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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Kidney Disease

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have some form of kidney disease
including chronic kidney disease, nephritis, nephrosis, renal disease, or end-stage renal disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,842 222 2.6 2.1- 3.1 6,620 97.4 96.9-97.9
-Piedmont NC 3,314 98 2.6 2.0- 3.4 3,216 97.4 96.6-98.0
GENDER
Male 1,243 37 2.9 1.9- 4.5 1,206 97.1 95.5-98.1
Female 2,071 61 2.3 1.6- 3.1 2,010 97.7 96.9-98.4
RACE
White 2,700 81 2.8 2.1- 3.8 2,619 97.2 96.2-97.9
African American 413 14 2.3 1.2- 4.6 399 97.7 95.4-98.8
Other Minorities 188 2 1.0 0.2- 5.2 186 99.0 94.8-99.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 135 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 134 99.8 98.8- 100
Non-Hispanic 3,174 97 2.8 2.1- 3.7 3,077 97.2 96.3-97.9
AGE
18-24 109 0 0.0 . - . 109 100 . - .
25-34 301 8 1.1 0.5- 2.4 293 98.9 97.6-99.5
35-44 553 12 2.3 1.1- 4.7 541 97.7 95.3-98.9
45-54 690 20 3.2 1.8- 6.0 670 96.8 94.0-98.2
55-64 697 20 4.0 2.3- 7.1 677 96.0 92.9-97.7
65-74 519 17 4.0 2.1- 7.4 502 96.0 92.6-97.9
75+ 422 20 5.4 2.9-10.0 402 94.6 90.0-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 430 19 2.6 1.4- 4.7 411 97.4 95.3-98.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 912 35 3.1 2.0- 4.8 877 96.9 95.2-98.0
Some Post-H.S. 816 17 2.3 1.2- 4.4 799 97.7 95.6-98.8
College Graduate 1,152 27 2.5 1.5- 4.1 1,125 97.5 95.9-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 315 17 5.5 2.8-10.3 298 94.5 89.7-97.2
$15,000- 24,999 444 17 3.1 1.7- 5.6 427 96.9 94.4-98.3
$25,000- 34,999 303 13 3.6 1.5- 8.1 290 96.4 91.9-98.5
$35,000- 49,999 486 13 2.5 1.3- 5.0 473 97.5 95.0-98.7
$50,000-74,999 481 14 3.9 2.0- 7.4 467 96.1 92.6-98.0
$75,000+ 817 10 1.2 0.5- 3.0 807 98.8 97.0-99.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,100 65 5.7 4.1- 8.0 1,035 94.3 92.0-95.9
No 2,190 33 1.4 0.9- 2.2 2,157 98.6 97.8-99.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 455 17 5.9 3.2-10.5 438 94.1 89.5-96.8
Non-Veteran 2,857 81 2.2 1.6- 3.0 2,776 97.8 97.0-98.4

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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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