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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 1,617 226 15.5 12.6-18.9 1,391 84.5 81.1-87.4
-Piedmont NC 872 123 13.2 10.4-16.6 749 86.8 83.4-89.6
GENDER
Male 408 46 9.4 6.4-13.7 362 90.6 86.3-93.6
Female 464 77 18.3 13.6-24.2 387 81.7 75.8-86.4
RACE
White 727 84 10.9 8.1-14.7 643 89.1 85.3-91.9
African American 114 33 23.2 15.0-34.1 81 76.8 65.9-85.0
Other Minorities 24 5 14.6 4.2-40.1 19 85.4 59.9-95.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 18 2 2.4 0.5-11.0 16 97.6 89.0-99.5
Non-Hispanic 852 121 13.8 10.9-17.4 731 86.2 82.6-89.1
AGE
18-24 18 4 8.4 2.3-25.8 14 91.6 74.2-97.7
25-34 106 20 15.5 9.0-25.2 86 84.5 74.8-91.0
35-44 155 19 11.0 6.0-19.2 136 89.0 80.8-94.0
45-54 185 20 8.9 5.2-14.7 165 91.1 85.3-94.8
55-64 214 31 17.8 11.0-27.4 183 82.2 72.6-89.0
65+ 189 28 15.4 9.8-23.3 161 84.6 76.7-90.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 70 20 23.3 11.2-42.2 50 76.7 57.8-88.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 243 47 16.3 10.8-23.9 196 83.7 76.1-89.2
Some Post-H.S. 239 29 11.8 7.7-17.8 210 88.2 82.2-92.3
College Graduate 320 27 8.5 5.1-13.6 293 91.5 86.4-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 66 19 24.1 11.3-44.1 47 75.9 55.9-88.7
$15,000- 24,999 125 22 14.3 7.6-25.3 103 85.7 74.7-92.4
$25,000- 34,999 68 10 12.7 5.9-25.2 58 87.3 74.8-94.1
$35,000- 49,999 121 21 15.2 8.8-25.0 100 84.8 75.0-91.2
$50,000-74,999 136 10 7.5 3.5-15.6 126 92.5 84.4-96.5
$75,000+ 264 24 8.8 5.3-14.4 240 91.2 85.6-94.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 243 43 18.8 12.4-27.5 200 81.2 72.5-87.6
No 626 80 11.4 8.5-15.1 546 88.6 84.9-91.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 138 12 8.8 3.6-19.8 126 91.2 80.2-96.4
Non-Veteran 732 111 14.1 11.0-18.0 621 85.9 82.0-89.0

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*Results pertain only to those who have gambled and wagered money in the last 12 months.

^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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