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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,715 911 53.6 49.3-57.8 804 46.4 42.2-50.7
-Piedmont NC 784 450 59.1 54.0-64.1 334 40.9 35.9-46.0
GENDER
Male 311 179 59.9 51.9-67.4 132 40.1 32.6-48.1
Female 473 271 58.5 51.7-65.0 202 41.5 35.0-48.3
RACE
White 575 328 59.7 53.6-65.5 247 40.3 34.5-46.4
African American 176 100 56.9 46.5-66.8 76 43.1 33.2-53.5
Other Minorities 28 18 62.0 39.1-80.6 10 38.0 19.4-60.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 12 50.1 19.0-81.1 4 49.9 18.9-81.0
Non-Hispanic 766 438 59.6 54.5-64.5 328 40.4 35.5-45.5
AGE
18-44 59 42 72.3 55.4-84.6 17 27.7 15.4-44.6
45-54 109 71 70.5 58.8-80.0 38 29.5 20.0-41.2
55-64 222 139 54.0 44.3-63.4 83 46.0 36.6-55.7
65+ 390 195 52.2 45.1-59.1 195 47.8 40.9-54.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 185 75 39.9 28.8-52.1 110 60.1 47.9-71.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 253 133 51.1 42.3-59.9 120 48.9 40.1-57.7
Some Post-H.S. 187 131 74.7 65.8-82.0 56 25.3 18.0-34.2
College Graduate 155 110 74.4 64.1-82.5 45 25.6 17.5-35.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 119 57 49.7 36.9-62.5 62 50.3 37.5-63.1
$15,000- 24,999 158 80 55.5 44.0-66.5 78 44.5 33.5-56.0
$25,000- 34,999 93 54 54.8 38.2-70.4 39 45.2 29.6-61.8
$35,000- 49,999 99 66 71.5 59.2-81.3 33 28.5 18.7-40.8
$50,000-74,999 81 54 60.6 45.3-74.1 27 39.4 25.9-54.7
$75,000+ 89 61 74.3 62.0-83.7 28 25.7 16.3-38.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 451 256 57.5 50.8-64.0 195 42.5 36.0-49.2
No 292 175 62.8 54.0-70.9 117 37.2 29.1-46.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 121 71 65.8 53.4-76.4 50 34.2 23.6-46.6
Non-Veteran 590 331 57.0 51.0-62.9 259 43.0 37.1-49.0

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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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