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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Injury & Treatment

Have you ever been treated for any kind of injury in a private doctor's office or in an urgent care clinic?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, within the past 12 months Yes, more than 12 months ago No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,436 517 9.7 8.4-11.2 2,170 40.4 38.2-42.6 2,749 49.9 47.6-52.2
-Piedmont NC 2,824 289 10.1 8.5-11.9 1,116 38.5 35.6-41.4 1,419 51.4 48.3-54.4
GENDER
Male 1,067 106 8.7 6.8-11.2 521 45.4 40.7-50.3 440 45.8 40.9-50.9
Female 1,757 183 11.3 9.1-14.1 595 32.3 29.0-35.7 979 56.4 52.7-60.1
RACE
White 2,301 246 11.1 9.2-13.3 976 43.7 40.4-47.0 1,079 45.2 41.9-48.6
African American 380 35 9.7 6.4-14.4 107 29.2 23.1-36.2 238 61.1 53.9-67.8
Other Minorities 127 7 3.4 1.4- 8.4 29 19.6 11.5-31.4 91 76.9 65.0-85.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 88 4 3.9 1.1-12.9 17 21.9 11.4-38.1 67 74.2 58.1-85.6
Non-Hispanic 2,728 285 10.7 9.0-12.6 1,098 39.9 37.0-42.8 1,345 49.5 46.4-52.5
AGE
18-24 75 8 8.6 3.9-17.9 23 29.3 18.3-43.3 44 62.2 48.0-74.5
25-34 253 29 11.3 7.1-17.5 115 43.0 35.2-51.3 109 45.6 37.3-54.2
35-44 433 43 10.6 7.2-15.2 196 40.6 34.6-46.8 194 48.8 42.4-55.3
45-54 546 67 9.9 7.3-13.3 240 42.1 36.5-47.9 239 48.0 42.1-53.9
55-64 618 67 11.6 8.6-15.4 255 39.8 34.7-45.2 296 48.6 43.2-54.1
65+ 870 75 8.5 6.3-11.5 276 32.3 27.8-37.1 519 59.2 54.3-63.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 325 24 6.4 3.6-11.1 84 20.3 13.9-28.6 217 73.3 64.2-80.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 762 77 9.4 6.6-13.2 250 31.7 26.5-37.5 435 58.9 52.9-64.6
Some Post-H.S. 677 68 10.9 7.5-15.6 281 40.6 34.7-46.7 328 48.6 42.4-54.8
College Graduate 1,058 120 11.4 9.0-14.2 501 48.3 44.0-52.7 437 40.3 36.1-44.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 264 23 5.8 3.2-10.2 80 25.5 17.8-35.1 161 68.7 58.6-77.3
$15,000- 24,999 418 43 12.7 8.3-19.0 131 29.4 22.3-37.5 244 58.0 49.5-66.0
$25,000- 34,999 253 26 8.0 4.8-13.1 87 35.4 26.2-45.8 140 56.6 46.6-66.2
$35,000- 49,999 325 29 10.6 5.7-19.0 147 49.1 40.5-57.8 149 40.3 32.5-48.6
$50,000-74,999 422 45 10.7 6.7-16.9 174 38.9 32.0-46.4 203 50.3 42.9-57.7
$75,000+ 752 85 11.2 8.5-14.7 381 49.5 44.2-54.8 286 39.3 34.0-44.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 937 116 11.7 9.1-15.0 359 36.2 31.5-41.2 462 52.1 46.8-57.3
No 1,874 171 9.5 7.6-11.7 754 39.4 35.9-43.0 949 51.1 47.4-54.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 358 36 9.7 6.5-14.3 164 44.6 37.1-52.3 158 45.7 37.9-53.7
Non-Veteran 2,464 253 10.2 8.5-12.2 951 37.9 34.9-41.1 1,260 51.9 48.6-55.1

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Does not include injuries treated in a hospital or referred to a hospital for further treatment.

^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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