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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 1,718 490 29.3 25.9-33.0 1,228 70.7 67.0-74.1
-Piedmont NC 785 223 30.9 26.2-36.0 562 69.1 64.0-73.8
GENDER
Male 312 96 35.5 28.3-43.5 216 64.5 56.5-71.7
Female 473 127 26.9 21.2-33.5 346 73.1 66.5-78.8
RACE
White 576 148 29.0 23.5-35.3 428 71.0 64.7-76.5
African American 176 66 36.9 27.9-47.0 110 63.1 53.0-72.1
Other Minorities 28 7 17.7 6.6-39.7 21 82.3 60.3-93.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 6 21.3 6.5-51.1 10 78.7 48.9-93.5
Non-Hispanic 767 216 31.3 26.5-36.4 551 68.7 63.6-73.5
AGE
18-44 59 25 37.1 23.8-52.6 34 62.9 47.4-76.2
45-54 109 32 36.0 23.8-50.4 77 64.0 49.6-76.2
55-64 222 78 35.7 27.1-45.2 144 64.3 54.8-72.9
65+ 391 87 21.2 16.4-27.0 304 78.8 73.0-83.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 186 47 30.3 20.0-43.1 139 69.7 56.9-80.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 253 73 32.8 24.6-42.0 180 67.2 58.0-75.4
Some Post-H.S. 187 58 30.1 22.1-39.6 129 69.9 60.4-77.9
College Graduate 155 44 29.9 20.9-40.7 111 70.1 59.3-79.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 119 37 30.5 20.3-43.0 82 69.5 57.0-79.7
$15,000- 24,999 159 50 39.2 28.4-51.2 109 60.8 48.8-71.6
$25,000- 34,999 93 24 23.3 14.2-35.9 69 76.7 64.1-85.8
$35,000- 49,999 99 28 31.4 20.6-44.6 71 68.6 55.4-79.4
$50,000-74,999 81 22 23.1 13.7-36.3 59 76.9 63.7-86.3
$75,000+ 89 22 30.3 18.4-45.7 67 69.7 54.3-81.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 452 153 37.2 30.7-44.3 299 62.8 55.7-69.3
No 292 60 22.6 16.5-30.2 232 77.4 69.8-83.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 121 38 39.8 27.8-53.2 83 60.2 46.8-72.2
Non-Veteran 591 163 28.9 23.7-34.7 428 71.1 65.3-76.3

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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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