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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,251 577 3.6 3.1- 4.2 857 5.5 4.9- 6.1 797 5.3 4.7- 6.0 10,020 85.5 84.5-86.5
-Piedmont NC 6,289 264 3.3 2.6- 4.1 414 5.2 4.5- 6.0 336 5.0 4.2- 6.1 5,275 86.5 85.1-87.7
GENDER
Male 2,359 94 3.0 2.0- 4.5 139 4.7 3.7- 6.0 133 5.1 3.9- 6.7 1,993 87.2 84.9-89.1
Female 3,930 170 3.5 2.8- 4.5 275 5.7 4.8- 6.7 203 5.0 3.9- 6.4 3,282 85.8 84.0-87.4
RACE
White 5,098 195 2.9 2.3- 3.6 323 5.3 4.5- 6.2 258 4.4 3.6- 5.5 4,322 87.4 86.0-88.7
African American 845 62 5.9 3.6- 9.7 73 6.1 4.4- 8.3 62 9.1 6.2-13.0 648 78.9 74.1-83.0
Other Minorities 298 7 1.1 0.5- 2.6 14 3.4 1.6- 6.9 14 1.7 0.9- 3.2 263 93.7 90.1-96.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 214 5 2.7 0.9- 7.5 8 2.5 0.9- 6.7 6 1.3 0.5- 3.4 195 93.5 88.2-96.5
Non-Hispanic 6,056 258 3.3 2.6- 4.2 405 5.5 4.7- 6.3 330 5.4 4.4- 6.5 5,063 85.8 84.4-87.2
AGE
18-24 160 3 1.5 0.5- 4.7 4 1.4 0.5- 3.8 5 2.6 0.9- 6.9 148 94.5 89.9-97.1
25-34 580 11 1.9 0.9- 4.1 15 2.3 1.2- 4.5 12 4.1 1.9- 8.8 542 91.6 87.1-94.7
35-44 1,001 27 2.2 1.4- 3.5 34 4.0 2.5- 6.5 36 4.6 2.9- 7.1 904 89.2 86.0-91.7
45-54 1,273 44 4.2 2.2- 7.8 80 6.1 4.6- 8.1 73 5.4 3.7- 7.6 1,076 84.3 80.6-87.4
55-64 1,303 57 3.4 2.4- 4.9 122 8.8 6.9-11.1 104 8.5 6.5-11.0 1,020 79.3 76.1-82.2
65+ 1,915 120 6.2 4.6- 8.3 155 7.8 6.3- 9.7 106 4.8 3.8- 6.2 1,534 81.1 78.4-83.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 723 76 7.3 4.8-10.9 94 8.7 6.2-11.9 95 10.3 7.0-15.1 458 73.7 67.7-79.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,697 67 3.3 1.8- 6.0 147 7.2 5.7- 9.1 108 7.3 5.3-10.1 1,375 82.2 78.7-85.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,547 56 2.6 1.8- 3.9 91 4.9 3.5- 6.7 74 4.1 2.8- 5.9 1,326 88.4 85.8-90.5
College Graduate 2,314 63 2.2 1.6- 3.2 81 2.8 2.1- 3.8 59 2.3 1.5- 3.3 2,111 92.6 91.1-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 553 43 6.3 3.8-10.3 93 12.1 8.9-16.3 102 13.4 9.9-17.7 315 68.2 61.2-74.4
$15,000- 24,999 872 50 4.1 2.5- 6.6 83 8.2 5.6-11.8 71 9.2 5.9-13.9 668 78.6 73.2-83.1
$25,000- 34,999 595 35 7.1 3.2-15.3 46 7.4 5.0-10.8 28 3.0 1.9- 4.7 486 82.4 75.6-87.7
$35,000- 49,999 788 19 1.8 1.0- 3.2 41 4.3 2.9- 6.3 28 5.6 2.8-10.9 700 88.3 83.5-91.8
$50,000-74,999 925 26 2.5 1.4- 4.3 40 3.6 2.4- 5.3 26 3.3 1.7- 6.2 833 90.7 87.4-93.1
$75,000+ 1,626 26 1.3 0.8- 2.1 37 1.6 1.0- 2.4 25 1.4 0.8- 2.4 1,538 95.8 94.4-96.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 743 39 3.9 2.5- 6.0 57 8.5 5.7-12.5 51 7.5 4.8-11.4 596 80.1 75.1-84.4
Non-Veteran 5,024 201 3.2 2.4- 4.2 325 4.9 4.2- 5.7 260 4.6 3.7- 5.8 4,238 87.3 85.8-88.7

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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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