2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Family Planning

Women at risk of Unintended Pregnancy
(Calculated variable.)*

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  Total
Respond.^
At Risk Not at Risk
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 451 301 63.4 57.9-68.6 150 36.6 31.4-42.1
Piedmont NC 272 183 62.3 55.1-69.0 89 37.7 31.0-44.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 139 83 55.7 46.2-64.9 56 44.3 35.1-53.8
Non-Hispanic Black 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 111 72 64.1 53.8-73.2 39 35.9 26.8-46.2
45-54 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 139 93 66.4 57.4-74.3 46 33.6 25.7-42.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 210 144 64.2 55.9-71.7 66 35.8 28.3-44.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 269 181 62.3 55.1-69.0 88 37.7 31.0-44.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 204 135 61.1 52.9-68.7 69 38.9 31.3-47.1
Unemployed 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 115 71 58.7 48.1-68.5 44 41.3 31.5-51.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 147 95 58.7 48.9-67.8 52 41.3 32.2-51.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 146 79 52.0 42.7-61.1 67 48.0 38.9-57.3
Rent 112 92 80.7 71.0-87.8 20 19.3 12.2-29.0
Other arrangement 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 171 117 64.7 55.7-72.8 54 35.3 27.2-44.3
Regional City or Suburban County 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 176 125 67.5 58.9-75.1 51 32.5 24.9-41.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
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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