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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,635 66 1.6 1.2- 2.2 2,569 98.4 97.8-98.8
GENDER
Male 1,013 19 1.3 0.7- 2.2 994 98.7 97.8-99.3
Female 1,622 47 2.0 1.4- 2.8 1,575 98.0 97.2-98.6
RACE
White 2,432 59 1.6 1.2- 2.2 2,373 98.4 97.8-98.8
African American 72 2 1.3 0.3- 6.2 70 98.7 93.8-99.7
Other Minorities 121 5 1.8 0.6- 5.1 116 98.2 94.9-99.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 49 2 1.1 0.2- 4.9 47 98.9 95.1-99.8
Non-Hispanic 2,580 64 1.6 1.2- 2.2 2,516 98.4 97.8-98.8
AGE
18-24 78 0 0.0 . - . 78 100 . - .
25-34 177 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 176 99.6 97.5- 100
35-44 323 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 320 99.8 99.3-99.9
45-54 467 14 3.1 1.6- 5.7 453 96.9 94.3-98.4
55-64 618 11 1.9 1.0- 3.5 607 98.1 96.5-99.0
65+ 952 37 3.0 2.1- 4.4 915 97.0 95.6-97.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 352 19 2.8 1.6- 4.8 333 97.2 95.2-98.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 847 20 1.4 0.8- 2.4 827 98.6 97.6-99.2
Some Post-H.S. 659 12 1.5 0.7- 2.9 647 98.5 97.1-99.3
College Graduate 773 15 1.5 0.8- 2.8 758 98.5 97.2-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 339 17 3.3 1.7- 6.1 322 96.7 93.9-98.3
$15,000- 24,999 486 17 2.4 1.4- 4.0 469 97.6 96.0-98.6
$25,000- 34,999 329 9 2.8 1.3- 6.1 320 97.2 93.9-98.7
$35,000- 49,999 353 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 351 99.8 99.2- 100
$50,000-74,999 345 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 342 98.9 96.2-99.7
$75,000+ 388 7 1.2 0.5- 2.7 381 98.8 97.3-99.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,013 55 4.2 3.0- 5.7 958 95.8 94.3-97.0
No 1,604 11 0.5 0.2- 1.1 1,593 99.5 98.9-99.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 333 10 2.5 1.3- 4.8 323 97.5 95.2-98.7
Non-Veteran 2,081 52 1.6 1.1- 2.2 2,029 98.4 97.8-98.9

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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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