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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
<20 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 75 years and older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,737 129 6.6 5.0- 8.6 332 14.8 12.8-17.2 946 36.4 33.7-39.3 1,330 42.1 39.4-44.9
-Piedmont NC 1,294 60 7.1 4.8-10.4 141 13.1 10.5-16.2 427 35.6 31.6-39.8 666 44.2 40.3-48.2
GENDER
Male 451 19 8.8 4.6-16.2 45 13.0 9.0-18.4 145 31.9 25.9-38.6 242 46.3 39.7-53.1
Female 843 41 5.7 4.0- 8.1 96 13.2 10.2-17.0 282 38.6 33.6-43.9 424 42.5 37.9-47.2
RACE
White 1,072 45 6.5 4.0-10.5 105 11.1 8.6-14.2 338 33.6 29.2-38.3 584 48.8 44.3-53.4
African American 182 10 9.2 4.3-18.6 28 17.3 10.9-26.5 69 40.5 30.8-51.0 75 33.0 24.6-42.7
Other Minorities 36 5 8.0 2.9-20.3 8 32.0 14.8-56.0 18 47.2 27.1-68.3 5 12.8 3.2-39.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 21 2 6.8 1.5-25.8 4 43.1 17.4-73.1 11 41.6 18.3-69.4 4 8.4 2.5-24.9
Non-Hispanic 1,270 58 7.1 4.7-10.5 137 12.6 10.1-15.6 415 35.4 31.4-39.6 660 44.9 40.9-49.0
AGE
18-24 44 8 20.9 9.4-40.2 10 17.9 8.9-32.8 13 36.4 20.0-56.8 13 24.8 13.0-42.0
25-34 87 11 12.7 5.1-28.5 18 17.5 9.5-30.1 38 49.6 35.8-63.5 20 20.1 11.2-33.5
35-44 169 19 9.5 5.6-15.8 28 18.8 12.0-28.2 70 39.3 30.7-48.7 52 32.3 24.0-42.0
45-54 305 11 3.1 1.6- 5.9 43 12.7 8.7-18.1 106 34.6 28.1-41.7 145 49.6 42.5-56.8
55-64 336 8 2.0 0.8- 4.7 24 8.8 5.4-14.0 86 23.1 18.2-28.9 218 66.1 59.6-72.1
65-74 212 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 10 5.0 2.4-10.1 77 39.6 31.0-48.9 123 54.9 45.9-63.6
75+ 132 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 8 6.2 2.6-14.2 34 29.1 20.4-39.6 89 64.5 53.8-73.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 147 6 5.7 2.0-15.5 18 14.1 7.3-25.3 53 37.9 26.6-50.8 70 42.2 30.7-54.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 377 15 7.4 3.2-16.3 48 15.8 11.0-22.1 136 39.5 31.6-47.9 178 37.4 30.5-44.8
Some Post-H.S. 338 16 9.1 4.3-18.3 39 13.3 8.8-19.7 110 34.8 27.0-43.5 173 42.7 34.9-50.9
College Graduate 431 23 5.6 3.4- 9.1 36 10.1 6.3-15.8 128 31.8 26.1-38.1 244 52.4 46.1-58.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 4 8.1 1.6-32.1 17 27.3 14.5-45.4 27 31.5 18.1-49.0 46 33.0 21.5-47.0
$15,000- 24,999 195 4 1.4 0.4- 4.7 30 18.5 11.8-27.8 76 43.6 32.1-55.8 85 36.5 26.5-47.8
$25,000- 34,999 144 7 4.5 1.9-10.3 9 12.6 4.8-29.2 51 37.1 26.3-49.4 77 45.7 34.1-57.9
$35,000- 49,999 210 12 8.0 4.4-14.1 23 11.4 6.7-18.6 66 29.6 22.1-38.5 109 51.0 41.6-60.4
$50,000-74,999 189 9 9.8 3.6-24.3 17 9.3 5.5-15.5 55 30.9 22.5-40.9 108 49.9 39.8-60.1
$75,000+ 318 15 4.6 2.5- 8.6 36 11.9 7.7-18.0 96 32.9 26.4-40.1 171 50.5 43.4-57.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 471 19 5.2 2.7- 9.9 65 15.5 11.3-20.9 172 39.8 33.3-46.8 215 39.5 33.3-46.0
No 814 41 8.2 5.0-13.0 76 11.9 8.9-15.9 252 33.2 28.2-38.5 445 46.7 41.6-51.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 194 5 4.2 1.5-11.1 20 16.6 9.5-27.5 63 35.1 26.2-45.1 106 44.1 35.1-53.5
Non-Veteran 1,100 55 7.6 5.0-11.4 121 12.5 9.9-15.8 364 35.7 31.3-40.3 560 44.2 39.9-48.7

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*Asked only of care givers.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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