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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Traumatic Brain Injury

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Motor vehicle/motor cycle crash Stroke/aneurism Sports-related Fall Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 298 98 39.1 28.1-51.3 71 16.4 11.6-22.7 20 9.3 4.9-17.2 32 7.5 4.5-12.2 77 27.6 18.2-39.7
-Piedmont NC 154 46 32.0 20.7-45.8 37 15.5 9.7-23.7 15 14.5 7.2-27.1 14 7.5 3.7-14.8 42 30.5 17.2-48.2
GENDER
Male 58 16 33.0 16.6-54.9 8 8.5 3.2-20.7 11 21.2 9.3-41.5 3 6.3 1.7-20.3 20 31.1 12.9-57.8
Female 96 30 30.6 19.4-44.6 29 25.1 15.7-37.6 4 5.3 1.7-15.4 11 9.3 4.6-17.7 22 29.8 14.7-51.0
RACE
White 127 35 28.2 16.6-43.7 31 15.5 9.1-25.2 13 15.5 7.1-30.5 14 9.2 4.4-18.2 34 31.6 16.2-52.4
African American 19 7 48.1 21.8-75.5 5 13.9 4.9-33.8 1 9.1 1.3-43.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 28.9 11.4-56.2
Other Minorities 7 4 56.3 19.4-87.4 1 24.2 3.6-73.3 1 15.2 2.0-60.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.3 0.5-27.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 1 23.1 2.6-77.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 43.6 6.5-89.6 1 33.3 4.2-85.1
Non-Hispanic 150 45 32.1 20.7-46.0 37 15.6 9.8-24.0 15 14.6 7.3-27.3 13 7.2 3.4-14.6 40 30.4 17.0-48.3
AGE
18-24 4 3 62.9 14.5-94.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 37.1 5.6-85.5
25-34 17 3 10.5 2.7-33.7 2 3.8 0.7-17.3 6 38.0 12.5-72.5 2 6.3 1.2-26.4 4 41.4 11.1-80.0
35-44 17 7 39.2 17.3-66.5 2 21.4 4.6-60.3 2 6.9 1.6-25.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 32.6 13.2-60.6
45-54 39 13 41.4 20.5-65.9 7 15.0 6.1-32.5 3 10.7 3.0-32.2 7 11.5 4.6-25.6 9 21.4 9.1-42.4
55-64 39 6 14.2 5.7-31.3 11 28.8 14.9-48.3 2 5.5 1.3-19.9 2 15.5 3.3-49.7 18 36.0 20.3-55.4
65+ 38 14 44.6 25.3-65.7 15 38.5 21.1-59.4 2 3.1 0.7-12.7 3 8.2 2.3-25.4 4 5.6 1.7-16.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 20 4 10.9 1.6-48.4 7 12.1 2.6-41.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.7 0.9-21.2 6 72.2 29.9-94.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 40 15 59.2 38.2-77.3 7 11.8 4.8-26.0 3 5.8 1.7-18.2 0 0.0 . - . 15 23.2 11.6-41.0
Some Post-H.S. 37 13 25.7 11.9-47.0 8 12.7 4.9-29.1 2 3.4 0.7-14.5 5 19.3 6.1-47.0 9 38.9 14.2-71.1
College Graduate 57 14 19.6 10.3-34.2 15 22.2 11.2-39.3 10 36.5 18.6-59.1 6 8.5 3.5-19.2 12 13.2 5.8-27.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 21 10 37.7 13.1-71.0 3 4.3 1.0-16.3 1 3.1 0.4-21.1 2 4.1 0.8-17.9 5 50.8 18.1-82.8
$15,000- 24,999 23 6 40.8 11.9-77.8 6 22.3 7.3-51.0 1 9.0 1.2-44.8 1 2.1 0.3-14.8 9 25.8 9.6-53.3
$25,000- 34,999 10 2 24.7 6.0-62.8 3 33.0 10.6-67.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 42.2 16.6-72.8
$35,000- 49,999 25 6 14.8 3.8-43.1 10 21.1 5.9-53.1 2 3.8 0.7-19.1 3 8.3 1.4-36.0 4 52.0 14.0-87.8
$50,000-74,999 16 5 35.1 14.1-64.1 1 6.7 0.9-35.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 41.8 16.7-72.0 5 16.4 4.7-43.8
$75,000+ 31 7 16.7 6.7-36.0 8 19.9 7.6-42.9 10 47.7 24.3-72.2 2 3.9 0.7-18.1 4 11.8 3.3-34.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 95 26 34.6 19.5-53.5 28 17.2 9.4-29.3 5 10.3 2.7-32.1 5 3.1 1.1- 8.3 31 34.8 17.0-58.2
No 56 18 20.2 11.0-34.0 9 14.2 6.7-27.7 10 23.2 11.2-42.1 9 15.9 6.6-33.4 10 26.5 9.9-54.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 17 4 49.6 17.7-81.8 4 13.5 3.2-42.7 1 1.2 0.1- 8.7 1 4.7 0.6-28.8 7 31.1 10.7-63.0
Non-Veteran 117 33 26.4 15.3-41.6 30 15.4 9.0-25.0 14 17.9 8.8-33.0 11 8.1 3.6-17.3 29 32.2 16.6-53.1

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*Asked only of those who reported having a brain injury.

^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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