2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Fruits and Vegetables

Consumed vegetables one or more times per day.
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,530 3,728 82.0 80.5-83.3 802 18.0 16.7-19.5
-Piedmont NC 2,258 1,835 81.1 79.1-83.0 423 18.9 17.0-20.9
GENDER
Male 1,079 856 78.6 75.3-81.5 223 21.4 18.5-24.7
Female 1,179 979 83.4 80.7-85.8 200 16.6 14.2-19.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,467 1,244 84.5 82.2-86.6 223 15.5 13.4-17.8
Non-Hispanic Black 392 302 77.1 71.7-81.7 90 22.9 18.3-28.3
Other 362 266 74.2 68.1-79.5 96 25.8 20.5-31.9
AGE
18-34 536 430 79.5 75.0-83.4 106 20.5 16.6-25.0
35-44 389 330 85.8 81.0-89.4 59 14.2 10.6-19.0
45-54 373 303 82.6 78.0-86.4 70 17.4 13.6-22.0
55-64 353 273 78.3 72.9-82.8 80 21.7 17.2-27.1
65-74 340 282 79.8 73.7-84.8 58 20.2 15.2-26.3
75+ 218 180 84.9 78.9-89.5 38 15.1 10.5-21.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 173 104 66.1 57.6-73.6 69 33.9 26.4-42.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 446 331 74.1 68.9-78.7 115 25.9 21.3-31.1
Some Post-H.S. 572 475 84.7 81.0-87.7 97 15.3 12.3-19.0
College Graduate 1,060 921 87.5 85.1-89.6 139 12.5 10.4-14.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 598 447 75.5 71.2-79.3 151 24.5 20.7-28.8
No 1,648 1,378 83.1 80.7-85.2 270 16.9 14.8-19.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 240 200 79.8 72.2-85.7 40 20.2 14.3-27.8
Non-Veteran 2,014 1,633 81.4 79.2-83.3 381 18.6 16.7-20.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,339 1,113 83.3 80.8-85.5 226 16.7 14.5-19.2
Unemployed 117 88 79.9 69.7-87.3 29 20.1 12.7-30.3
Retired 510 429 83.0 78.5-86.7 81 17.0 13.3-21.5
Unable to Work 119 73 61.3 50.8-70.9 46 38.7 29.1-49.2
Other not in Labor Force 161 124 77.1 68.0-84.3 37 22.9 15.7-32.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 75 69.5 59.1-78.3 40 30.5 21.7-40.9
$15,000- 24,999 167 120 74.1 65.2-81.4 47 25.9 18.6-34.8
$25,000- 34,999 213 153 72.4 64.6-79.0 60 27.6 21.0-35.4
$35,000- 49,999 231 183 81.9 75.5-86.9 48 18.1 13.1-24.5
$50,000- 74,999 288 261 90.4 85.7-93.7 27 9.6 6.3-14.3
$75,000+ 805 714 87.3 84.2-89.9 91 12.7 10.1-15.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 439 329 73.7 68.3-78.6 110 26.3 21.4-31.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 158 103 71.4 62.0-79.1 55 28.6 20.9-38.0
101% to 150% 171 130 76.2 67.6-83.0 41 23.8 17.0-32.4
151% to 200% 172 135 80.3 72.6-86.3 37 19.7 13.7-27.4
More than 200% 1,248 1,088 86.5 84.0-88.6 160 13.5 11.4-16.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 439 329 73.7 68.3-78.6 110 26.3 21.4-31.7
HOUSING
Own 1,444 1,230 84.2 81.8-86.4 214 15.8 13.6-18.2
Rent 649 485 75.3 71.0-79.1 164 24.7 20.9-29.0
Other arrangement 142 104 73.7 64.6-81.1 38 26.3 18.9-35.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,264 1,043 82.3 79.6-84.7 221 17.7 15.3-20.4
Regional City or Suburban County 570 453 79.4 75.1-83.2 117 20.6 16.8-24.9
Rural 424 339 80.3 75.5-84.3 85 19.7 15.7-24.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 194 156 77.2 68.4-84.1 38 22.8 15.9-31.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 839 670 79.7 76.1-82.8 169 20.3 17.2-23.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,225 1,009 82.7 80.1-85.1 216 17.3 14.9-19.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 777 633 82.0 78.6-85.0 144 18.0 15.0-21.4
2nd Quartile 845 687 80.9 77.5-83.8 158 19.1 16.2-22.5
3rd Quartile 568 466 80.8 76.1-84.7 102 19.2 15.3-23.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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