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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,066 9,950 70.8 69.3-72.3 1,443 12.7 11.7-13.9 809 7.6 6.8- 8.5 767 7.6 6.7- 8.7 97 1.2 0.8- 1.9
-Piedmont NC 6,672 5,086 70.2 68.2-72.2 754 13.4 11.9-14.9 393 7.7 6.6- 8.9 385 7.2 6.0- 8.5 54 1.6 0.9- 2.7
GENDER
Male 2,520 1,810 63.4 60.1-66.7 309 14.8 12.6-17.3 186 9.6 7.8-11.7 183 9.4 7.4-12.0 32 2.7 1.4- 5.1
Female 4,152 3,276 76.5 74.1-78.7 445 12.0 10.3-14.1 207 5.9 4.8- 7.3 202 5.1 4.0- 6.3 22 0.5 0.3- 0.9
RACE
White 5,366 4,094 71.5 69.4-73.6 599 12.9 11.3-14.6 312 7.7 6.5- 9.1 326 7.3 6.2- 8.6 35 0.6 0.4- 0.9
African American 928 744 74.8 70.0-79.0 105 14.6 11.2-18.8 45 5.8 3.9- 8.4 30 4.1 2.5- 6.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3
Other Minorities 328 213 51.6 42.2-60.8 42 14.6 9.1-22.5 33 12.0 7.4-18.9 26 11.6 5.5-22.8 14 10.3 4.5-21.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 230 146 51.9 40.9-62.7 30 11.4 6.6-19.0 22 12.0 6.8-20.1 19 12.9 5.7-26.9 13 11.9 5.1-25.1
Non-Hispanic 6,420 4,925 71.8 69.9-73.7 719 13.5 12.0-15.1 370 7.3 6.3- 8.5 365 6.7 5.7- 7.8 41 0.7 0.5- 1.0
AGE
18-24 177 112 60.2 49.9-69.7 31 18.8 11.9-28.2 16 8.6 4.6-15.5 14 9.6 4.4-19.5 4 2.8 0.7-11.2
25-34 630 398 59.8 54.0-65.3 100 14.6 11.3-18.8 67 11.9 8.6-16.2 56 10.1 7.2-14.1 9 3.6 1.3- 9.6
35-44 1,074 694 62.1 57.9-66.1 181 19.0 15.8-22.8 99 9.7 7.6-12.2 83 7.4 5.3-10.2 17 1.8 1.0- 3.1
45-54 1,342 955 71.8 68.4-75.0 185 12.9 10.7-15.3 85 6.8 5.2- 8.9 108 8.0 6.1-10.3 9 0.5 0.3- 1.2
55-64 1,368 1,109 80.7 77.5-83.5 121 8.8 6.9-11.1 64 4.9 3.6- 6.7 68 5.2 3.7- 7.4 6 0.4 0.1- 1.1
65+ 2,015 1,768 88.6 86.5-90.5 128 5.5 4.3- 6.9 56 3.0 1.9- 4.5 55 2.5 1.7- 3.5 8 0.4 0.2- 1.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 800 600 63.1 54.8-70.8 81 9.1 5.9-13.7 46 8.4 5.1-13.6 56 11.4 6.3-19.8 17 8.0 3.6-16.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,824 1,394 69.2 65.1-73.0 200 13.8 11.1-17.1 105 8.7 6.4-11.8 111 7.7 5.7-10.4 14 0.6 0.3- 1.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,613 1,210 71.8 68.2-75.2 174 11.1 8.9-13.7 106 8.4 6.4-10.8 112 8.2 6.3-10.6 11 0.5 0.3- 1.1
College Graduate 2,422 1,871 72.3 69.3-75.2 298 16.1 13.5-19.0 136 6.2 5.1- 7.7 105 4.6 3.4- 6.0 12 0.8 0.4- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 594 431 64.8 55.9-72.8 70 10.5 7.5-14.5 40 10.1 5.9-16.8 45 7.3 4.4-12.1 8 7.2 2.3-20.5
$15,000- 24,999 936 702 62.0 55.3-68.3 98 15.8 10.7-22.9 54 8.4 5.6-12.3 71 11.3 7.7-16.3 11 2.5 0.7- 7.9
$25,000- 34,999 638 465 70.7 64.4-76.2 77 11.0 7.9-15.2 44 7.4 4.8-11.2 45 8.8 5.6-13.7 7 2.1 0.8- 5.5
$35,000- 49,999 833 621 71.4 66.4-75.9 98 12.4 9.5-16.0 55 8.2 5.8-11.3 55 7.0 4.9-10.0 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0
$50,000-74,999 951 726 71.4 66.5-75.9 119 15.0 11.4-19.4 53 8.1 5.6-11.6 45 4.7 3.1- 7.0 8 0.8 0.4- 1.7
$75,000+ 1,699 1,345 75.6 72.5-78.6 196 14.8 12.2-17.7 88 5.4 4.1- 6.9 64 3.9 2.8- 5.3 6 0.4 0.2- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,096 1,650 73.9 70.4-77.1 210 10.4 8.6-12.6 97 5.5 4.1- 7.3 119 8.1 6.2-10.5 20 2.2 0.9- 5.2
No 4,159 3,121 69.8 67.4-72.1 497 14.4 12.6-16.3 264 7.9 6.7- 9.4 247 6.5 5.3- 7.8 30 1.5 0.7- 3.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 786 654 77.0 71.4-81.8 61 10.2 6.7-15.2 39 6.9 4.6-10.3 31 5.8 3.4- 9.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8
Non-Veteran 5,336 4,007 69.2 66.8-71.4 628 13.9 12.3-15.7 328 8.0 6.8- 9.4 324 7.3 6.0- 8.9 49 1.5 0.9- 2.6

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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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