2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,082 430 10.7 9.5-12.1 3,652 89.3 87.9-90.5
Piedmont NC 2,041 201 10.0 8.4-11.7 1,840 90.0 88.3-91.6
GENDER
Male 929 85 9.7 7.5-12.6 844 90.3 87.4-92.5
Female 1,112 116 10.2 8.2-12.5 996 89.8 87.5-91.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,258 91 8.2 6.4-10.4 1,167 91.8 89.6-93.6
Non-Hispanic Black 387 40 10.3 7.1-14.7 347 89.7 85.3-92.9
Other 358 66 16.3 12.1-21.7 292 83.7 78.3-87.9
AGE
18-34 466 64 12.4 9.3-16.2 402 87.6 83.8-90.7
35-44 298 35 11.9 8.0-17.2 263 88.1 82.8-92.0
45-54 334 45 12.5 8.6-17.8 289 87.5 82.2-91.4
55-64 345 44 12.2 8.3-17.6 301 87.8 82.4-91.7
65-74 315 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 247 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 35 14.3 9.5-20.9 132 85.7 79.1-90.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 402 57 15.2 11.3-20.2 345 84.8 79.8-88.7
Some Post-H.S. 481 54 9.8 7.2-13.1 427 90.2 86.9-92.8
College Graduate 978 55 5.0 3.5- 7.1 923 95.0 92.9-96.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 588 88 15.9 12.3-20.4 500 84.1 79.6-87.7
No 1,383 108 7.6 6.1- 9.4 1,275 92.4 90.6-93.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 217 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,818 184 9.9 8.3-11.7 1,634 90.1 88.3-91.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,172 125 10.3 8.3-12.7 1,047 89.7 87.3-91.7
Unemployed 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 517 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 131 18 10.5 6.2-17.2 113 89.5 82.8-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 21 20.6 12.6-31.7 78 79.4 68.3-87.4
$15,000- 24,999 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 160 26 13.8 8.5-21.4 134 86.2 78.6-91.5
$35,000- 49,999 224 33 14.6 9.6-21.6 191 85.4 78.4-90.4
$50,000- 74,999 260 20 8.1 4.7-13.6 240 91.9 86.4-95.3
$75,000+ 736 29 4.2 2.8- 6.4 707 95.8 93.6-97.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 448 42 9.1 6.2-13.1 406 90.9 86.9-93.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 137 33 21.0 13.8-30.6 104 79.0 69.4-86.2
101% to 150% 109 28 20.5 12.6-31.7 81 79.5 68.3-87.4
151% to 200% 125 18 15.7 8.5-27.0 107 84.3 73.0-91.5
More than 200% 1,150 66 6.3 4.8- 8.4 1,084 93.7 91.6-95.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 448 42 9.1 6.2-13.1 406 90.9 86.9-93.8
HOUSING
Own 1,262 77 7.4 5.7- 9.6 1,185 92.6 90.4-94.3
Rent 608 101 15.7 12.6-19.5 507 84.3 80.5-87.4
Other arrangement 145 22 15.1 9.1-23.9 123 84.9 76.1-90.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,160 110 9.6 7.6-11.9 1,050 90.4 88.1-92.4
Regional City or Suburban County 471 51 10.7 7.6-14.9 420 89.3 85.1-92.4
Rural 410 40 9.9 6.9-14.1 370 90.1 85.9-93.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 728 86 12.2 9.4-15.5 642 87.8 84.5-90.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,175 103 8.9 7.0-11.2 1,072 91.1 88.8-93.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 750 55 7.4 5.4-10.3 695 92.6 89.7-94.6
2nd Quartile 784 94 11.7 9.2-14.8 690 88.3 85.2-90.8
3rd Quartile 440 48 11.3 8.0-15.7 392 88.7 84.3-92.0
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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