2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,924 493 10.6 9.6-11.8 4,431 89.4 88.2-90.4
-Piedmont NC 2,456 242 10.0 8.7-11.5 2,214 90.0 88.5-91.3
GENDER
Male 1,188 96 8.5 6.8-10.7 1,092 91.5 89.3-93.2
Female 1,268 146 11.3 9.5-13.5 1,122 88.7 86.5-90.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,565 107 7.2 5.8- 8.8 1,458 92.8 91.2-94.2
Non-Hispanic Black 441 62 14.5 11.1-18.8 379 85.5 81.2-88.9
Other 396 66 14.2 10.8-18.3 330 85.8 81.7-89.2
AGE
18-34 583 76 11.9 9.3-15.0 507 88.1 85.0-90.7
35-44 419 55 11.9 8.7-16.1 364 88.1 83.9-91.3
45-54 400 48 11.5 8.4-15.6 352 88.5 84.4-91.6
55-64 373 49 13.5 9.9-18.1 324 86.5 81.9-90.1
65-74 371 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 247 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 203 42 17.9 12.9-24.3 161 82.1 75.7-87.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 504 62 11.9 9.0-15.5 442 88.1 84.5-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 615 69 9.5 7.3-12.3 546 90.5 87.7-92.7
College Graduate 1,123 68 6.4 4.9- 8.2 1,055 93.6 91.8-95.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 649 109 17.3 14.2-21.0 540 82.7 79.0-85.8
No 1,751 123 7.2 5.9- 8.7 1,628 92.8 91.3-94.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 263 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,178 232 10.7 9.3-12.4 1,946 89.3 87.6-90.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,432 135 9.0 7.4-10.8 1,297 91.0 89.2-92.6
Unemployed 132 35 25.0 17.6-34.1 97 75.0 65.9-82.4
Retired 559 16 4.2 2.4- 7.2 543 95.8 92.8-97.6
Unable to Work 130 26 20.7 13.5-30.4 104 79.3 69.6-86.5
Other not in Labor Force 172 26 12.1 7.8-18.2 146 87.9 81.8-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 136 34 25.0 17.4-34.6 102 75.0 65.4-82.6
$15,000- 24,999 186 43 22.4 16.0-30.5 143 77.6 69.5-84.0
$25,000- 34,999 228 42 19.2 13.9-26.0 186 80.8 74.0-86.1
$35,000- 49,999 248 25 10.2 6.6-15.6 223 89.8 84.4-93.4
$50,000- 74,999 298 15 5.7 3.3- 9.6 283 94.3 90.4-96.7
$75,000+ 841 24 2.7 1.7- 4.1 817 97.3 95.9-98.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 519 59 11.1 8.4-14.6 460 88.9 85.4-91.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 179 48 25.6 18.5-34.2 131 74.4 65.8-81.5
101% to 150% 180 38 20.0 14.2-27.3 142 80.0 72.7-85.8
151% to 200% 184 25 14.2 9.1-21.5 159 85.8 78.5-90.9
More than 200% 1,306 53 4.1 3.1- 5.5 1,253 95.9 94.5-96.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 519 59 11.1 8.4-14.6 460 88.9 85.4-91.6
HOUSING
Own 1,535 85 6.4 5.1- 8.1 1,450 93.6 91.9-94.9
Rent 721 134 19.7 16.4-23.3 587 80.3 76.7-83.6
Other arrangement 164 21 10.9 6.8-16.9 143 89.1 83.1-93.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,372 136 9.8 8.2-11.8 1,236 90.2 88.2-91.8
Regional City or Suburban County 627 64 10.7 8.2-13.9 563 89.3 86.1-91.8
Rural 457 42 9.3 6.6-12.9 415 90.7 87.1-93.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 209 23 10.1 6.5-15.5 186 89.9 84.5-93.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 920 101 10.5 8.4-13.0 819 89.5 87.0-91.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,327 118 9.6 7.9-11.7 1,209 90.4 88.3-92.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 821 67 9.4 7.2-12.2 754 90.6 87.8-92.8
2nd Quartile 950 98 10.0 8.0-12.3 852 90.0 87.7-92.0
3rd Quartile 612 71 11.2 8.6-14.4 541 88.8 85.6-91.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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