2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,443 2,130 27.1 25.8-28.5 6,313 72.9 71.5-74.2
-Piedmont NC 4,919 1,225 26.7 25.0-28.4 3,694 73.3 71.6-75.0
GENDER
Male 1,911 390 23.2 20.7-25.8 1,521 76.8 74.2-79.3
Female 3,008 835 29.8 27.5-32.2 2,173 70.2 67.8-72.5
RACE
White 3,564 754 23.0 21.1-25.0 2,810 77.0 75.0-78.9
African American 967 367 38.6 34.5-42.9 600 61.4 57.1-65.5
Other minorities 338 90 25.2 20.0-31.2 248 74.8 68.8-80.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 303 90 28.2 22.9-34.2 213 71.8 65.8-77.1
Non-Hispanic 4,591 1,129 26.6 24.8-28.4 3,462 73.4 71.6-75.2
AGE
18-34 720 207 26.9 23.3-30.8 513 73.1 69.2-76.7
35-54 1,530 475 30.9 28.0-33.9 1,055 69.1 66.1-72.0
55-64 986 294 32.0 28.2-36.1 692 68.0 63.9-71.8
65-74 890 160 15.7 12.8-19.0 730 84.3 81.0-87.2
75+ 746 79 10.8 7.8-14.7 667 89.2 85.3-92.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 657 195 28.7 24.4-33.5 462 71.3 66.5-75.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,340 352 29.1 25.8-32.6 988 70.9 67.4-74.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,289 375 29.8 26.5-33.3 914 70.2 66.7-73.5
College Graduate 1,627 303 19.5 17.0-22.2 1,324 80.5 77.8-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 544 180 33.5 28.2-39.3 364 66.5 60.7-71.8
$15,000- 24,999 845 302 36.4 32.3-40.8 543 63.6 59.2-67.7
$25,000- 34,999 453 136 32.7 27.1-38.8 317 67.3 61.2-72.9
$35,000- 49,999 571 146 29.4 24.5-34.9 425 70.6 65.1-75.5
$50,000+ 1,511 272 20.8 18.0-23.8 1,239 79.2 76.2-82.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,314 468 40.6 36.9-44.5 846 59.4 55.5-63.1
No 3,539 743 22.9 21.1-24.9 2,796 77.1 75.1-78.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 555 86 19.9 15.6-25.0 469 80.1 75.0-84.4
Non-Veteran 4,361 1,139 27.4 25.6-29.3 3,222 72.6 70.7-74.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,829 502 30.2 27.3-33.2 1,327 69.8 66.8-72.7
No 3,090 723 25.2 23.2-27.4 2,367 74.8 72.6-76.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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