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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 1,976 920 46.4 43.4-49.6 1,056 53.6 50.4-56.6
-Piedmont NC 946 459 47.9 43.4-52.3 487 52.1 47.7-56.6
GENDER
Male 342 172 50.1 42.7-57.5 170 49.9 42.5-57.3
Female 604 287 46.0 40.7-51.3 317 54.0 48.7-59.3
RACE
White 803 392 48.6 43.8-53.4 411 51.4 46.6-56.2
African American 122 58 44.8 33.5-56.6 64 55.2 43.4-66.5
Other Minorities 19 9 50.6 22.7-78.1 10 49.4 21.9-77.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 13 5 32.1 10.5-65.7 8 67.9 34.3-89.5
Non-Hispanic 931 454 48.1 43.6-52.6 477 51.9 47.4-56.4
AGE
18-24 20 9 44.0 21.2-69.6 11 56.0 30.4-78.8
25-34 39 17 46.1 27.7-65.6 22 53.9 34.4-72.3
35-44 106 51 52.1 40.4-63.6 55 47.9 36.4-59.6
45-54 214 104 47.9 39.5-56.4 110 52.1 43.6-60.5
55-64 268 135 52.0 44.5-59.5 133 48.0 40.5-55.5
65-74 180 87 42.3 33.7-51.5 93 57.7 48.5-66.3
75+ 112 52 40.5 30.2-51.6 60 59.5 48.4-69.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 102 60 63.7 50.1-75.5 42 36.3 24.5-49.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 264 124 42.7 34.5-51.4 140 57.3 48.6-65.5
Some Post-H.S. 254 109 43.1 34.7-52.0 145 56.9 48.0-65.3
College Graduate 325 165 50.3 43.2-57.4 160 49.7 42.6-56.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 63 42 66.0 48.9-79.7 21 34.0 20.3-51.1
$15,000- 24,999 134 63 52.6 40.2-64.7 71 47.4 35.3-59.8
$25,000- 34,999 113 48 33.1 22.8-45.4 65 66.9 54.6-77.2
$35,000- 49,999 152 72 48.1 36.7-59.7 80 51.9 40.3-63.3
$50,000-74,999 142 74 50.0 38.9-61.1 68 50.0 38.9-61.1
$75,000+ 241 116 47.1 39.1-55.1 125 52.9 44.9-60.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 328 182 54.5 47.0-61.8 146 45.5 38.2-53.0
No 610 275 44.6 39.2-50.2 335 55.4 49.8-60.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 151 75 47.0 37.1-57.1 76 53.0 42.9-62.9
Non-Veteran 795 384 48.0 43.1-53.0 411 52.0 47.0-56.9

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*Asked only of care givers providing care to those age 60 and older.

^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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