93.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,341 74 5.2 3.9- 6.9 1,267 94.8 93.1-96.1
Regional City or Suburban County 618 39 6.6 4.6- 9.3 579 93.4 90.7-95.4
Rural 451 25 5.2 3.4- 8.1 426 94.8 91.9-96.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 205 14 6.5 3.6-11.4 191 93.5 88.6-96.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 897 64 6.8 5.0- 9.0 833 93.2 91.0-95.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,308 60 4.7 3.5- 6.4 1,248 95.3 93.6-96.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 817 31 4.0 2.6- 6.0 786 96.0 94.0-97.4
2nd Quartile 923 61 6.4 4.8- 8.6 862 93.6 91.4-95.2
3rd Quartile 598 40 6.1 4.3- 8.7 558 93.9 91.3-95.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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