2023 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 3,967 536 14.8 13.2-16.5 3,431 85.2 83.5-86.8
Piedmont NC 1,982 262 15.1 12.9-17.4 1,720 84.9 82.6-87.1
GENDER
Male 899 105 13.5 10.6-17.1 794 86.5 82.9-89.4
Female 1,083 157 16.5 13.6-19.8 926 83.5 80.2-86.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,220 149 15.2 12.5-18.3 1,071 84.8 81.7-87.5
Non-Hispanic Black 380 55 14.4 9.9-20.3 325 85.6 79.7-90.1
Other 348 52 15.2 11.0-20.8 296 84.8 79.2-89.0
AGE
18-34 460 85 19.4 15.1-24.6 375 80.6 75.4-84.9
35-44 288 49 18.0 13.2-24.1 239 82.0 75.9-86.8
45-54 328 32 10.7 6.4-17.4 296 89.3 82.6-93.6
55-64 336 40 11.7 8.0-16.9 296 88.3 83.1-92.0
65-74 303 30 13.2 8.2-20.7 273 86.8 79.3-91.8
75+ 234 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 389 73 20.0 15.3-25.7 316 80.0 74.3-84.7
Some Post-H.S. 463 76 14.0 10.8-17.9 387 86.0 82.1-89.2
College Graduate 956 76 8.0 6.0-10.5 880 92.0 89.5-94.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 580 262 51.8 46.2-57.5 318 48.2 42.5-53.8
No 1,387 *** *** *** 1,387 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 212 39 21.0 14.5-29.5 173 79.0 70.5-85.5
Non-Veteran 1,768 222 14.3 12.1-16.8 1,546 85.7 83.2-87.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,150 119 11.3 9.1-13.9 1,031 88.7 86.1-90.9
Unemployed 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 500 52 12.6 8.7-17.9 448 87.4 82.1-91.3
Unable to Work 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 130 23 18.8 11.7-28.6 107 81.2 71.4-88.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 159 32 22.6 14.3-33.9 127 77.4 66.1-85.7
$35,000- 49,999 223 38 18.6 12.7-26.4 185 81.4 73.6-87.3
$50,000- 74,999 258 30 13.6 8.3-21.5 228 86.4 78.5-91.7
$75,000+ 724 53 8.8 6.3-12.1 671 91.2 87.9-93.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 437 63 16.3 12.0-21.8 374 83.7 78.2-88.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,135 111 11.2 8.9-13.9 1,024 88.8 86.1-91.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 437 63 16.3 12.0-21.8 374 83.7 78.2-88.0
HOUSING
Own 1,229 118 11.4 9.1-14.3 1,111 88.6 85.7-90.9
Rent 592 105 21.0 16.6-26.1 487 79.0 73.9-83.4
Other arrangement 138 37 28.8 20.1-39.5 101 71.2 60.5-79.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,132 138 13.4 11.0-16.3 994 86.6 83.7-89.0
Regional City or Suburban County 454 68 16.7 12.2-22.4 386 83.3 77.6-87.8
Rural 396 56 17.1 12.4-23.1 340 82.9 76.9-87.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 134 *** *** *** 109 77.0 65.0-85.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 708 108 16.4 13.2-20.4 600 83.6 79.6-86.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,140 129 13.1 10.5-16.4 1,011 86.9 83.6-89.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 721 82 12.9 9.9-16.8 639 87.1 83.2-90.1
2nd Quartile 762 107 15.5 12.2-19.4 655 84.5 80.6-87.8
3rd Quartile 434 62 18.5 13.7-24.6 372 81.5 75.4-86.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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