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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,475 4,605 31.1 29.7-32.5 7,870 68.9 67.5-70.3
-Piedmont NC 6,358 2,158 29.0 27.2-30.9 4,200 71.0 69.1-72.8
GENDER 6,358 2,158 29.0 27.2-30.9 4,200 71.0 69.1-72.8
Male 2,377 758 27.9 25.1-30.8 1,619 72.1 69.2-74.9
Female 3,981 1,400 30.1 27.8-32.5 2,581 69.9 67.5-72.2
RACE 6,308 2,141 29.2 27.4-31.1 4,167 70.8 68.9-72.6
White 5,149 1,713 28.5 26.5-30.4 3,436 71.5 69.6-73.5
African American 856 344 35.3 30.5-40.5 512 64.7 59.5-69.5
Other Minorities 303 84 22.3 15.7-30.6 219 77.7 69.4-84.3
HISPANIC 6,335 2,147 29.1 27.3-30.9 4,188 70.9 69.1-72.7
Hispanic 216 56 24.5 16.6-34.5 160 75.5 65.5-83.4
Non-Hispanic 6,119 2,091 29.5 27.7-31.3 4,028 70.5 68.7-72.3
AGE 6,300 2,141 29.0 27.2-30.9 4,159 71.0 69.1-72.8
18-24 162 39 25.7 17.8-35.4 123 74.3 64.6-82.2
25-34 584 91 17.9 13.7-23.2 493 82.1 76.8-86.3
35-44 1,008 193 20.0 16.8-23.7 815 80.0 76.3-83.2
45-54 1,280 376 29.0 25.4-32.9 904 71.0 67.1-74.6
55-64 1,316 499 37.2 33.6-41.0 817 62.8 59.0-66.4
65+ 1,950 943 47.3 44.0-50.6 1,007 52.7 49.4-56.0
EDUCATION 6,349 2,153 29.0 27.2-30.9 4,196 71.0 69.1-72.8
Less Than H.S. 757 455 46.2 39.0-53.6 302 53.8 46.4-61.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,714 644 34.9 31.0-39.0 1,070 65.1 61.0-69.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,560 520 29.0 25.5-32.7 1,040 71.0 67.3-74.5
College Graduate 2,318 534 18.7 16.7-20.9 1,784 81.3 79.1-83.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME 5,410 1,766 27.4 25.5-29.3 3,644 72.6 70.7-74.5
Less than $15,000 578 377 54.1 45.4-62.5 201 45.9 37.5-54.6
$15,000- 24,999 890 421 41.0 35.4-46.8 469 59.0 53.2-64.6
$25,000- 34,999 601 239 37.1 30.4-44.2 362 62.9 55.8-69.6
$35,000- 49,999 793 234 28.0 23.3-33.3 559 72.0 66.7-76.7
$50,000-74,999 921 221 18.9 15.6-22.6 700 81.1 77.4-84.4
$75,000+ 1,627 274 14.7 12.6-17.0 1,353 85.3 83.0-87.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 752 297 37.9 32.7-43.5 455 62.1 56.5-67.3
Non-Veteran 5,082 1,696 28.1 26.1-30.2 3,386 71.9 69.8-73.9

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*Data for this table were derived from 2 CDC Core questions and 2 North Carolina questions
in the State-Added Section.

^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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