2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Healthy Days

Now thinking about your physical health, which includes physical illness and injury,
for how many days during the past 30 days was your physical health not good?

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,245 2,808 66.9 65.2-68.6 370 8.3 7.4- 9.3 456 10.8 9.8-12.0 333 7.8 6.8- 8.8 278 6.1 5.3- 7.0
Piedmont NC 2,370 1,607 68.2 65.9-70.3 214 8.4 7.2- 9.8 257 10.8 9.4-12.4 162 7.4 6.2- 8.9 130 5.2 4.2- 6.3
GENDER
Male 1,101 774 71.2 67.9-74.2 97 8.2 6.6-10.1 115 10.6 8.6-13.0 58 5.3 3.9- 7.1 57 4.8 3.6- 6.5
Female 1,269 833 65.4 62.2-68.5 117 8.7 7.0-10.6 142 11.0 9.2-13.3 104 9.4 7.5-11.7 73 5.5 4.2- 7.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,368 894 66.2 63.2-69.0 137 9.2 7.6-11.0 159 12.1 10.2-14.4 98 7.6 6.0- 9.5 80 4.9 3.9- 6.3
Non-Hispanic Black 443 303 69.5 64.1-74.3 41 7.3 5.2-10.1 38 7.7 5.3-11.0 33 8.7 5.8-12.8 28 6.9 4.5-10.4
Other 539 398 73.2 68.2-77.7 35 7.3 4.7-11.1 57 10.3 7.6-13.9 29 5.2 3.4- 8.0 20 3.9 2.3- 6.6
AGE
18-34 615 414 65.9 61.2-70.2 63 10.2 7.7-13.4 86 14.0 11.1-17.6 40 8.2 5.8-11.5 12 1.7 0.9- 3.0
35-44 401 288 72.7 67.6-77.3 43 10.4 7.5-14.1 42 10.1 7.3-14.0 *** *** *** 15 3.7 2.1- 6.6
45-54 392 254 67.2 61.8-72.2 37 8.1 5.8-11.3 41 10.2 7.1-14.3 34 8.6 5.9-12.4 26 5.9 3.9- 8.9
55-64 354 228 63.8 57.8-69.4 34 8.8 6.1-12.6 32 9.0 6.1-13.0 26 9.1 5.8-14.0 34 9.4 6.5-13.4
65-74 306 204 67.6 61.2-73.3 22 5.8 3.7- 9.1 33 10.7 7.3-15.4 29 8.7 5.6-13.2 18 7.2 4.4-11.7
75+ 250 176 73.4 65.5-80.0 *** *** *** 22 7.6 4.5-12.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 216 152 67.5 59.2-74.8 *** *** *** 16 5.9 3.5-10.0 18 9.7 5.6-16.4 23 13.1 8.2-20.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 455 321 70.8 65.7-75.5 26 5.5 3.5- 8.4 47 10.2 7.3-14.0 36 8.3 5.7-11.9 25 5.2 3.5- 7.9
Some Post-H.S. 601 399 66.4 62.0-70.6 40 6.8 4.9- 9.5 73 13.0 10.1-16.5 50 8.8 6.4-11.9 39 5.0 3.6- 7.1
College Graduate 1,084 727 68.3 65.2-71.3 139 13.0 10.9-15.4 120 10.7 8.8-12.8 56 5.0 3.7- 6.7 42 3.0 2.2- 4.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 613 305 49.3 44.4-54.1 45 6.5 4.5- 9.2 89 15.1 11.9-19.0 87 16.3 12.7-20.5 87 12.9 10.1-16.3
No 1,667 1,240 75.5 73.1-77.8 159 9.0 7.6-10.6 157 9.0 7.6-10.7 70 4.1 3.1- 5.3 41 2.4 1.7- 3.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 205 146 70.4 62.3-77.4 *** *** *** 16 8.4 4.8-14.2 15 9.4 5.4-16.0 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,161 1,457 67.9 65.5-70.2 200 8.6 7.3-10.0 241 11.1 9.6-12.8 147 7.2 6.0- 8.7 116 5.2 4.2- 6.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,395 982 70.6 67.7-73.3 147 9.6 8.0-11.5 152 11.5 9.6-13.7 68 5.6 4.2- 7.4 46 2.8 2.0- 3.8
Unemployed 128 82 62.3 52.0-71.6 *** *** *** 14 11.1 6.3-18.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 517 353 71.4 66.5-75.8 31 4.6 3.0- 6.9 54 9.4 6.9-12.7 40 7.1 4.9-10.1 39 7.6 5.1-11.1
Unable to Work 112 37 33.4 24.3-43.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 29.0 20.0-40.0 29 26.0 17.7-36.3
Other not in Labor Force 186 127 66.6 58.0-74.2 20 10.4 6.6-16.2 19 10.0 5.7-16.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 101 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 12.7 7.1-21.7 14 13.6 7.5-23.4 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 151 92 57.5 47.4-67.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 15.6 9.0-25.9 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 173 115 65.3 55.8-73.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 14.3 8.6-22.7 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 264 174 67.3 60.5-73.5 25 8.0 5.2-12.3 26 9.2 6.1-13.8 23 9.8 6.3-15.1 16 5.6 3.2- 9.6
$50,000- 74,999 257 176 72.4 65.9-78.1 29 8.8 5.9-13.0 27 10.5 6.8-15.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 866 612 70.5 66.9-73.9 94 10.3 8.3-12.8 100 12.7 10.2-15.6 36 4.1 2.8- 5.9 24 2.4 1.5- 3.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 558 381 68.7 63.9-73.2 36 6.3 4.4- 9.1 62 9.8 7.3-13.1 36 7.7 5.2-11.4 43 7.3 5.1-10.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 146 93 60.0 49.8-69.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 18.2 11.2-28.2 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 211 138 66.4 58.1-73.7 18 7.0 4.1-11.5 18 6.9 4.0-11.7 21 11.5 6.9-18.7 16 8.2 4.6-14.3
151% to 200% 110 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 14.1 7.7-24.5 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,238 856 69.8 66.7-72.6 137 10.1 8.4-12.1 145 12.7 10.6-15.1 58 4.5 3.4- 5.9 42 3.0 2.1- 4.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 558 381 68.7 63.9-73.2 36 6.3 4.4- 9.1 62 9.8 7.3-13.1 36 7.7 5.2-11.4 43 7.3 5.1-10.4
HOUSING
Own 1,329 932 70.0 67.1-72.8 113 7.8 6.4- 9.5 132 10.3 8.6-12.4 86 7.2 5.6- 9.1 66 4.7 3.5- 6.1
Rent 849 550 64.1 60.3-67.8 85 9.6 7.6-12.0 105 13.1 10.6-16.0 58 7.2 5.4- 9.7 51 6.0 4.4- 8.1
Other arrangement 173 109 63.2 54.4-71.2 16 11.0 6.4-18.3 18 7.7 4.5-12.8 17 10.6 6.1-17.6 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,394 952 68.8 65.9-71.6 133 8.9 7.3-10.8 157 11.7 9.8-13.9 87 6.5 5.0- 8.2 65 4.2 3.2- 5.5
Regional City or Suburban County 615 420 68.8 64.4-72.9 50 7.7 5.7-10.3 68 11.1 8.5-14.3 41 7.3 5.0-10.5 36 5.1 3.6- 7.4
Rural 361 235 65.2 59.2-70.9 31 8.1 5.5-12.0 32 8.0 5.3-11.9 34 10.4 7.1-15.1 29 8.2 5.3-12.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 823 558 69.6 65.8-73.2 64 7.1 5.3- 9.3 85 9.6 7.5-12.2 66 8.2 6.2-10.9 50 5.5 4.0- 7.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,464 996 67.8 64.9-70.5 146 9.7 8.1-11.6 165 11.9 10.1-14.1 87 6.3 4.9- 8.1 70 4.3 3.3- 5.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 835 572 67.4 63.5-71.1 83 10.4 8.2-13.1 91 11.4 9.1-14.2 51 6.4 4.5- 9.0 38 4.4 3.1- 6.4
2nd Quartile 1,010 693 69.7 66.2-72.9 87 7.6 6.0- 9.7 89 9.2 7.2-11.6 81 8.5 6.6-10.8 60 5.1 3.8- 6.7
3rd Quartile 472 302 65.2 60.1-70.1 43 7.9 5.7-11.0 75 14.5 11.3-18.5 23 5.6 3.4- 8.9 29 6.7 4.3-10.2
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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