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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,818 1,310 72.0 69.0-74.7 508 28.0 25.3-31.0
-Piedmont NC 820 582 71.0 66.5-75.2 238 29.0 24.8-33.5
GENDER
Male 339 238 69.2 61.9-75.6 101 30.8 24.4-38.1
Female 481 344 72.8 67.2-77.8 137 27.2 22.2-32.8
RACE
White 628 444 72.3 67.6-76.5 184 27.7 23.5-32.4
African American 167 119 65.8 54.5-75.5 48 34.2 24.5-45.5
Other Minorities 21 17 88.4 69.1-96.3 4 11.6 3.7-30.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 13 82.1 53.3-94.8 3 17.9 5.2-46.7
Non-Hispanic 801 567 70.7 66.1-74.9 234 29.3 25.1-33.9
AGE
18-24 3 2 54.4 9.0-93.5 1 45.6 6.5-91.0
25-34 20 6 32.9 13.5-60.6 14 67.1 39.4-86.5
35-44 61 40 63.1 46.9-76.9 21 36.9 23.1-53.1
45-54 149 110 79.5 71.1-86.0 39 20.5 14.0-28.9
55-64 217 166 78.8 71.0-84.9 51 21.2 15.1-29.0
65-74 216 149 69.4 60.9-76.8 67 30.6 23.2-39.1
75+ 149 106 68.9 57.9-78.0 43 31.1 22.0-42.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 164 121 78.4 69.8-85.0 43 21.6 15.0-30.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 254 182 71.4 63.5-78.2 72 28.6 21.8-36.5
Some Post-H.S. 227 151 64.8 54.7-73.7 76 35.2 26.3-45.3
College Graduate 174 127 72.6 63.6-80.0 47 27.4 20.0-36.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 143 97 69.1 57.7-78.5 46 30.9 21.5-42.3
$15,000- 24,999 158 109 66.9 56.0-76.3 49 33.1 23.7-44.0
$25,000- 34,999 99 67 71.1 57.9-81.5 32 28.9 18.5-42.1
$35,000- 49,999 112 84 76.0 64.9-84.4 28 24.0 15.6-35.1
$50,000-74,999 89 66 62.4 46.2-76.3 23 37.6 23.7-53.8
$75,000+ 110 77 73.3 62.6-81.9 33 26.7 18.1-37.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 477 332 70.7 64.9-75.9 145 29.3 24.1-35.1
No 312 226 69.7 61.8-76.6 86 30.3 23.4-38.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 158 114 69.1 58.9-77.6 44 30.9 22.4-41.1
Non-Veteran 662 468 71.5 66.4-76.2 194 28.5 23.8-33.6

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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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