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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 13,137 3,277 20.2 19.1-21.4 9,860 79.8 78.6-80.9
-Piedmont NC 6,710 1,523 18.8 17.3-20.4 5,187 81.2 79.6-82.7
GENDER
Male 2,538 519 16.3 14.2-18.6 2,019 83.7 81.4-85.8
Female 4,172 1,004 21.2 19.1-23.4 3,168 78.8 76.6-80.9
RACE
White 5,400 1,232 19.0 17.4-20.7 4,168 81.0 79.3-82.6
African American 925 238 23.9 19.7-28.7 687 76.1 71.3-80.3
Other Minorities 332 44 8.6 5.4-13.6 288 91.4 86.4-94.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 235 26 8.6 4.8-14.8 209 91.4 85.2-95.2
Non-Hispanic 6,452 1,492 19.7 18.2-21.4 4,960 80.3 78.6-81.8
AGE
18-24 183 25 13.4 8.2-21.1 158 86.6 78.9-91.8
25-34 633 55 11.5 8.0-16.2 578 88.5 83.8-92.0
35-44 1,079 133 12.2 9.7-15.2 946 87.8 84.8-90.3
45-54 1,340 276 20.3 17.0-23.9 1,064 79.7 76.1-83.0
55-64 1,371 382 27.3 24.1-30.8 989 72.7 69.2-75.9
65+ 2,038 640 29.9 27.0-32.9 1,398 70.1 67.1-73.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 822 285 25.5 20.4-31.3 537 74.5 68.7-79.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,832 461 22.5 19.2-26.3 1,371 77.5 73.7-80.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,624 383 19.7 16.8-22.9 1,241 80.3 77.1-83.2
College Graduate 2,421 392 12.9 11.3-14.8 2,029 87.1 85.2-88.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 605 291 37.1 30.1-44.7 314 62.9 55.3-69.9
$15,000- 24,999 942 290 26.8 22.2-32.0 652 73.2 68.0-77.8
$25,000- 34,999 637 180 26.2 20.3-32.9 457 73.8 67.1-79.7
$35,000- 49,999 836 165 17.5 13.6-22.1 671 82.5 77.9-86.4
$50,000-74,999 955 155 12.3 9.7-15.5 800 87.7 84.5-90.3
$75,000+ 1,693 192 9.7 8.1-11.7 1,501 90.3 88.3-91.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 784 216 26.7 22.2-31.8 568 73.3 68.2-77.8
Non-Veteran 5,373 1,191 17.8 16.2-19.6 4,182 82.2 80.4-83.8

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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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