2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,179 1,315 30.8 29.2-32.6 2,864 69.2 67.4-70.8
Piedmont NC 2,316 634 28.0 25.8-30.3 1,682 72.0 69.7-74.2
GENDER
Male 1,074 265 24.8 21.9-28.0 809 75.2 72.0-78.1
Female 1,242 369 30.9 27.8-34.2 873 69.1 65.8-72.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,350 394 30.5 27.6-33.5 956 69.5 66.5-72.4
Non-Hispanic Black 431 110 25.0 20.4-30.2 321 75.0 69.8-79.6
Other 518 125 23.6 19.4-28.4 393 76.4 71.6-80.6
AGE
18-34 593 134 25.3 21.2-29.9 459 74.7 70.1-78.8
35-44 393 72 18.5 14.5-23.3 321 81.5 76.7-85.5
45-54 380 87 21.9 17.5-27.0 293 78.1 73.0-82.5
55-64 352 115 35.5 29.8-41.6 237 64.5 58.4-70.2
65-74 300 95 32.2 26.3-38.6 205 67.8 61.4-73.7
75+ 253 126 51.0 42.7-59.2 127 49.0 40.8-57.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 206 86 49.5 41.3-57.6 120 50.5 42.4-58.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 451 142 31.5 26.5-36.9 309 68.5 63.1-73.5
Some Post-H.S. 588 184 31.0 26.8-35.4 404 69.0 64.6-73.2
College Graduate 1,061 220 17.3 15.0-19.8 841 82.7 80.2-85.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 634 634 100 - *** *** ***
No 1,682 *** *** *** 1,682 100 -
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 200 78 36.8 29.4-45.0 122 63.2 55.0-70.6
Non-Veteran 2,116 556 27.1 24.9-29.5 1,560 72.9 70.5-75.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,363 258 20.5 17.9-23.3 1,105 79.5 76.7-82.1
Unemployed 122 35 26.2 18.5-35.7 87 73.8 64.3-81.5
Retired 514 205 41.0 35.8-46.5 309 59.0 53.5-64.2
Unable to Work 114 89 76.5 65.9-84.6 25 23.5 15.4-34.1
Other not in Labor Force 182 41 22.7 16.1-31.0 141 77.3 69.0-83.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 148 73 48.9 39.1-58.7 75 51.1 41.3-60.9
$25,000- 34,999 169 59 37.3 28.6-46.8 110 62.7 53.2-71.4
$35,000- 49,999 264 83 33.2 26.6-40.5 181 66.8 59.5-73.4
$50,000- 74,999 254 73 28.1 22.0-35.1 181 71.9 64.9-78.0
$75,000+ 851 146 18.2 15.3-21.5 705 81.8 78.5-84.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 554 165 30.7 26.1-35.8 389 69.3 64.2-73.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 148 64 49.2 39.6-58.8 84 50.8 41.2-60.4
101% to 150% 206 74 34.3 26.9-42.7 132 65.7 57.3-73.1
151% to 200% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,220 259 22.1 19.4-25.1 961 77.9 74.9-80.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 554 165 30.7 26.1-35.8 389 69.3 64.2-73.9
HOUSING
Own 1,312 331 26.8 24.0-29.8 981 73.2 70.2-76.0
Rent 826 245 30.4 26.8-34.2 581 69.6 65.8-73.2
Other arrangement 163 57 33.5 25.4-42.6 106 66.5 57.4-74.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,366 324 22.8 20.2-25.5 1,042 77.2 74.5-79.8
Regional City or Suburban County 600 194 33.4 29.0-38.1 406 66.6 61.9-71.0
Rural 350 116 35.1 29.2-41.4 234 64.9 58.6-70.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 814 261 32.1 28.3-36.1 553 67.9 63.9-71.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,423 346 24.5 21.9-27.2 1,077 75.5 72.8-78.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 809 200 24.6 21.3-28.3 609 75.4 71.7-78.7
2nd Quartile 992 281 29.3 25.9-32.9 711 70.7 67.1-74.1
3rd Quartile 466 139 29.8 25.1-35.0 327 70.2 65.0-74.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the 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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