2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Health Status

General Health Indicator for Healthy North Carolina 2020

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Total
Respond.^		 Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,831 6,842 80.8 79.7-81.9 1,989 19.2 18.1-20.3
-Piedmont NC 5,153 4,105 82.6 81.2-83.9 1,048 17.4 16.1-18.8
GENDER
Male 2,028 1,610 82.5 80.4-84.3 418 17.5 15.7-19.6
Female 3,125 2,495 82.7 80.9-84.4 630 17.3 15.6-19.1
RACE
White 3,720 3,033 85.1 83.6-86.5 687 14.9 13.5-16.4
African American 1,005 757 77.4 73.8-80.7 248 22.6 19.3-26.2
Other minorities 352 251 76.2 70.9-80.8 101 23.8 19.2-29.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 319 216 68.6 62.6-74.0 103 31.4 26.0-37.4
Non-Hispanic 4,803 3,867 83.9 82.5-85.2 936 16.1 14.8-17.5
AGE
18-34 835 750 90.8 88.4-92.7 85 9.2 7.3-11.6
35-54 1,604 1,322 82.6 80.1-84.8 282 17.4 15.2-19.9
55-64 1,012 766 75.2 71.5-78.6 246 24.8 21.4-28.5
65-74 900 696 78.3 74.6-81.6 204 21.7 18.4-25.4
75+ 752 530 68.8 63.9-73.3 222 31.2 26.7-36.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 668 379 62.9 58.1-67.4 289 37.1 32.6-41.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,383 1,031 79.8 77.0-82.3 352 20.2 17.7-23.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,349 1,093 84.9 82.3-87.1 256 15.1 12.9-17.7
College Graduate 1,747 1,597 93.8 92.4-95.0 150 6.2 5.0- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 559 308 60.1 54.5-65.5 251 39.9 34.5-45.5
$15,000- 24,999 881 582 68.7 64.6-72.5 299 31.3 27.5-35.4
$25,000- 34,999 477 378 79.0 73.6-83.6 99 21.0 16.4-26.4
$35,000- 49,999 601 523 88.0 84.2-91.0 78 12.0 9.0-15.8
$50,000+ 1,609 1,504 94.5 93.0-95.7 105 5.5 4.3- 7.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,351 708 54.4 50.7-58.1 643 45.6 41.9-49.3
No 3,729 3,341 90.1 88.8-91.3 388 9.9 8.7-11.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 575 433 77.2 72.5-81.3 142 22.8 18.7-27.5
Non-Veteran 4,575 3,670 83.2 81.8-84.5 905 16.8 15.5-18.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,866 1,435 79.2 76.6-81.6 431 20.8 18.4-23.4
No 3,287 2,670 83.9 82.3-85.4 617 16.1 14.6-17.7

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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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