2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,430 1,646 32.7 31.1-34.5 2,784 67.3 65.5-68.9
-Piedmont NC 2,187 756 30.6 28.4-32.9 1,431 69.4 67.1-71.6
GENDER
Male 1,037 354 29.7 26.6-33.0 683 70.3 67.0-73.4
Female 1,150 402 31.5 28.4-34.7 748 68.5 65.3-71.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,407 549 34.8 32.0-37.7 858 65.2 62.3-68.0
Non-Hispanic Black 408 136 28.5 23.7-33.7 272 71.5 66.3-76.3
Other 335 60 16.0 11.6-21.6 275 84.0 78.4-88.4
AGE
18-34 461 63 14.5 11.0-18.9 398 85.5 81.1-89.0
35-44 359 52 13.8 10.1-18.5 307 86.2 81.5-89.9
45-54 371 70 16.8 13.0-21.5 301 83.2 78.5-87.0
55-64 358 108 30.1 24.6-36.3 250 69.9 63.7-75.4
65-74 354 256 72.7 66.9-77.7 98 27.3 22.3-33.1
75+ 232 195 79.8 72.5-85.5 37 20.2 14.5-27.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 48 28.1 20.7-36.9 136 71.9 63.1-79.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 447 142 29.5 24.8-34.6 305 70.5 65.4-75.2
Some Post-H.S. 548 210 33.9 29.6-38.5 338 66.1 61.5-70.4
College Graduate 1,003 354 29.3 26.4-32.4 649 70.7 67.6-73.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 600 291 42.4 37.9-47.1 309 57.6 52.9-62.1
No 1,576 460 26.0 23.6-28.7 1,116 74.0 71.3-76.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 237 131 49.0 41.4-56.7 106 51.0 43.3-58.6
Non-Veteran 1,946 623 28.7 26.4-31.1 1,323 71.3 68.9-73.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,261 234 17.3 15.0-19.8 1,027 82.7 80.2-85.0
Unemployed 111 20 17.9 10.9-28.0 91 82.1 72.0-89.1
Retired 537 400 69.8 64.8-74.4 137 30.2 25.6-35.2
Unable to Work 127 65 46.1 36.2-56.3 62 53.9 43.7-63.8
Other not in Labor Force 139 35 27.1 18.0-38.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 174 64 32.7 25.0-41.4 110 67.3 58.6-75.0
$25,000- 34,999 209 75 34.6 27.4-42.5 134 65.4 57.5-72.6
$35,000- 49,999 222 74 27.3 21.2-34.5 148 72.7 65.5-78.8
$50,000- 74,999 268 96 30.8 24.9-37.5 172 69.2 62.5-75.1
$75,000+ 754 231 26.0 22.7-29.7 523 74.0 70.3-77.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 453 172 35.6 30.3-41.3 281 64.4 58.7-69.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 163 49 24.8 17.8-33.3 114 75.2 66.7-82.2
101% to 150% 162 51 27.4 20.2-36.1 111 72.6 63.9-79.8
151% to 200% 175 67 37.6 29.7-46.2 108 62.4 53.8-70.3
More than 200% 1,174 397 28.7 25.8-31.7 777 71.3 68.3-74.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 453 172 35.6 30.3-41.3 281 64.4 58.7-69.7
HOUSING
Own 1,420 567 34.7 31.9-37.6 853 65.3 62.4-68.1
Rent 610 154 23.4 19.7-27.6 456 76.6 72.4-80.3
Other arrangement 132 32 17.9 11.7-26.4 100 82.1 73.6-88.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,194 368 28.0 25.1-31.1 826 72.0 68.9-74.9
Regional City or Suburban County 572 210 30.6 26.5-35.1 362 69.4 64.9-73.5
Rural 421 178 38.3 32.7-44.2 243 61.7 55.8-67.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 193 78 39.1 30.8-48.1 115 60.9 51.9-69.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 839 307 32.2 28.6-36.0 532 67.8 64.0-71.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,155 371 28.0 25.2-31.1 784 72.0 68.9-74.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 714 240 29.9 26.2-33.9 474 70.1 66.1-73.8
2nd Quartile 850 283 29.1 25.7-32.7 567 70.9 67.3-74.3
3rd Quartile 556 208 34.6 29.8-39.7 348 65.4 60.3-70.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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