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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 1,825 529 29.3 26.5-32.3 1,296 70.7 67.7-73.5
-Piedmont NC 822 241 31.1 26.8-35.7 581 68.9 64.3-73.2
GENDER
Male 339 106 30.7 24.3-37.9 233 69.3 62.1-75.7
Female 483 135 31.4 25.9-37.4 348 68.6 62.6-74.1
RACE
White 629 175 27.3 23.0-32.0 454 72.7 68.0-77.0
African American 168 59 41.3 31.3-52.1 109 58.7 47.9-68.7
Other Minorities 21 7 28.7 12.4-53.4 14 71.3 46.6-87.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 4 23.6 7.6-53.7 12 76.4 46.3-92.4
Non-Hispanic 803 237 31.3 27.0-36.0 566 68.7 64.0-73.0
AGE
18-24 3 2 86.1 36.0-98.6 1 13.9 1.4-64.0
25-34 20 11 62.1 35.3-83.1 9 37.9 16.9-64.7
35-44 61 16 33.8 20.4-50.5 45 66.2 49.5-79.6
45-54 149 38 28.8 20.4-38.9 111 71.2 61.1-79.6
55-64 217 67 27.5 20.6-35.6 150 72.5 64.4-79.4
65-74 216 69 29.3 22.3-37.4 147 70.7 62.6-77.7
75+ 151 37 27.7 18.8-38.8 114 72.3 61.2-81.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 166 56 29.8 22.0-38.9 110 70.2 61.1-78.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 254 69 26.3 19.9-33.9 185 73.7 66.1-80.1
Some Post-H.S. 227 71 40.1 30.8-50.2 156 59.9 49.8-69.2
College Graduate 174 44 26.6 19.1-35.7 130 73.4 64.3-80.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 143 55 36.3 26.2-47.7 88 63.7 52.3-73.8
$15,000- 24,999 158 53 32.2 23.2-42.9 105 67.8 57.1-76.8
$25,000- 34,999 99 26 28.7 17.8-42.7 73 71.3 57.3-82.2
$35,000- 49,999 112 28 27.2 17.8-39.3 84 72.8 60.7-82.2
$50,000-74,999 89 20 35.2 21.3-52.1 69 64.8 47.9-78.7
$75,000+ 110 31 31.2 21.5-43.0 79 68.8 57.0-78.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 479 160 32.8 27.4-38.7 319 67.2 61.3-72.6
No 312 73 30.0 22.9-38.1 239 70.0 61.9-77.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 158 44 24.1 16.7-33.5 114 75.9 66.5-83.3
Non-Veteran 664 197 32.9 27.9-38.2 467 67.1 61.8-72.1

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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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