2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,468 236 17.4 14.9-20.1 1,232 82.6 79.9-85.1
-Piedmont NC 737 109 16.0 12.8-19.8 628 84.0 80.2-87.2
GENDER
Male 315 53 19.6 14.6-25.8 262 80.4 74.2-85.4
Female 422 56 12.2 8.8-16.7 366 87.8 83.3-91.2
RACE
White 511 65 11.6 8.7-15.2 446 88.4 84.8-91.3
African American 180 33 20.4 13.8-29.0 147 79.6 71.0-86.2
Other minorities 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 707 102 15.2 12.0-19.0 605 84.8 81.0-88.0
AGE
18-34 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 168 28 16.5 11.0-23.9 140 83.5 76.1-89.0
55-64 176 24 16.2 10.0-25.2 152 83.8 74.8-90.0
65-74 218 29 18.2 11.6-27.2 189 81.8 72.8-88.4
75+ 148 23 11.4 7.2-17.6 125 88.6 82.4-92.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 139 29 19.9 12.8-29.5 110 80.1 70.5-87.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 234 35 14.4 9.8-20.7 199 85.6 79.3-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 198 25 13.4 8.4-20.8 173 86.6 79.2-91.6
College Graduate 162 20 17.7 10.5-28.3 142 82.3 71.7-89.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 27 22.1 13.8-33.5 93 77.9 66.5-86.2
$15,000- 24,999 160 31 21.2 14.2-30.4 129 78.8 69.6-85.8
$25,000- 34,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 157 19 13.9 8.2-22.7 138 86.1 77.3-91.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 354 63 18.2 13.6-23.9 291 81.8 76.1-86.4
No 381 46 14.2 10.1-19.7 335 85.8 80.3-89.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 127 15 14.7 8.3-24.6 112 85.3 75.4-91.7
Non-Veteran 610 94 16.2 12.7-20.5 516 83.8 79.5-87.3

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes.

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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