2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,863 1,361 11.7 11.0-12.6 10,502 88.3 87.4-89.0
-Piedmont NC 6,344 719 12.2 11.0-13.4 5,625 87.8 86.6-89.0
GENDER
Male 2,516 207 10.3 8.6-12.2 2,309 89.7 87.8-91.4
Female 3,828 512 13.9 12.4-15.4 3,316 86.1 84.6-87.6
RACE
White 4,603 514 12.3 11.0-13.8 4,089 87.7 86.2-89.0
African American 1,189 155 13.0 10.7-15.6 1,034 87.0 84.4-89.3
Other minorities 493 44 9.3 5.9-14.5 449 90.7 85.5-94.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 414 36 8.7 6.0-12.3 378 91.3 87.7-94.0
Non-Hispanic 5,907 681 12.4 11.3-13.7 5,226 87.6 86.3-88.7
AGE
18-34 1,167 154 14.9 12.4-17.8 1,013 85.1 82.2-87.6
35-54 2,092 247 12.1 10.4-14.1 1,845 87.9 85.9-89.6
55-64 1,183 133 10.0 8.0-12.2 1,050 90.0 87.8-92.0
65-74 1,037 106 9.1 7.2-11.5 931 90.9 88.5-92.8
75+ 797 74 9.5 7.2-12.3 723 90.5 87.7-92.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 772 121 16.5 13.2-20.6 651 83.5 79.4-86.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,747 189 12.2 10.0-14.9 1,558 87.8 85.1-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,703 211 12.6 10.8-14.8 1,492 87.4 85.2-89.2
College Graduate 2,098 196 8.9 7.5-10.6 1,902 91.1 89.4-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 699 138 17.6 14.4-21.3 561 82.4 78.7-85.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,055 129 13.4 10.9-16.3 926 86.6 83.7-89.1
$25,000- 34,999 653 83 15.1 11.0-20.4 570 84.9 79.6-89.0
$35,000- 49,999 766 73 12.3 9.0-16.7 693 87.7 83.3-91.0
$50,000+ 2,073 173 8.1 6.7- 9.8 1,900 91.9 90.2-93.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,574 293 18.8 16.4-21.4 1,281 81.2 78.6-83.6
No 4,707 422 10.6 9.3-12.0 4,285 89.4 88.0-90.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 773 57 8.4 6.1-11.5 716 91.6 88.5-93.9
Non-Veteran 5,568 662 12.6 11.4-13.9 4,906 87.4 86.1-88.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 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).
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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