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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 5,375 1,676 31.8 29.7-34.0 3,699 68.2 66.0-70.3
-Piedmont NC 2,780 841 32.0 29.2-35.0 1,939 68.0 65.0-70.8
GENDER
Male 1,055 240 25.9 21.5-30.7 815 74.1 69.3-78.5
Female 1,725 601 37.7 34.0-41.5 1,124 62.3 58.5-66.0
RACE
White 2,260 672 31.8 28.5-35.2 1,588 68.2 64.8-71.5
African American 375 139 40.0 33.1-47.3 236 60.0 52.7-66.9
Other Minorities 128 28 14.8 8.7-23.9 100 85.2 76.1-91.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 90 17 22.0 11.1-38.8 73 78.0 61.2-88.9
Non-Hispanic 2,681 821 32.9 30.0-35.9 1,860 67.1 64.1-70.0
AGE
18-24 76 27 38.0 25.1-52.9 49 62.0 47.1-74.9
25-34 248 84 31.4 24.5-39.2 164 68.6 60.8-75.5
35-44 429 158 35.2 29.2-41.7 271 64.8 58.3-70.8
45-54 541 179 31.3 26.1-37.1 362 68.7 62.9-73.9
55-64 607 178 30.3 25.4-35.7 429 69.7 64.3-74.6
65+ 851 207 26.6 22.0-31.7 644 73.4 68.3-78.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 319 89 28.7 19.1-40.9 230 71.3 59.1-80.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 751 215 30.2 24.9-36.1 536 69.8 63.9-75.1
Some Post-H.S. 664 198 32.6 26.8-39.0 466 67.4 61.0-73.2
College Graduate 1,043 338 34.1 30.1-38.3 705 65.9 61.7-69.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 259 73 29.0 19.4-41.0 186 71.0 59.0-80.6
$15,000- 24,999 411 123 33.1 25.3-42.0 288 66.9 58.0-74.7
$25,000- 34,999 255 68 29.3 20.9-39.5 187 70.7 60.5-79.1
$35,000- 49,999 321 102 34.8 26.6-44.1 219 65.2 55.9-73.4
$50,000-74,999 416 159 40.5 33.5-48.0 257 59.5 52.0-66.5
$75,000+ 744 223 31.9 26.9-37.5 521 68.1 62.5-73.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 919 229 28.3 23.4-33.7 690 71.7 66.3-76.6
No 1,848 608 33.4 29.9-37.1 1,240 66.6 62.9-70.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 352 81 24.0 17.2-32.6 271 76.0 67.4-82.8
Non-Veteran 2,425 760 33.2 30.1-36.4 1,665 66.8 63.6-69.9

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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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