2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,073 184 3.8 3.1- 4.7 3,889 96.2 95.3-96.9
Piedmont NC 2,039 82 3.7 2.7- 4.9 1,957 96.3 95.1-97.3
GENDER
Male 929 25 2.8 1.7- 4.7 904 97.2 95.3-98.3
Female 1,110 57 4.5 3.1- 6.3 1,053 95.5 93.7-96.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,253 57 4.5 3.1- 6.3 1,196 95.5 93.7-96.9
Non-Hispanic Black 387 20 3.5 1.9- 6.2 367 96.5 93.8-98.1
Other 361 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 469 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 298 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 333 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 345 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 314 29 10.1 6.2-16.0 285 89.9 84.0-93.8
75+ 244 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 401 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 481 27 4.6 2.9- 7.3 454 95.4 92.7-97.1
College Graduate 976 30 2.2 1.4- 3.5 946 97.8 96.5-98.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 583 56 9.2 6.4-13.0 527 90.8 87.0-93.6
No 1,386 23 1.3 0.8- 2.1 1,363 98.7 97.9-99.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 217 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,816 69 3.2 2.3- 4.5 1,747 96.8 95.5-97.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,173 19 1.6 0.9- 2.8 1,154 98.4 97.2-99.1
Unemployed 92 *** *** *** 92 100 -
Retired 513 45 10.9 7.3-16.1 468 89.1 83.9-92.7
Unable to Work 99 16 9.6 5.4-16.5 83 90.4 83.5-94.6
Other not in Labor Force 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 223 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 258 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 735 19 2.0 1.1- 3.5 716 98.0 96.5-98.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 449 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,146 35 2.8 1.8- 4.4 1,111 97.2 95.6-98.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 449 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,259 53 4.1 2.9- 5.9 1,206 95.9 94.1-97.1
Rent 610 21 2.4 1.4- 4.2 589 97.6 95.8-98.6
Other arrangement 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,159 34 2.4 1.5- 3.7 1,125 97.6 96.3-98.5
Regional City or Suburban County 471 19 4.0 2.2- 7.1 452 96.0 92.9-97.8
Rural 409 29 6.8 4.1-11.0 380 93.2 89.0-95.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 728 36 4.1 2.6- 6.4 692 95.9 93.6-97.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,173 36 3.0 1.9- 4.7 1,137 97.0 95.3-98.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 748 27 3.4 2.0- 5.7 721 96.6 94.3-98.0
2nd Quartile 783 32 3.4 2.2- 5.4 751 96.6 94.6-97.8
3rd Quartile 441 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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