2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,316 469 11.3 10.2-12.5 3,847 88.7 87.5-89.8
Piedmont NC 2,403 294 11.8 10.4-13.4 2,109 88.2 86.6-89.6
GENDER
Male 1,115 122 10.7 8.8-13.0 993 89.3 87.0-91.2
Female 1,288 172 12.8 10.8-15.1 1,116 87.2 84.9-89.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,386 112 9.0 7.4-11.0 1,274 91.0 89.0-92.6
Non-Hispanic Black 449 40 9.6 6.7-13.5 409 90.4 86.5-93.3
Other 547 137 22.9 19.0-27.4 410 77.1 72.6-81.0
AGE
18-34 619 113 16.9 13.7-20.7 506 83.1 79.3-86.3
35-44 406 67 15.9 12.4-20.2 339 84.1 79.8-87.6
45-54 395 59 12.3 9.3-16.0 336 87.7 84.0-90.7
55-64 361 41 10.9 7.6-15.5 320 89.1 84.5-92.4
65-74 310 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 259 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 220 55 20.6 15.1-27.5 165 79.4 72.5-84.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 466 80 14.2 11.1-18.1 386 85.8 81.9-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 605 80 12.6 9.9-16.0 525 87.4 84.0-90.1
College Graduate 1,097 78 7.0 5.5- 8.9 1,019 93.0 91.1-94.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 632 112 19.0 15.4-23.2 520 81.0 76.8-84.6
No 1,680 165 8.7 7.3-10.2 1,515 91.3 89.8-92.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 206 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,193 286 12.6 11.0-14.3 1,907 87.4 85.7-89.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,405 184 12.6 10.7-14.8 1,221 87.4 85.2-89.3
Unemployed 129 39 31.7 23.2-41.5 90 68.3 58.5-76.8
Retired 528 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 116 23 16.9 10.5-26.1 93 83.1 73.9-89.5
Other not in Labor Force 189 37 15.7 10.8-22.3 152 84.3 77.7-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 25 20.5 13.5-29.9 80 79.5 70.1-86.5
$15,000- 24,999 153 36 23.7 16.1-33.5 117 76.3 66.5-83.9
$25,000- 34,999 174 40 23.2 16.2-31.9 134 76.8 68.1-83.8
$35,000- 49,999 270 35 12.9 8.9-18.2 235 87.1 81.8-91.1
$50,000- 74,999 262 39 13.7 9.7-19.0 223 86.3 81.0-90.3
$75,000+ 871 45 5.3 3.8- 7.3 826 94.7 92.7-96.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 568 74 12.7 9.8-16.3 494 87.3 83.7-90.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 149 46 30.0 21.7-39.9 103 70.0 60.1-78.3
101% to 150% 213 34 17.0 11.5-24.4 179 83.0 75.6-88.5
151% to 200% 110 23 19.1 12.3-28.5 87 80.9 71.5-87.7
More than 200% 1,251 87 6.8 5.4- 8.5 1,164 93.2 91.5-94.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 568 74 12.7 9.8-16.3 494 87.3 83.7-90.2
HOUSING
Own 1,351 97 8.0 6.5-10.0 1,254 92.0 90.0-93.5
Rent 858 162 19.7 16.8-23.0 696 80.3 77.0-83.2
Other arrangement 174 34 20.2 14.0-28.2 140 79.8 71.8-86.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,413 178 11.8 10.0-13.9 1,235 88.2 86.1-90.0
Regional City or Suburban County 625 75 12.3 9.4-15.8 550 87.7 84.2-90.6
Rural 365 41 11.0 7.8-15.2 324 89.0 84.8-92.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 83 12 13.6 7.5-23.6 71 86.4 76.4-92.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 839 103 11.4 9.2-14.1 736 88.6 85.9-90.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,481 179 11.9 10.1-14.0 1,302 88.1 86.0-89.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 847 87 10.7 8.4-13.6 760 89.3 86.4-91.6
2nd Quartile 1,030 146 13.1 10.9-15.7 884 86.9 84.3-89.1
3rd Quartile 473 56 11.0 8.2-14.5 417 89.0 85.5-91.8
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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