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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,657 1,786 12.5 11.6-13.5 8,353 66.6 65.1-68.1 1,784 14.5 13.5-15.6 107 0.9 0.7- 1.2 627 5.4 4.6- 6.4
-Piedmont NC 6,483 937 12.8 11.6-14.1 4,369 67.9 66.0-69.8 838 13.3 12.0-14.8 51 0.9 0.6- 1.3 288 5.1 4.1- 6.2
GENDER
Male 2,448 282 10.6 8.9-12.7 1,650 67.1 64.0-70.1 373 14.7 12.6-17.0 20 0.9 0.5- 1.7 123 6.7 4.9- 8.9
Female 4,035 655 14.9 13.4-16.6 2,719 68.7 66.3-71.0 465 12.0 10.3-13.9 31 0.8 0.5- 1.5 165 3.5 2.7- 4.6
RACE
White 5,234 745 13.2 11.8-14.7 3,583 69.7 67.6-71.7 651 12.2 10.8-13.8 40 0.9 0.6- 1.5 215 3.9 3.2- 4.9
African American 881 128 11.9 9.3-15.1 551 62.3 57.2-67.1 148 19.4 15.7-23.8 10 1.0 0.4- 2.4 44 5.3 3.4- 8.3
Other Minorities 318 56 12.3 8.6-17.3 200 68.6 59.8-76.2 34 8.4 5.3-13.0 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 27 10.4 5.3-19.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 228 29 7.4 4.1-13.0 149 69.3 58.4-78.4 28 10.2 5.8-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 22 13.1 6.6-24.2
Non-Hispanic 6,236 906 13.4 12.1-14.7 4,208 67.9 66.0-69.7 808 13.6 12.2-15.1 51 1.0 0.6- 1.5 263 4.2 3.5- 5.1
AGE
18-24 173 17 7.7 4.3-13.3 103 62.1 52.4-71.0 34 19.1 12.8-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 19 11.1 6.1-19.5
25-34 614 61 8.6 6.2-11.8 431 72.8 67.7-77.4 89 13.9 10.5-18.1 3 0.2 0.1- 0.5 30 4.5 2.7- 7.5
35-44 1,042 158 15.5 12.4-19.3 718 67.3 63.0-71.3 128 12.6 10.1-15.6 4 0.7 0.2- 2.5 34 3.9 2.4- 6.1
45-54 1,313 192 14.6 12.2-17.3 903 68.0 64.3-71.4 163 11.7 9.6-14.2 15 1.8 0.9- 3.7 40 3.9 2.4- 6.1
55-64 1,330 190 13.5 11.3-16.0 901 70.0 66.5-73.3 188 12.4 10.3-14.9 13 0.9 0.3- 2.7 38 3.1 1.8- 5.3
65+ 1,949 304 14.8 12.7-17.1 1,272 65.7 62.4-68.8 231 12.2 9.9-15.0 16 1.3 0.6- 2.7 126 6.0 4.7- 7.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 761 61 6.2 4.1- 9.2 439 62.0 54.6-68.8 162 18.5 14.1-23.9 12 0.8 0.4- 1.7 87 12.6 8.0-19.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,763 200 10.9 8.4-13.9 1,137 62.2 57.9-66.4 297 18.8 15.6-22.6 21 1.3 0.6- 2.6 108 6.8 4.9- 9.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,577 218 11.1 9.0-13.5 1,122 72.1 68.5-75.4 188 12.5 10.2-15.2 9 1.1 0.5- 2.7 40 3.2 2.0- 5.2
College Graduate 2,375 457 17.9 15.9-20.0 1,667 71.5 68.9-74.0 191 7.9 6.5- 9.6 9 0.4 0.2- 0.9 51 2.3 1.4- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 574 66 10.1 6.4-15.6 323 60.8 52.8-68.2 116 18.2 13.3-24.5 11 1.1 0.5- 2.4 58 9.8 6.2-15.1
$15,000- 24,999 897 106 11.2 7.8-15.8 574 64.8 59.0-70.3 144 15.5 11.9-19.9 8 0.7 0.3- 1.5 65 7.8 5.0-12.0
$25,000- 34,999 620 76 9.4 6.8-12.8 405 66.3 59.9-72.1 105 17.3 13.1-22.5 4 0.8 0.2- 3.0 30 6.3 3.5-10.9
$35,000- 49,999 817 104 11.0 8.3-14.6 577 73.5 68.4-78.0 105 11.8 8.5-16.0 6 1.2 0.4- 3.4 25 2.5 1.6- 4.1
$50,000-74,999 942 154 14.8 11.5-18.9 656 71.8 67.2-76.0 107 11.0 8.4-14.2 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6 21 2.2 1.2- 4.0
$75,000+ 1,660 299 16.8 14.6-19.4 1,208 72.7 69.6-75.6 123 8.3 6.5-10.5 7 0.6 0.2- 1.6 23 1.6 0.9- 2.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,078 261 9.8 8.2-11.5 1,304 63.1 59.4-66.6 350 18.7 15.7-22.0 25 1.5 0.8- 2.7 138 7.0 5.4- 9.1
No 4,177 647 14.2 12.6-15.8 2,902 69.5 67.2-71.7 468 11.6 10.1-13.2 25 0.7 0.4- 1.2 135 4.1 3.0- 5.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 761 93 10.1 7.6-13.3 531 73.6 68.7-77.9 105 13.1 9.9-17.2 5 0.8 0.2- 3.3 27 2.4 1.5- 4.0
Non-Veteran 5,181 750 12.9 11.6-14.4 3,489 67.4 65.2-69.6 658 13.4 11.9-15.1 41 0.8 0.5- 1.3 243 5.5 4.3- 6.8

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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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