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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 1,321 41 2.7 1.9- 4.0 1,280 97.3 96.0-98.1
GENDER
Male 486 16 3.2 1.8- 5.5 470 96.8 94.5-98.2
Female 835 25 2.3 1.5- 3.7 810 97.7 96.3-98.5
RACE
White 1,236 39 2.8 1.9- 4.0 1,197 97.2 96.0-98.1
African American 40 1 2.4 0.3-15.4 39 97.6 84.6-99.7
Other Minorities 42 1 2.8 0.4-17.9 41 97.2 82.1-99.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 23 2 7.3 1.6-27.2 21 92.7 72.8-98.4
Non-Hispanic 1,297 39 2.6 1.8- 3.8 1,258 97.4 96.2-98.2
AGE
18-24 37 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 36 98.5 89.9-99.8
25-34 94 0 0.0 . - . 94 100 . - .
35-44 195 4 2.0 0.7- 5.5 191 98.0 94.5-99.3
45-54 246 4 2.4 0.7- 7.8 242 97.6 92.2-99.3
55-64 307 9 2.3 1.1- 4.8 298 97.7 95.2-98.9
65-74 246 9 4.4 2.2- 8.8 237 95.6 91.2-97.8
75+ 189 14 8.8 4.8-15.5 175 91.2 84.5-95.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 197 11 4.7 2.4- 9.0 186 95.3 91.0-97.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 419 11 3.3 1.6- 6.5 408 96.7 93.5-98.4
Some Post-H.S. 330 10 1.8 0.9- 3.7 320 98.2 96.3-99.1
College Graduate 372 9 2.0 1.0- 4.2 363 98.0 95.8-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 152 4 5.8 2.2-14.9 148 94.2 85.1-97.8
$15,000- 24,999 234 11 3.2 1.6- 6.2 223 96.8 93.8-98.4
$25,000- 34,999 153 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 148 98.4 95.9-99.4
$35,000- 49,999 205 7 2.5 1.1- 5.7 198 97.5 94.3-98.9
$50,000-74,999 186 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 185 99.8 98.8- 100
$75,000+ 220 4 1.7 0.5- 5.1 216 98.3 94.9-99.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 492 27 5.4 3.5- 8.2 465 94.6 91.8-96.5
No 817 13 1.4 0.7- 2.8 804 98.6 97.2-99.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 193 7 3.7 1.7- 8.0 186 96.3 92.0-98.3
Non-Veteran 1,128 34 2.6 1.7- 3.9 1,094 97.4 96.1-98.3

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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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