2022 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 4,350 1,392 33.6 31.7-35.6 2,958 66.4 64.4-68.3
Piedmont NC 2,281 653 30.3 27.8-33.0 1,628 69.7 67.0-72.2
GENDER
Male 1,092 286 26.0 22.8-29.4 806 74.0 70.6-77.2
Female 1,189 367 34.3 30.5-38.3 822 65.7 61.7-69.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,417 411 31.8 28.5-35.1 1,006 68.2 64.9-71.5
Non-Hispanic Black 428 135 28.5 23.8-33.7 293 71.5 66.3-76.2
Other 383 98 26.8 20.8-33.9 285 73.2 66.1-79.2
AGE
18-34 576 134 25.4 21.0-30.2 442 74.6 69.8-79.0
35-44 371 79 24.1 18.7-30.4 292 75.9 69.6-81.3
45-54 387 88 22.9 18.2-28.4 299 77.1 71.6-81.8
55-64 380 120 30.9 25.3-37.1 260 69.1 62.9-74.7
65-74 320 125 42.5 35.2-50.1 195 57.5 49.9-64.8
75+ 196 95 55.4 45.5-64.8 101 44.6 35.2-54.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 461 164 33.0 27.9-38.6 297 67.0 61.4-72.1
Some Post-H.S. 604 212 33.4 28.7-38.5 392 66.6 61.5-71.3
College Graduate 1,048 200 18.3 15.7-21.2 848 81.7 78.8-84.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 653 653 100 - *** *** ***
No 1,628 *** *** *** 1,628 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 216 82 41.4 33.6-49.8 134 58.6 50.2-66.4
Non-Veteran 2,059 571 29.3 26.7-32.1 1,488 70.7 67.9-73.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,394 250 18.2 15.9-20.8 1,144 81.8 79.2-84.1
Unemployed 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 488 201 44.6 38.3-51.2 287 55.4 48.8-61.7
Unable to Work 133 113 85.3 75.6-91.5 20 14.7 8.5-24.4
Other not in Labor Force 157 50 34.8 25.3-45.6 107 65.2 54.4-74.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 173 89 53.8 43.7-63.5 84 46.2 36.5-56.3
$25,000- 34,999 199 69 36.7 28.5-45.7 130 63.3 54.3-71.5
$35,000- 49,999 208 55 25.2 18.6-33.2 153 74.8 66.8-81.4
$50,000- 74,999 274 77 31.0 23.8-39.3 197 69.0 60.7-76.2
$75,000+ 799 126 16.2 13.3-19.6 673 83.8 80.4-86.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 528 178 36.9 31.2-43.1 350 63.1 56.9-68.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 166 90 53.9 43.9-63.6 76 46.1 36.4-56.1
101% to 150% 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 151 55 37.7 28.5-47.9 96 62.3 52.1-71.5
More than 200% 1,228 257 20.7 18.1-23.6 971 79.3 76.4-81.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 528 178 36.9 31.2-43.1 350 63.1 56.9-68.8
HOUSING
Own 1,376 350 28.3 25.0-31.8 1,026 71.7 68.2-75.0
Rent 704 224 32.3 28.1-36.7 480 67.7 63.3-71.9
Other arrangement 174 72 39.7 30.7-49.4 102 60.3 50.6-69.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,356 376 28.8 25.7-32.1 980 71.2 67.9-74.3
Regional City or Suburban County 544 156 30.8 25.6-36.5 388 69.2 63.5-74.4
Rural 381 121 34.3 27.9-41.5 260 65.7 58.5-72.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 839 268 33.3 29.2-37.7 571 66.7 62.3-70.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,340 342 26.7 23.6-30.0 998 73.3 70.0-76.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 788 200 27.2 23.4-31.4 588 72.8 68.6-76.6
2nd Quartile 912 262 29.1 25.2-33.4 650 70.9 66.6-74.8
3rd Quartile 519 170 36.9 31.2-43.0 349 63.1 57.0-68.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 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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