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 4,380 662 15.7 14.1-17.4 3,718 84.3 82.6-85.9
Piedmont NC 2,299 301 14.1 12.1-16.4 1,998 85.9 83.6-87.9
GENDER
Male 1,099 116 10.1 8.1-12.5 983 89.9 87.5-91.9
Female 1,200 185 17.7 14.5-21.5 1,015 82.3 78.5-85.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,426 180 13.7 11.3-16.5 1,246 86.3 83.5-88.7
Non-Hispanic Black 430 76 15.2 11.8-19.4 354 84.8 80.6-88.2
Other 389 39 11.9 7.3-18.7 350 88.1 81.3-92.7
AGE
18-34 583 22 4.0 2.6- 6.3 561 96.0 93.7-97.4
35-44 373 25 9.0 5.3-14.9 348 91.0 85.1-94.7
45-54 389 48 12.7 9.3-17.1 341 87.3 82.9-90.7
55-64 382 70 18.1 13.8-23.4 312 81.9 76.6-86.2
65-74 324 69 23.6 17.1-31.5 255 76.4 68.5-82.9
75+ 195 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 465 71 13.8 10.5-17.9 394 86.2 82.1-89.5
Some Post-H.S. 608 95 14.6 10.9-19.3 513 85.4 80.7-89.1
College Graduate 1,056 87 7.4 5.8- 9.5 969 92.6 90.5-94.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 647 301 47.0 41.7-52.5 346 53.0 47.5-58.3
No 1,628 *** *** *** 1,628 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 217 38 18.4 12.8-25.8 179 81.6 74.2-87.2
Non-Veteran 2,076 263 13.7 11.6-16.1 1,813 86.3 83.9-88.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,404 81 5.5 4.2- 7.0 1,323 94.5 93.0-95.8
Unemployed 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 493 112 26.1 20.1-33.2 381 73.9 66.8-79.9
Unable to Work 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 173 51 30.5 21.7-41.0 122 69.5 59.0-78.3
$25,000- 34,999 201 30 16.5 10.5-25.0 171 83.5 75.0-89.5
$35,000- 49,999 210 21 10.2 6.2-16.5 189 89.8 83.5-93.8
$50,000- 74,999 275 34 11.0 7.4-16.1 241 89.0 83.9-92.6
$75,000+ 805 47 5.1 3.6- 7.1 758 94.9 92.9-96.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 535 83 19.4 14.4-25.7 452 80.6 74.3-85.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 167 48 27.1 19.5-36.3 119 72.9 63.7-80.5
101% to 150% 137 22 13.7 8.1-22.3 115 86.3 77.7-91.9
151% to 200% 151 30 21.0 13.7-30.8 121 79.0 69.2-86.3
More than 200% 1,236 102 7.2 5.8- 9.1 1,134 92.8 90.9-94.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 535 83 19.4 14.4-25.7 452 80.6 74.3-85.6
HOUSING
Own 1,386 169 14.3 11.6-17.6 1,217 85.7 82.4-88.4
Rent 709 100 14.1 11.1-17.8 609 85.9 82.2-88.9
Other arrangement 176 30 13.0 8.4-19.4 146 87.0 80.6-91.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,373 160 12.4 9.9-15.3 1,213 87.6 84.7-90.1
Regional City or Suburban County 545 73 14.8 11.0-19.7 472 85.2 80.3-89.0
Rural 381 68 18.5 13.2-25.3 313 81.5 74.7-86.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 844 129 15.4 12.4-18.9 715 84.6 81.1-87.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,353 148 12.2 9.7-15.2 1,205 87.8 84.8-90.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 792 86 12.5 9.6-16.1 706 87.5 83.9-90.4
2nd Quartile 919 123 13.3 10.4-17.0 796 86.7 83.0-89.6
3rd Quartile 526 80 17.1 12.5-22.8 446 82.9 77.2-87.5
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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