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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Last 12 months 1 or more years ago Don't know
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,616 1,299 77.3 72.5-81.4 119 9.2 7.2-11.7 163 9.4 7.3-11.9
-Piedmont NC 735 611 82.9 78.6-86.5 52 9.4 6.6-13.3 72 7.7 5.6-10.5
GENDER
Male 295 251 85.3 79.0-89.9 17 8.1 4.5-14.0 27 6.6 4.0-10.7
Female 440 360 80.9 74.7-85.8 35 10.6 6.7-16.2 45 8.6 5.7-12.7
RACE
White 541 450 81.4 76.0-85.8 34 9.5 6.1-14.4 57 9.1 6.4-12.8
African American 162 136 86.2 77.7-91.8 13 8.1 3.9-16.2 13 5.7 2.7-11.6
Other Minorities 27 22 83.3 59.2-94.5 4 15.1 4.5-40.0 1 1.6 0.2-11.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 14 88.9 53.9-98.2 2 11.1 1.8-46.1 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 718 596 82.6 78.3-86.2 50 9.4 6.5-13.2 72 8.0 5.9-10.9
AGE
18-44 56 39 76.7 62.3-86.8 8 14.0 6.5-27.5 9 9.3 4.0-20.4
45-54 102 83 81.4 69.0-89.5 10 12.0 5.3-24.6 9 6.7 3.0-14.0
55-64 210 174 84.8 77.2-90.2 19 10.6 5.9-18.3 17 4.6 2.6- 8.0
65+ 364 313 84.7 77.9-89.6 15 5.0 2.3-10.5 36 10.3 6.4-16.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 135 85.4 76.3-91.4 14 7.0 3.4-13.8 18 7.6 3.6-15.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 238 191 78.3 69.9-84.8 20 12.1 7.0-20.0 27 9.7 5.9-15.5
Some Post-H.S. 175 154 84.1 74.5-90.6 10 10.5 5.1-20.5 11 5.4 2.7-10.5
College Graduate 152 129 86.1 76.2-92.3 8 6.9 2.6-17.2 15 6.9 3.4-13.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 109 84 75.0 62.6-84.3 7 10.4 4.3-23.2 18 14.6 8.4-24.3
$15,000- 24,999 146 119 79.2 68.8-86.8 12 12.6 6.5-23.0 15 8.2 4.6-14.1
$25,000- 34,999 88 77 89.8 79.8-95.1 5 4.9 1.6-14.3 6 5.3 2.1-12.9
$35,000- 49,999 95 82 90.7 82.8-95.1 6 5.2 2.2-11.9 7 4.1 1.5-10.6
$50,000-74,999 77 68 85.0 68.0-93.8 6 9.7 3.0-26.9 3 5.3 1.3-19.8
$75,000+ 86 74 84.2 70.3-92.3 5 11.8 4.7-26.8 7 3.9 1.6- 9.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 431 351 80.4 74.6-85.2 30 8.7 5.6-13.4 50 10.8 7.4-15.6
No 290 247 85.2 78.1-90.3 22 10.7 6.2-18.0 21 4.0 2.4- 6.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 113 105 95.0 89.1-97.8 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.0 2.2-10.9
Non-Veteran 549 453 82.2 77.0-86.4 43 10.9 7.4-15.7 53 6.9 4.7-10.0

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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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