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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Kidney Disease

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,220 326 1.9 1.6- 2.3 11,894 98.1 97.7-98.4
-Piedmont NC 6,259 143 1.6 1.3- 1.9 6,116 98.4 98.1-98.7
GENDER
Male 2,341 46 1.2 0.8- 1.8 2,295 98.8 98.2-99.2
Female 3,918 97 1.9 1.4- 2.4 3,821 98.1 97.6-98.6
RACE
White 5,071 105 1.5 1.1- 1.9 4,966 98.5 98.1-98.9
African American 840 31 2.1 1.4- 3.2 809 97.9 96.8-98.6
Other Minorities 298 7 1.4 0.5- 4.4 291 98.6 95.6-99.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 212 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 208 99.7 99.0-99.9
Non-Hispanic 6,027 139 1.7 1.3- 2.1 5,888 98.3 97.9-98.7
AGE
18-24 158 0 0.0 . - . 158 100 . - .
25-34 575 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7 570 98.9 97.3-99.6
35-44 995 15 1.2 0.6- 2.2 980 98.8 97.8-99.4
45-54 1,266 19 1.1 0.6- 1.7 1,247 98.9 98.3-99.4
55-64 1,297 38 2.5 1.7- 3.7 1,259 97.5 96.3-98.3
65+ 1,910 64 3.2 2.3- 4.5 1,846 96.8 95.5-97.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 727 25 1.6 0.9- 2.7 702 98.4 97.3-99.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,677 34 1.4 0.9- 2.2 1,643 98.6 97.8-99.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,538 37 1.6 1.1- 2.5 1,501 98.4 97.5-98.9
College Graduate 2,309 47 1.6 1.1- 2.4 2,262 98.4 97.6-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 553 23 2.6 1.4- 4.8 530 97.4 95.2-98.6
$15,000- 24,999 863 27 2.0 1.2- 3.3 836 98.0 96.7-98.8
$25,000- 34,999 593 17 1.7 0.9- 3.2 576 98.3 96.8-99.1
$35,000- 49,999 786 13 1.2 0.6- 2.3 773 98.8 97.7-99.4
$50,000-74,999 917 14 1.7 0.8- 3.4 903 98.3 96.6-99.2
$75,000+ 1,619 24 1.0 0.7- 1.6 1,595 99.0 98.4-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,053 92 3.2 2.5- 4.3 1,961 96.8 95.7-97.5
No 4,158 50 0.9 0.6- 1.3 4,108 99.1 98.7-99.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 745 23 2.6 1.5- 4.5 722 97.4 95.5-98.5
Non-Veteran 4,996 111 1.5 1.2- 1.9 4,885 98.5 98.1-98.8

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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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