2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you (Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,314 173 3.5 2.9- 4.2 4,141 96.5 95.8-97.1
Piedmont NC 2,405 91 3.2 2.5- 4.1 2,314 96.8 95.9-97.5
GENDER
Male 1,115 42 3.7 2.7- 5.3 1,073 96.3 94.7-97.3
Female 1,290 49 2.7 1.9- 3.8 1,241 97.3 96.2-98.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,387 47 2.7 1.9- 3.8 1,340 97.3 96.2-98.1
Non-Hispanic Black 450 24 4.5 2.8- 7.0 426 95.5 93.0-97.2
Other 547 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 621 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 407 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 394 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 362 16 4.7 2.7- 8.0 346 95.3 92.0-97.3
65-74 310 29 9.2 5.9-14.2 281 90.8 85.8-94.1
75+ 258 23 8.1 5.1-12.6 235 91.9 87.4-94.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 221 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 467 16 2.1 1.2- 3.7 451 97.9 96.3-98.8
Some Post-H.S. 606 25 3.9 2.5- 6.1 581 96.1 93.9-97.5
College Graduate 1,096 39 2.9 2.0- 4.2 1,057 97.1 95.8-98.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 633 55 7.1 5.1- 9.6 578 92.9 90.4-94.9
No 1,680 32 1.8 1.2- 2.7 1,648 98.2 97.3-98.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 205 13 6.9 3.9-12.1 192 93.1 87.9-96.1
Non-Veteran 2,196 78 2.9 2.2- 3.7 2,118 97.1 96.3-97.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,407 21 1.0 0.6- 1.7 1,386 99.0 98.3-99.4
Unemployed 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 527 44 7.5 5.4-10.5 483 92.5 89.5-94.6
Unable to Work 116 15 13.8 7.5-24.0 101 86.2 76.0-92.5
Other not in Labor Force 189 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 153 18 10.8 6.1-18.3 135 89.2 81.7-93.9
$25,000- 34,999 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 271 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 261 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 870 16 1.9 1.1- 3.3 854 98.1 96.7-98.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 570 22 2.9 1.8- 4.6 548 97.1 95.4-98.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 213 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,250 32 2.5 1.6- 3.7 1,218 97.5 96.3-98.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 570 22 2.9 1.8- 4.6 548 97.1 95.4-98.2
HOUSING
Own 1,350 49 3.3 2.4- 4.5 1,301 96.7 95.5-97.6
Rent 861 31 2.6 1.7- 3.9 830 97.4 96.1-98.3
Other arrangement 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,414 44 2.7 1.9- 3.9 1,370 97.3 96.1-98.1
Regional City or Suburban County 626 29 3.5 2.4- 5.1 597 96.5 94.9-97.6
Rural 365 18 4.3 2.4- 7.6 347 95.7 92.4-97.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 839 41 3.6 2.6- 5.2 798 96.4 94.8-97.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,483 42 2.5 1.7- 3.7 1,441 97.5 96.3-98.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 846 23 2.6 1.6- 4.4 823 97.4 95.6-98.4
2nd Quartile 1,030 40 3.0 2.1- 4.3 990 97.0 95.7-97.9
3rd Quartile 476 25 4.5 2.8- 7.1 451 95.5 92.9-97.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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