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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Kidney Disease

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,220 326 1.9 1.6- 2.3 11,894 98.1 97.7-98.4
-Eastern NC 3,326 117 2.8 1.9- 4.0 3,209 97.2 96.0-98.1
GENDER
Male 1,198 43 2.6 1.4- 4.8 1,155 97.4 95.2-98.6
Female 2,128 74 3.0 2.0- 4.6 2,054 97.0 95.4-98.0
RACE
White 2,253 80 2.4 1.6- 3.5 2,173 97.6 96.5-98.4
African American 746 19 1.4 0.8- 2.7 727 98.6 97.3-99.2
Other Minorities 308 17 7.6 2.9-18.3 291 92.4 81.7-97.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 129 5 10.8 3.6-28.3 124 89.2 71.7-96.4
Non-Hispanic 3,190 112 2.2 1.6- 3.0 3,078 97.8 97.0-98.4
AGE
18-24 114 2 2.0 0.4- 8.9 112 98.0 91.1-99.6
25-34 352 8 3.5 1.1-10.8 344 96.5 89.2-98.9
35-44 499 5 1.6 0.5- 4.9 494 98.4 95.1-99.5
45-54 649 12 0.8 0.4- 1.5 637 99.2 98.5-99.6
55-64 692 30 4.5 2.5- 8.0 662 95.5 92.0-97.5
65+ 998 59 4.6 3.1- 6.7 939 95.4 93.3-96.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 442 27 6.8 3.0-14.8 415 93.2 85.2-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,040 37 2.2 1.2- 4.2 1,003 97.8 95.8-98.8
Some Post-H.S. 936 30 2.4 1.4- 3.9 906 97.6 96.1-98.6
College Graduate 903 23 1.9 0.9- 3.9 880 98.1 96.1-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 426 22 2.3 1.1- 4.5 404 97.7 95.5-98.9
$15,000- 24,999 569 33 6.9 3.4-13.5 536 93.1 86.5-96.6
$25,000- 34,999 338 7 1.9 0.5- 7.4 331 98.1 92.6-99.5
$35,000- 49,999 455 14 1.7 0.8- 3.8 441 98.3 96.2-99.2
$50,000-74,999 456 17 2.9 1.3- 6.4 439 97.1 93.6-98.7
$75,000+ 635 10 0.6 0.3- 1.2 625 99.4 98.8-99.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,268 86 5.7 3.7- 8.8 1,182 94.3 91.2-96.3
No 2,035 31 1.4 0.7- 2.7 2,004 98.6 97.3-99.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 530 19 2.4 1.2- 4.6 511 97.6 95.4-98.8
Non-Veteran 2,513 85 2.9 1.8- 4.5 2,428 97.1 95.5-98.2

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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