2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,375 580 14.9 13.4-16.7 3,795 85.1 83.3-86.6
Piedmont NC 2,293 263 12.9 11.0-15.2 2,030 87.1 84.8-89.0
GENDER
Male 1,095 116 10.4 8.4-12.7 979 89.6 87.3-91.6
Female 1,198 147 15.2 12.1-19.0 1,051 84.8 81.0-87.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,424 169 13.7 11.3-16.5 1,255 86.3 83.5-88.7
Non-Hispanic Black 430 44 9.4 6.7-13.1 386 90.6 86.9-93.3
Other 385 47 13.6 9.1-20.0 338 86.4 80.0-90.9
AGE
18-34 578 93 17.5 13.7-22.0 485 82.5 78.0-86.3
35-44 372 44 13.3 9.1-19.0 328 86.7 81.0-90.9
45-54 388 37 8.8 6.1-12.5 351 91.2 87.5-93.9
55-64 383 38 8.9 6.1-12.8 345 91.1 87.2-93.9
65-74 323 31 8.9 5.8-13.4 292 91.1 86.6-94.2
75+ 196 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 463 71 15.0 11.4-19.3 392 85.0 80.7-88.6
Some Post-H.S. 608 80 13.6 10.0-18.3 528 86.4 81.7-90.0
College Graduate 1,054 74 6.6 5.0- 8.6 980 93.4 91.4-95.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 648 263 43.3 38.0-48.8 385 56.7 51.2-62.0
No 1,628 *** *** *** 1,628 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 217 25 12.5 7.9-19.4 192 87.5 80.6-92.1
Non-Veteran 2,070 238 13.0 10.9-15.4 1,832 87.0 84.6-89.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,400 120 8.7 7.1-10.5 1,280 91.3 89.5-92.9
Unemployed 86 23 20.2 12.4-31.0 63 79.8 69.0-87.6
Retired 492 39 11.8 6.8-19.7 453 88.2 80.3-93.2
Unable to Work 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 157 27 22.6 14.1-34.3 130 77.4 65.7-85.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 100 29 20.8 13.5-30.6 71 79.2 69.4-86.5
$15,000- 24,999 172 43 28.1 19.5-38.7 129 71.9 61.3-80.5
$25,000- 34,999 201 29 17.5 11.5-25.8 172 82.5 74.2-88.5
$35,000- 49,999 209 23 11.1 7.0-17.4 186 88.9 82.6-93.0
$50,000- 74,999 277 30 13.9 8.0-22.8 247 86.1 77.2-92.0
$75,000+ 801 44 5.3 3.8- 7.4 757 94.7 92.6-96.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 533 65 15.7 11.1-21.8 468 84.3 78.2-88.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 165 44 27.9 20.0-37.4 121 72.1 62.6-80.0
101% to 150% 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 152 24 18.5 11.9-27.7 128 81.5 72.3-88.1
More than 200% 1,233 93 7.3 5.7- 9.2 1,140 92.7 90.8-94.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 533 65 15.7 11.1-21.8 468 84.3 78.2-88.9
HOUSING
Own 1,384 102 9.6 7.2-12.7 1,282 90.4 87.3-92.8
Rent 708 121 17.7 14.6-21.3 587 82.3 78.7-85.4
Other arrangement 174 38 23.9 16.5-33.1 136 76.1 66.9-83.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,364 158 12.6 10.2-15.5 1,206 87.4 84.5-89.8
Regional City or Suburban County 547 60 13.7 9.8-18.9 487 86.3 81.1-90.2
Rural 382 45 12.6 8.6-18.3 337 87.4 81.7-91.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 844 111 14.7 11.6-18.5 733 85.3 81.5-88.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,346 139 11.6 9.2-14.5 1,207 88.4 85.5-90.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 792 82 11.2 8.7-14.4 710 88.8 85.6-91.3
2nd Quartile 916 114 14.5 11.1-18.6 802 85.5 81.4-88.9
3rd Quartile 523 61 11.8 8.7-15.8 462 88.2 84.2-91.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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