2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,490 508 11.9 10.6-13.3 3,982 88.1 86.7-89.4
Piedmont NC 2,361 262 11.3 9.8-13.1 2,099 88.7 86.9-90.2
GENDER
Male 1,140 112 9.4 7.6-11.5 1,028 90.6 88.5-92.4
Female 1,221 150 13.1 10.7-16.1 1,071 86.9 83.9-89.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,453 132 10.4 8.4-12.8 1,321 89.6 87.2-91.6
Non-Hispanic Black 444 55 10.9 8.1-14.4 389 89.1 85.6-91.9
Other 406 71 17.4 12.9-22.9 335 82.6 77.1-87.1
AGE
18-34 594 90 13.8 11.0-17.2 504 86.2 82.8-89.0
35-44 384 60 16.4 12.1-21.8 324 83.6 78.2-87.9
45-54 401 48 11.6 8.3-16.0 353 88.4 84.0-91.7
55-64 392 41 9.7 6.6-14.0 351 90.3 86.0-93.4
65-74 330 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 200 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 162 40 26.4 17.8-37.3 122 73.6 62.7-82.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 478 61 10.2 7.6-13.6 417 89.8 86.4-92.4
Some Post-H.S. 620 85 13.3 10.5-16.8 535 86.7 83.2-89.5
College Graduate 1,085 74 6.3 4.8- 8.1 1,011 93.7 91.9-95.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 648 118 18.9 15.1-23.4 530 81.1 76.6-84.9
No 1,623 135 8.4 6.9-10.2 1,488 91.6 89.8-93.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 223 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,114 249 12.1 10.3-14.0 1,865 87.9 86.0-89.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,433 158 10.6 8.9-12.6 1,275 89.4 87.4-91.1
Unemployed 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 497 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 157 14 8.4 4.7-14.7 143 91.6 85.3-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 175 35 19.0 12.3-28.2 140 81.0 71.8-87.7
$25,000- 34,999 201 50 25.9 19.2-34.0 151 74.1 66.0-80.8
$35,000- 49,999 213 28 14.5 9.6-21.2 185 85.5 78.8-90.4
$50,000- 74,999 281 24 8.5 5.2-13.4 257 91.5 86.6-94.8
$75,000+ 812 39 4.0 2.8- 5.7 773 96.0 94.3-97.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 546 52 9.8 7.1-13.4 494 90.2 86.6-92.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 168 44 23.2 16.3-31.8 124 76.8 68.2-83.7
101% to 150% 138 32 25.7 17.3-36.5 106 74.3 63.5-82.7
151% to 200% 152 27 17.0 11.1-25.2 125 83.0 74.8-88.9
More than 200% 1,252 88 6.8 5.3- 8.6 1,164 93.2 91.4-94.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 546 52 9.8 7.1-13.4 494 90.2 86.6-92.9
HOUSING
Own 1,418 91 7.8 6.0-10.2 1,327 92.2 89.8-94.0
Rent 727 140 18.7 15.7-22.2 587 81.3 77.8-84.3
Other arrangement 182 25 14.9 9.6-22.3 157 85.1 77.7-90.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,405 163 10.9 9.1-12.9 1,242 89.1 87.1-90.9
Regional City or Suburban County 565 62 12.3 9.1-16.4 503 87.7 83.6-90.9
Rural 391 37 11.3 7.2-17.5 354 88.7 82.5-92.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 857 96 11.2 8.8-14.1 761 88.8 85.9-91.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,398 152 11.0 9.1-13.2 1,246 89.0 86.8-90.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 816 73 9.6 7.3-12.5 743 90.4 87.5-92.7
2nd Quartile 943 118 12.7 10.4-15.5 825 87.3 84.5-89.6
3rd Quartile 539 66 11.6 8.0-16.6 473 88.4 83.4-92.0
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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