2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
Piedmont NC 2,346 307 12.6 11.1-14.4 2,039 87.4 85.6-88.9
GENDER
Male 1,088 122 12.0 9.8-14.6 966 88.0 85.4-90.2
Female 1,258 185 13.3 11.2-15.7 1,073 86.7 84.3-88.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,369 193 13.3 11.3-15.6 1,176 86.7 84.4-88.7
Non-Hispanic Black 431 66 14.0 10.6-18.3 365 86.0 81.7-89.4
Other 527 45 9.1 6.4-12.7 482 90.9 87.3-93.6
AGE
18-34 599 21 3.7 2.3- 6.0 578 96.3 94.0-97.7
35-44 397 20 6.0 3.7- 9.6 377 94.0 90.4-96.3
45-54 387 46 10.7 7.8-14.4 341 89.3 85.6-92.2
55-64 355 78 23.6 18.7-29.4 277 76.4 70.6-81.3
65-74 305 60 20.3 15.5-26.2 245 79.7 73.8-84.5
75+ 255 82 31.6 24.1-40.2 173 68.4 59.8-75.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 210 50 30.7 23.2-39.4 160 69.3 60.6-76.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 457 60 13.1 9.8-17.4 397 86.9 82.6-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 596 89 12.3 9.8-15.3 507 87.7 84.7-90.2
College Graduate 1,073 107 7.8 6.3- 9.7 966 92.2 90.3-93.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 631 307 45.9 41.2-50.7 324 54.1 49.3-58.8
No 1,682 *** *** *** 1,682 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 203 39 17.1 12.0-23.7 164 82.9 76.3-88.0
Non-Veteran 2,143 268 12.2 10.6-14.0 1,875 87.8 86.0-89.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,381 85 6.2 4.8- 7.9 1,296 93.8 92.1-95.2
Unemployed 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 521 127 24.5 20.0-29.7 394 75.5 70.3-80.0
Unable to Work 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 183 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 151 42 26.2 18.6-35.6 109 73.8 64.4-81.4
$25,000- 34,999 168 27 15.1 9.7-22.6 141 84.9 77.4-90.3
$35,000- 49,999 268 43 18.1 13.1-24.6 225 81.9 75.4-86.9
$50,000- 74,999 260 41 14.2 10.0-19.7 219 85.8 80.3-90.0
$75,000+ 860 59 7.1 5.3- 9.4 801 92.9 90.6-94.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 562 79 12.8 9.6-16.8 483 87.2 83.2-90.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 148 29 21.9 14.6-31.5 119 78.1 68.5-85.4
101% to 150% 210 47 20.5 14.8-27.6 163 79.5 72.4-85.2
151% to 200% 106 16 13.0 7.2-22.3 90 87.0 77.7-92.8
More than 200% 1,236 122 9.8 8.0-11.9 1,114 90.2 88.1-92.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 562 79 12.8 9.6-16.8 483 87.2 83.2-90.4
HOUSING
Own 1,328 175 13.2 11.2-15.6 1,153 86.8 84.4-88.8
Rent 835 106 11.4 9.2-13.9 729 88.6 86.1-90.8
Other arrangement 167 25 12.3 7.5-19.6 142 87.7 80.4-92.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,380 143 8.9 7.4-10.6 1,237 91.1 89.4-92.6
Regional City or Suburban County 611 103 17.9 14.4-22.1 508 82.1 77.9-85.6
Rural 355 61 15.6 11.6-20.6 294 84.4 79.4-88.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 822 131 15.0 12.3-18.2 691 85.0 81.8-87.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,445 165 10.9 9.1-12.9 1,280 89.1 87.1-90.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 823 98 11.9 9.5-14.9 725 88.1 85.1-90.5
2nd Quartile 1,005 151 14.0 11.7-16.8 854 86.0 83.2-88.3
3rd Quartile 468 53 11.5 8.3-15.6 415 88.5 84.4-91.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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