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 7,208 3,464 32.5 31.1-33.9 3,744 67.5 66.1-68.9
-Piedmont NC 4,205 1,942 30.0 28.3-31.8 2,263 70.0 68.2-71.7
GENDER
Male 1,611 678 28.0 25.5-30.6 933 72.0 69.4-74.5
Female 2,594 1,264 31.8 29.5-34.2 1,330 68.2 65.8-70.5
RACE
White 3,204 1,515 30.4 28.5-32.4 1,689 69.6 67.6-71.5
African American 792 370 32.6 28.5-36.9 422 67.4 63.1-71.5
Other minorities 175 43 18.8 12.6-27.1 132 81.2 72.9-87.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 109 18 15.1 8.9-24.6 91 84.9 75.4-91.1
Non-Hispanic 4,075 1,918 30.7 29.0-32.5 2,157 69.3 67.5-71.0
AGE
18-34 505 38 6.4 4.4- 9.0 467 93.6 91.0-95.6
35-54 1,202 141 10.0 8.1-12.4 1,061 90.0 87.6-91.9
55-64 839 185 18.6 15.5-22.2 654 81.4 77.8-84.5
65-74 881 838 95.1 92.9-96.6 43 4.9 3.4- 7.1
75+ 736 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 447 333 56.4 49.7-63.0 114 43.6 37.0-50.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,110 624 36.2 32.7-39.8 486 63.8 60.2-67.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,116 489 25.9 22.9-29.2 627 74.1 70.8-77.1
College Graduate 1,526 493 19.6 17.5-21.9 1,033 80.4 78.1-82.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 375 288 58.6 50.9-65.9 87 41.4 34.1-49.1
$15,000- 24,999 585 396 51.0 45.5-56.6 189 49.0 43.4-54.5
$25,000- 34,999 380 195 37.9 31.5-44.8 185 62.1 55.2-68.5
$35,000- 49,999 523 204 23.5 19.6-27.8 319 76.5 72.2-80.4
$50,000+ 1,468 343 15.1 13.2-17.3 1,125 84.9 82.7-86.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,178 840 56.7 52.6-60.8 338 43.3 39.2-47.4
No 2,976 1,081 22.3 20.6-24.1 1,895 77.7 75.9-79.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 519 342 53.7 48.0-59.2 177 46.3 40.8-52.0
Non-Veteran 3,683 1,598 27.2 25.4-29.0 2,085 72.8 71.0-74.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,584 796 34.3 31.5-37.3 788 65.7 62.7-68.5
No 2,621 1,146 28.2 26.2-30.4 1,475 71.8 69.6-73.8

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*Asked only of those who report having any type of health insurance.

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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