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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,724 115 10.4 8.2-13.1 571 38.3 35.2-41.5 474 24.5 22.0-27.1 564 26.8 24.3-29.4
-Piedmont NC 784 60 13.1 9.5-17.6 255 38.0 33.4-42.8 212 24.1 20.5-28.1 257 24.9 21.3-28.8
GENDER
Male 331 30 13.8 8.7-21.1 123 41.0 34.1-48.3 83 23.7 18.5-29.9 95 21.5 16.6-27.4
Female 453 30 12.3 8.1-18.4 132 34.8 29.0-41.1 129 24.5 19.8-29.8 162 28.4 23.6-33.7
RACE
White 607 44 12.4 8.8-17.0 182 34.1 29.2-39.3 161 25.9 21.7-30.7 220 27.6 23.7-32.0
African American 153 11 13.4 6.0-27.3 60 43.9 33.5-54.9 48 23.6 16.4-32.8 34 19.0 12.7-27.5
Other Minorities 21 5 22.4 8.6-47.1 11 53.0 28.2-76.4 2 3.0 0.7-12.6 3 21.5 5.4-57.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 1 10.5 1.5-47.9 7 57.6 28.3-82.4 3 22.1 5.3-58.7 4 9.8 3.1-26.8
Non-Hispanic 767 59 13.2 9.6-17.8 247 37.4 32.7-42.2 208 24.1 20.5-28.1 253 25.4 21.8-29.4
AGE
18-24 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 20 16 82.1 56.7-94.2 4 17.9 5.8-43.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 59 13 30.4 17.1-48.0 46 69.6 52.0-82.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 147 17 12.2 6.7-21.0 103 71.9 62.0-80.0 27 15.9 10.1-24.2 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 210 5 2.2 0.9- 5.6 67 33.0 24.6-42.7 115 54.5 45.2-63.5 23 10.2 6.1-16.5
65-74 206 4 2.8 1.0- 7.8 22 9.0 5.4-14.4 56 27.7 20.4-36.4 124 60.6 51.5-68.9
75+ 135 0 0.0 . - . 12 14.3 6.9-27.3 13 9.7 5.1-17.6 110 76.0 63.9-85.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 148 2 1.0 0.2- 4.8 49 44.5 34.2-55.4 44 26.2 18.5-35.6 53 28.3 20.4-37.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 242 17 13.4 8.0-21.6 75 36.7 28.6-45.7 53 21.6 15.4-29.5 97 28.2 22.0-35.5
Some Post-H.S. 223 23 18.6 10.8-30.3 71 37.8 29.1-47.3 70 24.2 17.9-31.9 59 19.4 14.0-26.2
College Graduate 170 17 14.3 8.5-23.0 60 35.0 26.6-44.5 45 25.7 18.4-34.7 48 25.0 17.3-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 130 6 7.5 2.9-18.4 43 38.7 27.3-51.5 34 22.6 14.8-33.0 47 31.2 21.0-43.6
$15,000- 24,999 153 4 2.8 0.9- 8.4 44 37.8 27.6-49.1 40 23.8 16.0-33.9 65 35.6 26.5-45.9
$25,000- 34,999 98 4 8.0 2.1-26.1 32 34.3 22.9-47.8 29 29.2 19.0-42.2 33 28.5 19.0-40.3
$35,000- 49,999 107 13 16.2 8.8-27.9 38 41.9 29.8-54.9 33 24.4 15.9-35.6 23 17.5 10.5-27.7
$50,000-74,999 89 14 30.8 17.2-48.9 30 29.0 18.6-42.1 20 21.2 12.7-33.1 25 19.1 11.6-29.8
$75,000+ 108 12 14.3 7.7-25.1 47 50.7 39.3-62.1 28 21.1 13.5-31.5 21 13.9 8.3-22.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 452 24 8.6 5.3-13.7 146 40.4 34.2-46.9 122 24.3 19.5-29.8 160 26.7 22.1-31.9
No 304 32 18.4 12.0-27.1 101 36.5 29.6-44.0 80 22.7 17.4-29.1 91 22.4 17.3-28.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 154 8 5.7 2.7-11.5 49 40.7 30.5-51.8 40 24.8 17.3-34.2 57 28.8 21.2-37.8
Non-Veteran 630 52 15.0 10.8-20.6 206 37.3 32.2-42.6 172 23.9 19.9-28.4 200 23.8 19.9-28.2

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^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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