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 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
-Piedmont NC 2,415 329 12.6 11.2-14.2 2,086 87.4 85.8-88.8
GENDER
Male 1,166 139 10.5 8.7-12.6 1,027 89.5 87.4-91.3
Female 1,249 190 14.6 12.4-17.0 1,059 85.4 83.0-87.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,546 204 12.6 10.8-14.7 1,342 87.4 85.3-89.2
Non-Hispanic Black 431 86 16.5 13.0-20.7 345 83.5 79.3-87.0
Other 388 33 6.2 4.1- 9.1 355 93.8 90.9-95.9
AGE
18-34 579 19 2.9 1.8- 4.9 560 97.1 95.1-98.2
35-44 413 20 5.2 3.2- 8.5 393 94.8 91.5-96.8
45-54 388 42 11.3 8.1-15.6 346 88.7 84.4-91.9
55-64 369 79 21.9 17.4-27.3 290 78.1 72.7-82.6
65-74 364 95 25.1 20.2-30.7 269 74.9 69.3-79.8
75+ 242 70 31.7 24.9-39.4 172 68.3 60.6-75.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 196 44 23.8 17.5-31.5 152 76.2 68.5-82.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 499 94 15.1 12.1-18.8 405 84.9 81.2-87.9
Some Post-H.S. 603 103 12.8 10.3-15.8 500 87.2 84.2-89.7
College Graduate 1,109 86 6.5 5.2- 8.2 1,023 93.5 91.8-94.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 648 329 47.2 42.8-51.8 319 52.8 48.2-57.2
No 1,752 *** *** *** 1,752 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 261 56 18.1 13.6-23.7 205 81.9 76.3-86.4
Non-Veteran 2,149 273 12.1 10.5-13.7 1,876 87.9 86.3-89.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,421 71 4.6 3.6- 6.0 1,350 95.4 94.0-96.4
Unemployed 128 21 14.6 8.9-23.1 107 85.4 76.9-91.1
Retired 553 146 26.5 22.4-31.1 407 73.5 68.9-77.6
Unable to Work 129 81 61.8 51.6-71.2 48 38.2 28.8-48.4
Other not in Labor Force 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 125 48 33.2 24.4-43.5 77 66.8 56.5-75.6
$15,000- 24,999 185 48 24.5 17.9-32.5 137 75.5 67.5-82.1
$25,000- 34,999 225 46 20.8 15.3-27.7 179 79.2 72.3-84.7
$35,000- 49,999 247 34 11.1 7.4-16.4 213 88.9 83.6-92.6
$50,000- 74,999 295 30 8.8 5.9-13.1 265 91.2 86.9-94.1
$75,000+ 837 42 4.2 3.1- 5.9 795 95.8 94.1-96.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 501 81 15.6 12.1-19.7 420 84.4 80.3-87.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 181 57 26.7 19.8-34.9 124 73.3 65.1-80.2
101% to 150% 179 31 15.9 10.8-22.7 148 84.1 77.3-89.2
151% to 200% 184 34 17.7 12.2-25.2 150 82.3 74.8-87.8
More than 200% 1,298 111 7.5 6.1- 9.2 1,187 92.5 90.8-93.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 501 81 15.6 12.1-19.7 420 84.4 80.3-87.9
HOUSING
Own 1,519 190 11.8 10.1-13.8 1,329 88.2 86.2-89.9
Rent 704 109 14.7 11.9-18.0 595 85.3 82.0-88.1
Other arrangement 161 29 14.4 9.5-21.2 132 85.6 78.8-90.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,344 151 10.5 8.8-12.6 1,193 89.5 87.4-91.2
Regional City or Suburban County 619 104 15.5 12.5-19.0 515 84.5 81.0-87.5
Rural 452 74 14.3 11.1-18.2 378 85.7 81.8-88.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 205 41 15.9 11.3-22.0 164 84.1 78.0-88.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 901 146 14.3 11.8-17.1 755 85.7 82.9-88.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,309 142 11.0 9.2-13.1 1,167 89.0 86.9-90.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 817 78 9.9 7.8-12.6 739 90.1 87.4-92.2
2nd Quartile 924 137 13.4 11.1-16.0 787 86.6 84.0-88.9
3rd Quartile 602 93 13.8 11.0-17.1 509 86.2 82.9-89.0
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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