2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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Health Insurance Coverage - (Under age 65)*

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,822 4,563 75.8 74.3-77.2 1,259 24.2 22.8-25.7
-Piedmont NC 3,451 2,715 76.9 75.0-78.6 736 23.1 21.4-25.0
GENDER
Male 1,441 1,127 75.1 72.2-77.8 314 24.9 22.2-27.8
Female 2,010 1,588 78.5 76.1-80.8 422 21.5 19.2-23.9
RACE
White 2,327 1,952 83.5 81.4-85.4 375 16.5 14.6-18.6
African American 756 572 71.3 66.8-75.3 184 28.7 24.7-33.2
Other minorities 315 157 51.3 44.6-57.9 158 48.7 42.1-55.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 301 110 37.3 31.2-43.9 191 62.7 56.1-68.8
Non-Hispanic 3,129 2,588 81.0 79.1-82.8 541 19.0 17.2-20.9
AGE
18-34 831 599 72.1 68.3-75.5 232 27.9 24.5-31.7
35-54 1,606 1,257 77.6 75.0-80.1 349 22.4 19.9-25.0
55-64 1,014 859 84.6 81.6-87.3 155 15.4 12.7-18.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 382 169 42.6 36.6-48.8 213 57.4 51.2-63.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 845 618 71.2 67.1-75.0 227 28.8 25.0-32.9
Some Post-H.S. 941 756 82.1 79.1-84.8 185 17.9 15.2-20.9
College Graduate 1,281 1,170 93.2 91.5-94.5 111 6.8 5.5- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 368 197 48.4 41.8-55.1 171 51.6 44.9-58.2
$15,000- 24,999 563 297 49.0 43.9-54.1 266 51.0 45.9-56.1
$25,000- 34,999 295 214 68.9 61.7-75.3 81 31.1 24.7-38.3
$35,000- 49,999 410 357 84.8 79.3-89.0 53 15.2 11.0-20.7
$50,000+ 1,285 1,236 95.2 93.3-96.6 49 4.8 3.4- 6.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 734 589 78.3 74.1-82.0 145 21.7 18.0-25.9
No 2,663 2,089 76.6 74.5-78.6 574 23.4 21.4-25.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 257 222 85.1 78.8-89.7 35 14.9 10.3-21.2
Non-Veteran 3,193 2,492 76.2 74.3-78.1 701 23.8 21.9-25.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,186 942 76.8 73.3-80.0 244 23.2 20.0-26.7
No 2,265 1,773 76.9 74.7-79.0 492 23.1 21.0-25.3

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*Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 included.

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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