2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Family Planning

Effectiveness of current Contraceptive Method
(Calculated variable.)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Highly Effective Moderately Effective Least Effective No Contraceptive Method Used
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 423 199 48.4 42.8-54.0 72 16.2 12.7-20.5 96 21.3 17.1-26.2 56 14.1 10.5-18.7
Piedmont NC 256 115 46.8 39.7-54.0 46 16.5 12.1-22.0 62 22.2 16.9-28.5 33 14.6 9.9-21.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 126 66 50.9 41.1-60.7 23 18.0 11.8-26.6 24 18.3 11.8-27.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 77 *** *** *** 15 16.4 9.3-27.2 *** *** *** 12 15.4 8.3-26.7
AGE
18-34 89 *** *** *** 21 19.0 11.8-29.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 106 53 49.3 39.0-59.8 17 14.8 9.0-23.6 22 19.3 12.3-29.0 14 16.5 9.4-27.3
45-54 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 131 65 49.2 39.8-58.7 25 17.7 11.9-25.7 31 24.8 17.0-34.7 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 199 92 49.3 41.1-57.5 38 17.0 12.1-23.4 52 24.9 18.6-32.6 17 8.8 4.9-15.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 254 115 47.5 40.3-54.7 45 16.0 11.7-21.5 62 22.5 17.2-28.9 32 14.0 9.4-20.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 191 88 48.6 40.5-56.8 34 16.2 11.3-22.8 45 21.5 15.6-29.0 24 13.6 8.8-20.6
Unemployed 9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 108 *** *** *** 19 13.8 8.6-21.5 18 17.9 11.2-27.5 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 31 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 13 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 136 65 51.0 41.3-60.7 25 15.1 9.9-22.2 31 21.2 14.6-29.7 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 133 77 57.1 47.3-66.3 22 12.9 8.3-19.4 17 14.0 8.4-22.3 17 16.1 9.7-25.5
Rent 109 35 31.7 22.8-42.2 20 19.4 12.1-29.7 41 38.0 28.3-48.9 13 10.8 6.1-18.4
Other arrangement 14 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 162 76 49.2 40.2-58.2 28 15.1 10.2-22.0 40 23.2 16.6-31.5 18 12.4 7.0-21.1
Regional City or Suburban County 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 80 *** *** *** 16 17.8 10.5-28.6 21 22.6 14.0-34.5 *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 170 82 51.2 42.7-59.7 29 15.6 10.6-22.5 39 21.4 15.2-29.3 20 11.7 7.3-18.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 97 *** *** *** 15 13.2 7.6-22.0 22 19.8 12.6-29.6 *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 105 *** *** *** 18 13.8 8.2-22.3 29 24.6 16.3-35.2 *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from Family Planning questions 2, 3 and 6, asked of female respondents aged 18-49. Please see the 2024 BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

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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