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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,947 752 4.6 4.0- 5.2 1,071 5.7 5.3- 6.2 1,031 5.8 5.4- 6.4 11,093 83.8 82.9-84.7
-Piedmont NC 6,718 315 4.2 3.5- 5.2 466 5.2 4.6- 5.9 432 5.2 4.6- 6.0 5,505 85.4 84.1-86.5
GENDER
Male 2,472 111 4.0 2.8- 5.7 156 4.6 3.7- 5.7 173 5.6 4.5- 6.8 2,032 85.8 83.7-87.7
Female 4,246 204 4.5 3.6- 5.5 310 5.7 4.9- 6.7 259 4.9 4.1- 5.8 3,473 84.9 83.4-86.3
RACE
White 5,418 255 4.2 3.4- 5.2 372 5.2 4.5- 5.9 339 5.4 4.6- 6.2 4,452 85.3 83.9-86.5
African American 902 46 4.6 3.1- 6.7 80 7.4 5.5- 9.7 82 6.0 4.5- 7.9 694 82.1 78.7-85.0
Other Minorities 379 13 3.8 1.2-11.7 11 1.4 0.6- 3.0 11 3.2 1.4- 7.1 344 91.6 84.9-95.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 290 9 1.5 0.5- 4.2 5 0.9 0.3- 3.1 7 1.6 0.4- 6.4 269 96.0 91.8-98.1
Non-Hispanic 6,416 306 4.5 3.7- 5.5 461 5.6 4.9- 6.3 424 5.5 4.9- 6.3 5,225 84.4 83.0-85.6
AGE
18-24 218 11 8.3 4.1-16.1 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 5 2.4 0.9- 6.3 199 88.1 80.5-93.0
25-34 670 14 1.3 0.7- 2.6 16 1.8 1.0- 3.2 11 1.2 0.5- 3.1 629 95.6 93.5-97.1
35-44 1,134 34 2.6 1.7- 4.0 47 3.5 2.4- 5.0 44 3.9 2.7- 5.6 1,009 90.0 87.6-91.9
45-54 1,394 55 4.1 3.0- 5.7 102 7.1 5.5- 9.1 102 8.0 6.3-10.1 1,135 80.8 77.9-83.3
55-64 1,376 60 3.4 2.5- 4.6 131 10.1 8.1-12.6 150 10.7 8.7-13.0 1,035 75.8 72.7-78.7
65-74 1,059 65 7.1 5.2- 9.6 72 5.4 4.1- 7.0 68 6.1 4.5- 8.2 854 81.4 78.2-84.2
75+ 828 74 8.3 6.2-10.9 94 11.3 8.7-14.4 52 6.1 4.3- 8.6 608 74.4 70.3-78.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 857 58 4.6 3.1- 6.7 88 7.2 5.4- 9.5 137 11.9 9.3-15.2 574 76.3 72.1-80.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,860 91 5.5 3.8- 7.9 162 7.3 5.9- 9.1 148 6.5 5.1- 8.3 1,459 80.6 77.6-83.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,706 85 4.1 3.0- 5.6 128 5.6 4.4- 7.1 101 5.1 3.9- 6.6 1,392 85.2 82.8-87.3
College Graduate 2,290 81 3.2 1.9- 5.2 88 2.3 1.8- 3.0 46 1.5 1.1- 2.2 2,075 93.0 91.0-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 602 56 6.8 4.8- 9.6 112 15.9 12.1-20.6 135 22.7 17.7-28.5 299 54.6 48.2-61.0
$15,000- 24,999 949 61 6.0 3.7- 9.7 86 5.5 4.1- 7.2 99 8.9 6.7-11.7 703 79.7 75.4-83.3
$25,000- 34,999 676 34 5.1 3.3- 7.7 47 6.0 4.1- 8.8 38 3.6 2.3- 5.4 557 85.3 81.6-88.4
$35,000- 49,999 937 30 2.3 1.5- 3.6 54 4.8 3.3- 7.0 47 4.6 3.2- 6.6 806 88.2 85.4-90.6
$50,000-74,999 1,000 40 4.2 2.9- 6.2 44 3.1 2.1- 4.4 18 1.9 1.0- 3.3 898 90.8 88.3-92.8
$75,000+ 1,648 44 2.8 1.4- 5.5 45 2.1 1.5- 3.1 21 0.9 0.5- 1.6 1,538 94.1 91.7-95.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,265 315 15.2 12.6-18.2 466 18.5 16.4-20.8 432 18.7 16.5-21.2 1,052 47.6 44.4-50.9
No 4,423 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4,423 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 909 68 6.5 4.7- 8.9 85 8.6 6.4-11.4 77 8.0 6.0-10.6 679 76.9 73.0-80.4
Non-Veteran 5,808 247 3.9 3.1- 5.0 381 4.7 4.1- 5.4 355 4.9 4.2- 5.6 4,825 86.5 85.1-87.7

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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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