2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,950 1,315 31.7 29.7-33.8 2,635 68.3 66.2-70.3
Piedmont NC 1,975 588 29.5 26.8-32.3 1,387 70.5 67.7-73.2
GENDER
Male 895 252 29.1 25.0-33.5 643 70.9 66.5-75.0
Female 1,080 336 29.8 26.3-33.5 744 70.2 66.5-73.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,218 364 30.7 27.2-34.4 854 69.3 65.6-72.8
Non-Hispanic Black 377 121 30.5 24.6-37.2 256 69.5 62.8-75.4
Other 346 93 24.3 19.0-30.5 253 75.7 69.5-81.0
AGE
18-34 459 109 24.9 19.8-30.7 350 75.1 69.3-80.2
35-44 285 66 25.3 19.6-32.0 219 74.7 68.0-80.4
45-54 328 69 21.7 16.0-28.8 259 78.3 71.2-84.0
55-64 333 107 31.8 25.4-38.9 226 68.2 61.1-74.6
65-74 301 107 38.6 31.1-46.6 194 61.4 53.4-68.9
75+ 236 124 52.3 43.1-61.3 112 47.7 38.7-56.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 387 147 35.6 29.8-41.9 240 64.4 58.1-70.2
Some Post-H.S. 460 162 29.5 24.5-35.0 298 70.5 65.0-75.5
College Graduate 955 203 18.4 15.6-21.6 752 81.6 78.4-84.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 588 588 100 - *** *** ***
No 1,387 *** *** *** 1,387 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 210 92 42.9 34.1-52.0 118 57.1 48.0-65.9
Non-Veteran 1,763 495 27.9 25.1-30.8 1,268 72.1 69.2-74.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,147 228 20.5 17.5-23.9 919 79.5 76.1-82.5
Unemployed 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 498 215 43.7 37.3-50.3 283 56.3 49.7-62.7
Unable to Work 94 77 84.1 74.1-90.8 17 15.9 9.2-25.9
Other not in Labor Force 129 26 21.0 13.5-30.9 103 79.0 69.1-86.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 223 80 35.8 28.3-44.0 143 64.2 56.0-71.7
$50,000- 74,999 257 64 24.3 17.8-32.3 193 75.7 67.7-82.2
$75,000+ 723 141 17.9 14.6-21.8 582 82.1 78.2-85.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 432 130 31.9 26.2-38.2 302 68.1 61.8-73.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,134 278 22.7 19.8-25.9 856 77.3 74.1-80.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 432 130 31.9 26.2-38.2 302 68.1 61.8-73.8
HOUSING
Own 1,226 323 26.3 23.1-29.9 903 73.7 70.1-76.9
Rent 590 202 34.7 29.7-40.1 388 65.3 59.9-70.3
Other arrangement 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,128 311 26.3 23.2-29.7 817 73.7 70.3-76.8
Regional City or Suburban County 450 136 31.2 25.4-37.7 314 68.8 62.3-74.6
Rural 397 141 35.4 29.1-42.1 256 64.6 57.9-70.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 705 243 32.4 28.1-37.0 462 67.6 63.0-71.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,135 293 26.1 22.6-29.9 842 73.9 70.1-77.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 718 177 25.3 21.0-30.2 541 74.7 69.8-79.0
2nd Quartile 757 239 30.4 26.2-34.9 518 69.6 65.1-73.8
3rd Quartile 435 147 33.8 28.2-40.0 288 66.2 60.0-71.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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