2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,828 1,517 30.4 28.8-32.0 3,311 69.6 68.0-71.2
-Piedmont NC 2,404 652 27.0 25.0-29.2 1,752 73.0 70.8-75.0
GENDER
Male 1,162 309 26.6 23.7-29.8 853 73.4 70.2-76.3
Female 1,242 343 27.5 24.6-30.5 899 72.5 69.5-75.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,540 412 27.1 24.6-29.8 1,128 72.9 70.2-75.4
Non-Hispanic Black 428 135 29.3 24.4-34.6 293 70.7 65.4-75.6
Other 386 91 22.7 18.0-28.1 295 77.3 71.9-82.0
AGE
18-34 572 101 19.6 15.9-23.8 471 80.4 76.2-84.1
35-44 411 66 16.6 12.7-21.3 345 83.4 78.7-87.3
45-54 389 98 26.6 21.7-32.1 291 73.4 67.9-78.3
55-64 369 121 33.8 28.4-39.7 248 66.2 60.3-71.6
65-74 364 142 38.2 32.4-44.3 222 61.8 55.7-67.6
75+ 239 117 53.2 45.5-60.8 122 46.8 39.2-54.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 196 86 42.2 34.3-50.5 110 57.8 49.5-65.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 497 180 34.3 29.6-39.4 317 65.7 60.6-70.4
Some Post-H.S. 597 197 28.7 24.8-32.9 400 71.3 67.1-75.2
College Graduate 1,106 187 14.8 12.7-17.1 919 85.2 82.9-87.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 652 652 100 - *** *** ***
No 1,752 *** *** *** 1,752 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 260 108 39.5 32.7-46.9 152 60.5 53.1-67.3
Non-Veteran 2,140 544 25.8 23.6-28.1 1,596 74.2 71.9-76.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,412 240 17.9 15.6-20.5 1,172 82.1 79.5-84.4
Unemployed 128 44 34.8 25.8-45.0 84 65.2 55.0-74.2
Retired 551 229 41.6 36.8-46.6 322 58.4 53.4-63.2
Unable to Work 130 108 81.0 70.8-88.3 22 19.0 11.7-29.2
Other not in Labor Force 168 30 18.4 12.3-26.6 138 81.6 73.4-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 185 83 44.0 35.6-52.8 102 56.0 47.2-64.4
$25,000- 34,999 225 86 38.2 31.1-45.8 139 61.8 54.2-68.9
$35,000- 49,999 242 65 26.9 20.6-34.3 177 73.1 65.7-79.4
$50,000- 74,999 294 78 25.3 20.0-31.4 216 74.7 68.6-80.0
$75,000+ 835 114 13.6 11.0-16.6 721 86.4 83.4-89.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 499 156 32.1 27.2-37.4 343 67.9 62.6-72.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 181 86 43.1 34.5-52.3 95 56.9 47.7-65.5
101% to 150% 176 61 34.8 27.2-43.2 115 65.2 56.8-72.8
151% to 200% 184 68 37.8 29.9-46.4 116 62.2 53.6-70.1
More than 200% 1,293 253 19.0 16.7-21.7 1,040 81.0 78.3-83.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 499 156 32.1 27.2-37.4 343 67.9 62.6-72.8
HOUSING
Own 1,516 371 24.5 22.0-27.2 1,145 75.5 72.8-78.0
Rent 697 212 30.7 26.8-35.0 485 69.3 65.0-73.2
Other arrangement 160 66 39.3 30.9-48.3 94 60.7 51.7-69.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,335 313 23.9 21.3-26.8 1,022 76.1 73.2-78.7
Regional City or Suburban County 616 193 30.1 26.1-34.5 423 69.9 65.5-73.9
Rural 453 146 31.5 26.7-36.9 307 68.5 63.1-73.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 206 74 33.1 26.1-41.0 132 66.9 59.0-73.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 897 266 28.4 24.9-32.0 631 71.6 68.0-75.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,301 312 25.2 22.5-28.1 989 74.8 71.9-77.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 813 194 25.2 21.8-29.0 619 74.8 71.0-78.2
2nd Quartile 920 250 26.2 23.0-29.7 670 73.8 70.3-77.0
3rd Quartile 599 172 28.8 24.6-33.4 427 71.2 66.6-75.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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