2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Social Determinants and Health Equity

During the last 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your mortgage, rent or utility bills?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,208 322 10.3 8.9-11.8 2,886 89.7 88.2-91.1
Piedmont NC 1,553 154 10.2 8.4-12.3 1,399 89.8 87.7-91.6
GENDER
Male 672 49 7.1 5.0- 9.9 623 92.9 90.1-95.0
Female 881 105 12.8 10.1-16.1 776 87.2 83.9-89.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 972 58 6.4 4.8- 8.5 914 93.6 91.5-95.2
Non-Hispanic Black 313 57 18.8 13.6-25.6 256 81.2 74.4-86.4
Other 244 36 12.2 8.2-17.7 208 87.8 82.3-91.8
AGE
18-34 300 38 13.2 8.9-19.2 262 86.8 80.8-91.1
35-44 220 31 13.4 9.1-19.4 189 86.6 80.6-90.9
45-54 271 32 10.6 7.0-15.6 239 89.4 84.4-93.0
55-64 284 32 8.9 5.8-13.4 252 91.1 86.6-94.2
65-74 253 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 201 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 131 25 15.4 9.4-24.1 106 84.6 75.9-90.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 306 40 11.8 8.2-16.6 266 88.2 83.4-91.8
Some Post-H.S. 379 60 14.2 10.2-19.3 319 85.8 80.7-89.8
College Graduate 729 29 3.7 2.4- 5.8 700 96.3 94.2-97.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 472 88 17.8 13.8-22.6 384 82.2 77.4-86.2
No 1,068 65 7.0 5.1- 9.4 1,003 93.0 90.6-94.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,400 142 10.5 8.6-12.8 1,258 89.5 87.2-91.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 897 80 9.3 7.0-12.2 817 90.7 87.8-93.0
Unemployed 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 418 16 4.0 2.3- 6.9 402 96.0 93.1-97.7
Unable to Work 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 87 25 18.3 10.6-29.8 62 81.7 70.2-89.4
$25,000- 34,999 118 26 22.5 14.7-33.0 92 77.5 67.0-85.3
$35,000- 49,999 170 25 18.8 11.9-28.4 145 81.2 71.6-88.1
$50,000- 74,999 195 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 575 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 359 31 8.8 5.1-14.6 328 91.2 85.4-94.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 102 18 16.7 9.9-26.8 84 83.3 73.2-90.1
More than 200% 881 36 5.4 3.7- 7.9 845 94.6 92.1-96.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 359 31 8.8 5.1-14.6 328 91.2 85.4-94.9
HOUSING
Own 1,043 57 6.0 4.3- 8.4 986 94.0 91.6-95.7
Rent 383 78 22.5 17.5-28.5 305 77.5 71.5-82.5
Other arrangement 109 18 16.8 9.7-27.7 91 83.2 72.3-90.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 830 80 10.5 8.2-13.4 750 89.5 86.6-91.8
Regional City or Suburban County 367 35 10.0 6.3-15.6 332 90.0 84.4-93.7
Rural 356 39 9.6 6.7-13.6 317 90.4 86.4-93.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 130 16 10.1 5.6-17.5 114 89.9 82.5-94.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 599 70 12.6 9.2-17.0 529 87.4 83.0-90.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 824 68 8.4 6.4-10.9 756 91.6 89.1-93.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 557 38 7.2 5.0-10.3 519 92.8 89.7-95.0
2nd Quartile 569 73 12.6 9.5-16.7 496 87.4 83.3-90.5
3rd Quartile 368 34 9.8 6.3-14.8 334 90.2 85.2-93.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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