2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,487 177 3.4 2.9- 4.1 4,310 96.6 95.9-97.1
Piedmont NC 2,359 80 3.0 2.3- 3.9 2,279 97.0 96.1-97.7
GENDER
Male 1,136 34 2.4 1.6- 3.5 1,102 97.6 96.5-98.4
Female 1,223 46 3.6 2.5- 5.0 1,177 96.4 95.0-97.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,454 53 3.1 2.2- 4.2 1,401 96.9 95.8-97.8
Non-Hispanic Black 444 20 4.2 2.6- 6.8 424 95.8 93.2-97.4
Other 405 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 595 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 384 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 402 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 392 23 5.7 3.6- 9.1 369 94.3 90.9-96.4
65-74 329 22 7.8 4.8-12.4 307 92.2 87.6-95.2
75+ 199 19 7.2 4.1-12.2 180 92.8 87.8-95.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 162 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 479 16 2.6 1.5- 4.5 463 97.4 95.5-98.5
Some Post-H.S. 623 24 3.7 2.3- 5.8 599 96.3 94.2-97.7
College Graduate 1,080 32 2.8 1.8- 4.1 1,048 97.2 95.9-98.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 649 45 6.0 4.2- 8.5 604 94.0 91.5-95.8
No 1,623 34 1.9 1.3- 2.7 1,589 98.1 97.3-98.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,115 68 2.9 2.2- 3.8 2,047 97.1 96.2-97.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,432 21 1.4 0.8- 2.2 1,411 98.6 97.8-99.2
Unemployed 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 494 42 7.6 5.3-10.8 452 92.4 89.2-94.7
Unable to Work 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 160 *** *** *** 160 100 -
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 175 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 200 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 212 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 281 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 813 20 2.2 1.3- 3.5 793 97.8 96.5-98.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 546 22 3.1 1.9- 5.1 524 96.9 94.9-98.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,251 38 2.8 2.0- 4.1 1,213 97.2 95.9-98.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 546 22 3.1 1.9- 5.1 524 96.9 94.9-98.1
HOUSING
Own 1,417 47 3.0 2.2- 4.2 1,370 97.0 95.8-97.8
Rent 726 25 2.9 1.9- 4.4 701 97.1 95.6-98.1
Other arrangement 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,405 44 2.9 2.0- 4.1 1,361 97.1 95.9-98.0
Regional City or Suburban County 564 25 3.3 2.1- 5.2 539 96.7 94.8-97.9
Rural 390 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 859 40 4.3 3.0- 6.1 819 95.7 93.9-97.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,394 38 2.3 1.6- 3.4 1,356 97.7 96.6-98.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 815 17 1.8 1.0- 3.1 798 98.2 96.9-99.0
2nd Quartile 943 45 4.2 3.0- 5.9 898 95.8 94.1-97.0
3rd Quartile 538 17 2.6 1.5- 4.4 521 97.4 95.6-98.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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 2022 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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