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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 14,755 2,080 17.1 16.0-18.1 12,675 82.9 81.9-84.0
-Piedmont NC 7,091 931 16.7 15.3-18.3 6,160 83.3 81.7-84.7
GENDER
Male 2,621 284 15.4 13.0-18.1 2,337 84.6 81.9-87.0
Female 4,470 647 18.0 16.3-19.9 3,823 82.0 80.1-83.7
RACE
White 5,664 629 13.6 12.1-15.3 5,035 86.4 84.7-87.9
African American 986 190 20.5 16.9-24.7 796 79.5 75.3-83.1
Other Minorities 417 107 29.1 23.2-35.8 310 70.9 64.2-76.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 312 77 29.4 22.5-37.3 235 70.6 62.7-77.5
Non-Hispanic 6,766 851 15.5 14.0-17.0 5,915 84.5 83.0-86.0
AGE
18-24 237 62 27.2 20.5-35.1 175 72.8 64.9-79.5
25-34 713 151 21.6 17.6-26.3 562 78.4 73.7-82.4
35-44 1,208 233 19.9 17.1-23.1 975 80.1 76.9-82.9
45-54 1,462 224 15.5 13.2-18.0 1,238 84.5 82.0-86.8
55-64 1,430 169 11.7 9.7-14.0 1,261 88.3 86.0-90.3
65-74 1,119 57 4.7 3.4- 6.4 1,062 95.3 93.6-96.6
75+ 875 31 3.7 2.4- 5.9 844 96.3 94.1-97.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 943 195 28.4 23.5-33.9 748 71.6 66.1-76.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,971 329 22.5 19.3-26.0 1,642 77.5 74.0-80.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,789 254 17.0 14.2-20.2 1,535 83.0 79.8-85.8
College Graduate 2,381 152 7.1 5.8- 8.6 2,229 92.9 91.4-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 648 188 38.4 32.2-44.9 460 61.6 55.1-67.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,003 236 31.6 26.4-37.3 767 68.4 62.7-73.6
$25,000- 34,999 717 131 24.4 19.6-29.9 586 75.6 70.1-80.4
$35,000- 49,999 978 115 16.7 13.1-20.9 863 83.3 79.1-86.9
$50,000-74,999 1,042 80 10.3 7.4-14.2 962 89.7 85.8-92.6
$75,000+ 1,695 58 3.9 2.8- 5.4 1,637 96.1 94.6-97.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,370 456 24.8 21.9-28.0 1,914 75.2 72.0-78.1
No 4,421 424 13.1 11.5-15.0 3,997 86.9 85.0-88.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 947 78 12.0 8.3-17.1 869 88.0 82.9-91.7
Non-Veteran 6,142 853 17.4 15.8-19.0 5,289 82.6 81.0-84.2

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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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