BRFSS 2010 - Piedmont North Carolina**: (What was the cause of the brain injury?*)

2010 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Traumatic Brain Injury

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	Total Respond.^	Motor vehicle/motor cycle crash	Stroke/aneurism	Sports-related	Fall	Other
North Carolina	568	150	24.6	19.7-30.3	186	23.2	18.6-28.5	34	12.7	8.0-19.5	59	17.4	11.0-26.4	139	22.1	17.6-27.4
-Piedmont NC	309	83	27.4	20.4-35.6	102	21.1	16.0-27.4	21	16.4	9.4-27.1	29	14.9	7.8-26.8	74	20.2	15.0-26.5
GENDER
Male	137	33	22.8	14.7-33.6	42	16.9	10.9-25.1	18	24.7	13.8-40.2	10	17.9	7.5-36.9	34	17.8	11.4-26.6
Female	172	50	34.6	24.3-46.6	60	27.8	20.1-37.2	3	3.4	0.9-12.2	19	10.3	6.0-16.9	40	23.9	16.6-33.2
RACE
White	252	73	30.1	22.0-39.7	79	20.3	14.7-27.3	19	19.8	11.0-32.9	23	11.1	4.8-23.8	58	18.7	13.4-25.6
African American	44	8	27.8	12.3-51.3	21	38.7	22.8-57.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.1	1.5-21.6	12	27.4	13.9-46.8
Other Minorities	12	2	5.8	1.0-26.6	1	1.6	0.2-11.7	2	14.6	3.1-47.9	3	57.1	22.7-85.8	4	20.9	6.0-52.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	8	1	9.8	1.2-50.0	1	1.3	0.1-10.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	68.1	29.3-91.7	3	20.8	4.9-57.4
Non-Hispanic	301	82	28.9	21.7-37.4	101	22.9	17.4-29.5	21	17.9	10.3-29.2	26	10.2	4.7-20.7	71	20.1	14.9-26.5
AGE
18-24	8	3	30.0	7.9-68.3	0	0.0	. - .	4	62.2	25.4-88.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	7.8	1.0-42.1
25-34	11	3	17.1	4.3-48.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	24.4	6.6-59.7	3	54.4	22.3-83.2	2	4.1	0.9-17.1
35-44	40	18	42.7	25.9-61.4	5	15.8	6.4-33.7	3	12.1	4.0-31.3	3	7.2	2.3-20.4	11	22.3	11.5-38.8
45-54	76	22	25.2	15.8-37.7	18	16.3	9.5-26.8	7	14.0	6.3-28.3	7	10.4	4.4-22.4	22	34.1	22.7-47.7
55-64	75	20	25.8	15.2-40.3	31	40.4	26.8-55.6	2	1.8	0.4- 7.1	5	5.7	2.2-14.4	17	26.3	15.2-41.5
65+	99	17	22.4	11.7-38.6	48	49.9	37.3-62.6	2	0.9	0.2- 3.9	11	9.9	5.2-17.9	21	16.9	10.0-27.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	52	11	16.8	7.5-33.5	21	18.3	8.8-34.1	0	0.0	. - .	6	43.0	19.5-70.2	14	21.9	10.3-40.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	77	20	36.2	21.4-54.2	29	32.3	19.9-47.9	0	0.0	. - .	8	9.4	3.9-20.8	20	22.1	12.7-35.5
Some Post-H.S.	86	25	26.6	14.7-43.2	28	21.6	12.6-34.4	6	30.3	13.0-55.8	9	5.6	2.6-11.9	18	16.0	8.6-27.8
College Graduate	93	27	30.1	18.7-44.7	23	14.5	8.5-23.5	15	27.5	16.0-43.0	6	6.4	2.5-15.5	22	21.6	13.0-33.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	60	16	30.4	17.2-47.9	15	19.2	10.4-32.6	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0	9	12.2	5.6-24.6	19	37.8	23.8-54.1
$15,000- 24,999	55	15	23.2	11.9-40.3	23	30.4	16.7-48.7	0	0.0	. - .	3	16.4	3.5-51.6	14	30.0	15.7-49.6
$25,000- 34,999	27	7	10.4	2.8-31.4	8	16.9	5.2-43.0	1	1.2	0.1- 9.3	3	45.4	11.2-84.7	8	26.1	7.8-59.7
$35,000- 49,999	35	8	32.1	12.3-61.4	17	36.8	18.6-59.6	2	9.3	1.7-37.8	2	1.4	0.3- 6.1	6	20.4	8.1-42.8
$50,000-74,999	38	13	29.6	15.4-49.4	10	18.2	7.8-37.2	6	31.4	14.1-56.1	2	6.2	1.5-22.7	7	14.5	5.3-33.7
$75,000+	41	11	23.5	10.1-45.5	9	10.0	4.1-22.4	9	31.0	14.0-55.4	4	24.5	6.5-60.1	8	11.0	4.4-25.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	217	54	29.7	21.2-39.8	77	26.9	20.1-34.9	6	4.7	1.4-14.5	20	10.2	4.9-20.1	60	28.6	21.3-37.2
No	92	29	24.3	14.2-38.3	25	13.5	7.4-23.3	15	32.1	17.6-51.3	9	21.2	8.1-45.1	14	8.9	4.3-17.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	57	16	34.1	20.5-51.0	20	27.1	16.2-41.6	4	8.1	2.7-22.1	2	1.7	0.4- 7.0	15	29.0	16.3-46.2
Non-Veteran	252	67	26.2	18.7-35.5	82	20.1	14.6-27.1	17	17.8	9.8-30.2	27	17.2	8.9-30.6	59	18.6	13.3-25.5

Total
Respond.^

Motor vehicle/motor cycle crash

Stroke/aneurism

Sports-related

Fall

Other

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

568

150

24.6

19.7-30.3

186

23.2

18.6-28.5

12.7

8.0-19.5

17.4

11.0-26.4

139

22.1

17.6-27.4

-Piedmont NC

309

27.4

20.4-35.6

102

21.1

16.0-27.4

16.4

9.4-27.1

14.9

7.8-26.8

20.2

15.0-26.5

GENDER

Male

137

22.8

14.7-33.6

16.9

10.9-25.1

24.7

13.8-40.2

17.9

7.5-36.9

17.8

11.4-26.6

Female

172

34.6

24.3-46.6

27.8

20.1-37.2

3.4

0.9-12.2

10.3

6.0-16.9

23.9

16.6-33.2

RACE

White

252

30.1

22.0-39.7

20.3

14.7-27.3

19.8

11.0-32.9

11.1

4.8-23.8

18.7

13.4-25.6

African American

27.8

12.3-51.3

38.7

22.8-57.4

0.0

. - .

6.1

1.5-21.6

27.4

13.9-46.8

Other Minorities

5.8

1.0-26.6

1.6

0.2-11.7

14.6

3.1-47.9

57.1

22.7-85.8

20.9

6.0-52.3

HISPANIC

Hispanic

9.8

1.2-50.0

1.3

0.1-10.2

0.0

. - .

68.1

29.3-91.7

20.8

4.9-57.4

Non-Hispanic

301

28.9

21.7-37.4

101

22.9

17.4-29.5

17.9

10.3-29.2

10.2

4.7-20.7

20.1

14.9-26.5

AGE

18-24

30.0

7.9-68.3

0.0

. - .

62.2

25.4-88.9

0.0

. - .

7.8

1.0-42.1

25-34

17.1

4.3-48.8

0.0

. - .

24.4

6.6-59.7

54.4

22.3-83.2

4.1

0.9-17.1

35-44

42.7

25.9-61.4

15.8

6.4-33.7

12.1

4.0-31.3

7.2

2.3-20.4

22.3

11.5-38.8

45-54

25.2

15.8-37.7

16.3

9.5-26.8

14.0

6.3-28.3

10.4

4.4-22.4

34.1

22.7-47.7

55-64

25.8

15.2-40.3

40.4

26.8-55.6

1.8

0.4- 7.1

5.7

2.2-14.4

26.3

15.2-41.5

65+

22.4

11.7-38.6

49.9

37.3-62.6

0.9

0.2- 3.9

9.9

5.2-17.9

16.9

10.0-27.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

16.8

7.5-33.5

18.3

8.8-34.1

0.0

. - .

43.0

19.5-70.2

21.9

10.3-40.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

36.2

21.4-54.2

32.3

19.9-47.9

0.0

. - .

9.4

3.9-20.8

22.1

12.7-35.5

Some Post-H.S.

26.6

14.7-43.2

21.6

12.6-34.4

30.3

13.0-55.8

5.6

2.6-11.9

16.0

8.6-27.8

College Graduate

30.1

18.7-44.7

14.5

8.5-23.5

27.5

16.0-43.0

6.4

2.5-15.5

21.6

13.0-33.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

30.4

17.2-47.9

19.2

10.4-32.6

0.4

0.1- 3.0

12.2

5.6-24.6

37.8

23.8-54.1

$15,000- 24,999

23.2

11.9-40.3

30.4

16.7-48.7

0.0

. - .

16.4

3.5-51.6

30.0

15.7-49.6

$25,000- 34,999

10.4

2.8-31.4

16.9

5.2-43.0

1.2

0.1- 9.3

45.4

11.2-84.7

26.1

7.8-59.7

$35,000- 49,999

32.1

12.3-61.4

36.8

18.6-59.6

9.3

1.7-37.8

1.4

0.3- 6.1

20.4

8.1-42.8

$50,000-74,999

29.6

15.4-49.4

18.2

7.8-37.2

31.4

14.1-56.1

6.2

1.5-22.7

14.5

5.3-33.7

$75,000+

23.5

10.1-45.5

10.0

4.1-22.4

31.0

14.0-55.4

24.5

6.5-60.1

11.0

4.4-25.3

DISABILITY STATUS

Yes

217

29.7

21.2-39.8

26.9

20.1-34.9

4.7

1.4-14.5

10.2

4.9-20.1

28.6

21.3-37.2

24.3

14.2-38.3

13.5

7.4-23.3

32.1

17.6-51.3

21.2

8.1-45.1

8.9

4.3-17.3

VETERAN STATUS

Veteran

34.1

20.5-51.0

27.1

16.2-41.6

8.1

2.7-22.1

1.7

0.4- 7.0

29.0

16.3-46.2

Non-Veteran

252

26.2

18.7-35.5

20.1

14.6-27.1

17.8

9.8-30.2

17.2

8.9-30.6

18.6

13.3-25.5

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*Asked only of those who reported having a brain injury.

^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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