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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,291 1,785 13.4 12.4-14.6 10,506 86.6 85.4-87.6
-Piedmont NC 6,294 830 12.7 11.3-14.2 5,464 87.3 85.8-88.7
GENDER
Male 2,353 276 12.6 10.4-15.2 2,077 87.4 84.8-89.6
Female 3,941 554 12.8 11.3-14.5 3,387 87.2 85.5-88.7
RACE
White 5,101 635 12.0 10.6-13.5 4,466 88.0 86.5-89.4
African American 844 146 16.0 12.4-20.5 698 84.0 79.5-87.6
Other Minorities 301 43 12.1 7.1-20.1 258 87.9 79.9-92.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 215 29 13.4 7.4-23.1 186 86.6 76.9-92.6
Non-Hispanic 6,058 796 12.6 11.3-14.1 5,262 87.4 85.9-88.7
AGE
18-24 160 20 13.5 8.1-21.8 140 86.5 78.2-91.9
25-34 578 48 8.8 5.9-12.8 530 91.2 87.2-94.1
35-44 1,001 94 10.7 8.1-14.1 907 89.3 85.9-91.9
45-54 1,271 164 13.1 10.2-16.7 1,107 86.9 83.3-89.8
55-64 1,296 173 13.2 10.8-16.1 1,123 86.8 83.9-89.2
65+ 1,930 323 17.6 15.1-20.4 1,607 82.4 79.6-84.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 736 217 29.4 23.2-36.5 519 70.6 63.5-76.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,694 249 14.6 11.9-17.9 1,445 85.4 82.1-88.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,543 188 11.5 9.2-14.2 1,355 88.5 85.8-90.8
College Graduate 2,314 174 6.3 5.1- 7.8 2,140 93.7 92.2-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 554 168 25.2 18.6-33.1 386 74.8 66.9-81.4
$15,000- 24,999 871 164 18.3 14.4-22.9 707 81.7 77.1-85.6
$25,000- 34,999 596 90 18.4 12.6-26.0 506 81.6 74.0-87.4
$35,000- 49,999 787 72 12.5 8.5-17.9 715 87.5 82.1-91.5
$50,000-74,999 919 66 6.8 4.7- 9.9 853 93.2 90.1-95.3
$75,000+ 1,623 88 4.5 3.5- 5.9 1,535 95.5 94.1-96.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 746 92 12.5 9.3-16.5 654 87.5 83.5-90.7
Non-Veteran 5,026 669 12.7 11.2-14.4 4,357 87.3 85.6-88.8

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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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