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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 1,161 89 8.4 6.3-11.1 483 46.4 42.1-50.8 589 45.1 41.0-49.4
GENDER
Male 449 36 9.6 6.3-14.3 229 56.0 49.2-62.5 184 34.4 28.7-40.6
Female 712 53 7.4 5.0-10.7 254 37.9 33.0-43.1 405 54.7 49.4-59.9
RACE
White 1,061 79 7.8 5.8-10.6 451 47.1 42.6-51.7 531 45.0 40.7-49.5
African American 35 3 18.0 5.7-44.4 14 43.4 22.4-67.1 18 38.6 19.9-61.4
Other Minorities 62 7 11.5 3.5-31.8 17 36.5 20.3-56.5 38 52.0 33.8-69.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 22 1 1.8 0.2-12.6 3 15.5 3.8-46.2 18 82.7 53.1-95.3
Non-Hispanic 1,137 87 8.6 6.4-11.3 480 47.1 42.8-51.5 570 44.3 40.1-48.6
AGE
18-24 43 8 20.1 10.0-36.2 14 34.0 20.2-51.2 21 45.9 30.4-62.3
25-34 81 8 8.5 3.5-19.5 37 56.1 41.1-70.0 36 35.4 23.5-49.5
35-44 131 11 9.5 4.8-18.0 58 43.5 32.9-54.8 62 46.9 35.7-58.5
45-54 189 12 4.9 2.6- 9.1 101 60.7 52.2-68.5 76 34.5 27.1-42.7
55-64 275 25 8.8 5.7-13.4 110 44.0 37.2-51.2 140 47.1 40.3-54.1
65+ 431 23 4.2 2.7- 6.7 159 38.4 33.0-44.2 249 57.3 51.6-62.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 154 12 12.6 6.1-24.2 42 36.0 25.5-48.0 100 51.4 40.2-62.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 370 21 7.6 4.5-12.7 143 41.4 34.7-48.5 206 51.0 44.0-57.9
Some Post-H.S. 298 22 8.4 4.8-14.2 126 42.8 34.9-51.0 150 48.8 40.6-57.2
College Graduate 336 33 6.3 3.9- 9.9 172 60.9 52.9-68.3 131 32.8 26.2-40.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 155 13 5.7 3.0-10.5 47 33.4 22.2-46.8 95 60.9 47.9-72.5
$15,000- 24,999 220 20 11.7 6.5-20.4 82 38.5 29.5-48.4 118 49.7 39.7-59.8
$25,000- 34,999 139 14 9.8 5.3-17.5 58 45.3 35.2-55.9 67 44.8 34.9-55.2
$35,000- 49,999 157 7 2.6 0.8- 8.0 76 53.6 43.1-63.8 74 43.8 33.8-54.4
$50,000-74,999 157 10 8.3 3.6-17.8 80 57.6 44.9-69.4 67 34.1 24.0-45.8
$75,000+ 162 14 9.6 5.3-16.9 88 56.9 47.3-66.1 60 33.5 25.3-42.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 439 47 13.1 8.6-19.3 184 46.3 40.0-52.7 208 40.6 34.7-46.8
No 715 42 6.5 4.4- 9.4 298 46.6 41.1-52.2 375 46.9 41.5-52.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 166 18 10.0 5.9-16.4 84 55.0 45.9-63.8 64 35.0 27.2-43.8
Non-Veteran 992 70 8.2 6.0-11.2 399 45.6 40.8-50.4 523 46.2 41.6-50.9

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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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