2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,220 393 11.4 9.9-13.1 2,827 88.6 86.9-90.1
Piedmont NC 1,555 156 10.8 8.8-13.3 1,399 89.2 86.7-91.2
GENDER
Male 672 39 5.9 3.8- 9.0 633 94.1 91.0-96.2
Female 883 117 15.0 11.9-18.7 766 85.0 81.3-88.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 977 56 6.4 4.6- 8.8 921 93.6 91.2-95.4
Non-Hispanic Black 312 67 20.4 14.8-27.5 245 79.6 72.5-85.2
Other 244 32 14.0 8.6-22.1 212 86.0 77.9-91.4
AGE
18-34 302 30 10.8 7.0-16.3 272 89.2 83.7-93.0
35-44 221 29 15.9 10.1-24.2 192 84.1 75.8-89.9
45-54 270 29 8.8 5.6-13.6 241 91.2 86.4-94.4
55-64 284 25 8.0 4.8-13.0 259 92.0 87.0-95.2
65-74 253 24 12.1 6.7-21.0 229 87.9 79.0-93.3
75+ 202 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 131 29 19.5 12.3-29.6 102 80.5 70.4-87.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 307 44 13.5 9.0-19.7 263 86.5 80.3-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 380 49 11.9 8.2-17.1 331 88.1 82.9-91.8
College Graduate 730 33 4.6 3.0- 7.0 697 95.4 93.0-97.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 475 84 18.3 14.0-23.7 391 81.7 76.3-86.0
No 1,069 70 7.5 5.5-10.3 999 92.5 89.7-94.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,403 147 11.0 8.9-13.6 1,256 89.0 86.4-91.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 900 44 5.8 3.7- 8.8 856 94.2 91.2-96.3
Unemployed 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 420 32 7.6 4.4-12.7 388 92.4 87.3-95.6
Unable to Work 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 80 14 17.6 9.8-29.7 66 82.4 70.3-90.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 118 18 12.4 7.0-21.1 100 87.6 78.9-93.0
$35,000- 49,999 170 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 196 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 576 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 359 42 13.4 9.1-19.2 317 86.6 80.8-90.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 884 25 4.6 2.6- 8.0 859 95.4 92.0-97.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 359 42 13.4 9.1-19.2 317 86.6 80.8-90.9
HOUSING
Own 1,043 49 6.3 4.3- 9.1 994 93.7 90.9-95.7
Rent 384 84 22.7 17.4-29.0 300 77.3 71.0-82.6
Other arrangement 111 22 21.5 13.0-33.5 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 832 73 7.9 5.9-10.5 759 92.1 89.5-94.1
Regional City or Suburban County 368 41 12.7 8.3-18.9 327 87.3 81.1-91.7
Rural 355 42 14.6 10.1-20.7 313 85.4 79.3-89.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 602 68 10.5 7.8-13.9 534 89.5 86.1-92.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 824 67 9.0 6.4-12.6 757 91.0 87.4-93.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 557 39 7.9 5.0-12.3 518 92.1 87.7-95.0
2nd Quartile 571 63 11.9 8.6-16.1 508 88.1 83.9-91.4
3rd Quartile 369 45 12.3 8.4-17.6 324 87.7 82.4-91.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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