2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Family Planning

Used Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Method
(Calculated variable.)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, used LARC No, did not use LARC
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 465 77 15.6 12.3-19.7 388 84.4 80.3-87.7
Piedmont NC 277 42 13.4 9.7-18.3 235 86.6 81.7-90.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 139 23 13.3 8.5-20.1 116 86.7 79.9-91.5
Non-Hispanic Black 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 101 16 13.3 7.7-22.0 85 86.7 78.0-92.3
35-44 115 19 14.9 9.4-22.9 96 85.1 77.1-90.6
45-54 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 140 27 19.2 13.0-27.4 113 80.8 72.6-87.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 215 37 16.2 11.5-22.4 178 83.8 77.6-88.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 274 42 13.7 9.9-18.7 232 86.3 81.3-90.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 207 32 14.4 10.0-20.3 175 85.6 79.7-90.0
Unemployed 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 115 24 19.0 12.5-27.8 91 81.0 72.2-87.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 147 24 14.9 9.8-22.2 123 85.1 77.8-90.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 148 23 13.7 9.0-20.5 125 86.3 79.5-91.0
Rent 115 18 14.4 8.7-22.8 97 85.6 77.2-91.3
Other arrangement 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 174 31 17.2 11.8-24.3 143 82.8 75.7-88.2
Regional City or Suburban County 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 178 37 20.3 14.5-27.6 141 79.7 72.4-85.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 101 21 20.4 13.0-30.6 80 79.6 69.4-87.0
2nd Quartile 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
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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