2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,069 440 10.0 8.7-11.5 3,629 90.0 88.5-91.3
Piedmont NC 2,034 229 10.6 8.8-12.7 1,805 89.4 87.3-91.2
GENDER
Male 927 57 5.9 3.9- 8.9 870 94.1 91.1-96.1
Female 1,107 172 14.9 12.2-18.1 935 85.1 81.9-87.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,251 138 10.6 8.3-13.4 1,113 89.4 86.6-91.7
Non-Hispanic Black 387 56 12.6 9.0-17.4 331 87.4 82.6-91.0
Other 358 32 9.1 5.1-15.5 326 90.9 84.5-94.9
AGE
18-34 467 48 11.7 7.7-17.3 419 88.3 82.7-92.3
35-44 297 23 8.4 5.1-13.6 274 91.6 86.4-94.9
45-54 333 45 10.9 7.7-15.1 288 89.1 84.9-92.3
55-64 343 40 9.4 6.4-13.7 303 90.6 86.3-93.6
65-74 313 38 11.5 7.5-17.3 275 88.5 82.7-92.5
75+ 245 29 11.3 6.6-18.8 216 88.7 81.2-93.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 23 10.7 6.3-17.6 144 89.3 82.4-93.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 399 44 11.3 7.4-17.0 355 88.7 83.0-92.6
Some Post-H.S. 480 56 11.2 7.7-16.1 424 88.8 83.9-92.3
College Graduate 976 105 9.7 7.7-12.1 871 90.3 87.9-92.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 584 108 18.4 14.0-23.8 476 81.6 76.2-86.0
No 1,380 115 7.6 5.9- 9.8 1,265 92.4 90.2-94.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 216 27 13.9 8.8-21.3 189 86.1 78.7-91.2
Non-Veteran 1,812 202 10.3 8.4-12.5 1,610 89.7 87.5-91.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,169 102 9.4 7.1-12.4 1,067 90.6 87.6-92.9
Unemployed 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 514 66 11.7 8.4-16.0 448 88.3 84.0-91.6
Unable to Work 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 222 23 8.0 4.9-12.9 199 92.0 87.1-95.1
$50,000- 74,999 259 26 12.1 6.8-20.6 233 87.9 79.4-93.2
$75,000+ 734 75 9.5 7.0-12.7 659 90.5 87.3-93.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 448 43 8.4 5.7-12.1 405 91.6 87.9-94.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 135 23 15.9 9.5-25.4 112 84.1 74.6-90.5
101% to 150% 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 124 17 12.9 7.1-22.3 107 87.1 77.7-92.9
More than 200% 1,146 122 10.3 8.0-13.1 1,024 89.7 86.9-92.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 448 43 8.4 5.7-12.1 405 91.6 87.9-94.3
HOUSING
Own 1,260 125 9.9 7.7-12.7 1,135 90.1 87.3-92.3
Rent 606 79 11.8 8.8-15.7 527 88.2 84.3-91.2
Other arrangement 143 23 13.4 7.5-22.7 120 86.6 77.3-92.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,157 130 10.4 8.2-13.3 1,027 89.6 86.7-91.8
Regional City or Suburban County 467 50 10.1 6.6-15.2 417 89.9 84.8-93.4
Rural 410 49 11.8 8.3-16.5 361 88.2 83.5-91.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 724 90 10.8 8.0-14.4 634 89.2 85.6-92.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,172 129 10.9 8.5-13.9 1,043 89.1 86.1-91.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 747 82 12.0 8.7-16.4 665 88.0 83.6-91.3
2nd Quartile 781 85 10.8 8.1-14.2 696 89.2 85.8-91.9
3rd Quartile 439 55 8.3 5.8-11.8 384 91.7 88.2-94.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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