2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Health Status

General Health Indicator for Healthy North Carolina 2020

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent/VG/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,495 8,856 80.4 79.3-81.5 2,639 19.6 18.5-20.7
-Piedmont NC 6,417 5,104 81.6 80.1-83.1 1,313 18.4 16.9-19.9
GENDER
Male 2,452 1,953 82.5 80.1-84.6 499 17.5 15.4-19.9
Female 3,965 3,151 80.9 78.9-82.7 814 19.1 17.3-21.1
RACE
White 4,901 3,966 83.0 81.2-84.6 935 17.0 15.4-18.8
African American 1,068 809 80.8 77.2-83.9 259 19.2 16.1-22.8
Other minorities 399 292 73.8 66.9-79.7 107 26.2 20.3-33.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 315 208 67.6 59.7-74.6 107 32.4 25.4-40.3
Non-Hispanic 6,083 4,882 82.9 81.4-84.3 1,201 17.1 15.7-18.6
AGE
18-34 793 710 88.8 85.6-91.2 83 11.2 8.8-14.4
35-54 2,140 1,813 83.7 81.1-86.0 327 16.3 14.0-18.9
55-64 1,313 1,019 76.3 72.7-79.6 294 23.7 20.4-27.3
65-74 1,155 864 71.7 67.2-75.8 291 28.3 24.2-32.8
75+ 933 631 64.3 59.2-69.1 302 35.7 30.9-40.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 733 376 55.5 49.7-61.2 357 44.5 38.8-50.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,733 1,274 79.2 76.2-81.9 459 20.8 18.1-23.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,535 1,244 85.7 83.2-87.9 291 14.3 12.1-16.8
College Graduate 2,392 2,194 94.2 92.9-95.3 198 5.8 4.7- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 648 337 57.8 51.7-63.7 311 42.2 36.3-48.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,053 726 71.8 67.3-76.0 327 28.2 24.0-32.7
$25,000- 34,999 579 440 80.9 75.8-85.2 139 19.1 14.8-24.2
$35,000- 49,999 750 628 85.4 81.1-88.8 122 14.6 11.2-18.9
$50,000+ 2,251 2,101 93.1 91.2-94.7 150 6.9 5.3- 8.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,744 941 53.9 50.0-57.8 803 46.1 42.2-50.0
No 4,353 3,929 90.2 88.7-91.5 424 9.8 8.5-11.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 804 618 78.2 73.5-82.3 186 21.8 17.7-26.5
Non-Veteran 5,610 4,485 82.1 80.4-83.6 1,125 17.9 16.4-19.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

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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