2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Disability

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,766 2,236 21.2 20.1-22.3 6,530 78.8 77.7-79.9
-Piedmont NC 5,108 1,189 18.8 17.5-20.2 3,919 81.2 79.8-82.5
GENDER
Male 2,011 438 18.2 16.3-20.3 1,573 81.8 79.7-83.7
Female 3,097 751 19.4 17.6-21.3 2,346 80.6 78.7-82.4
RACE
White 3,696 906 20.4 18.8-22.1 2,790 79.6 77.9-81.2
African American 987 237 20.0 16.9-23.4 750 80.0 76.6-83.1
Other minorities 351 36 6.8 4.4-10.3 315 93.2 89.7-95.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 320 19 6.4 3.9-10.2 301 93.6 89.8-96.1
Non-Hispanic 4,757 1,161 19.9 18.5-21.4 3,596 80.1 78.6-81.5
AGE
18-34 820 68 8.5 6.6-10.9 752 91.5 89.1-93.4
35-54 1,590 306 17.6 15.4-20.1 1,284 82.4 79.9-84.6
55-64 1,005 318 31.2 27.6-35.0 687 68.8 65.0-72.4
65-74 896 266 29.0 25.2-33.2 630 71.0 66.8-74.8
75+ 749 228 29.8 25.4-34.7 521 70.2 65.3-74.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 667 203 25.8 21.8-30.2 464 74.2 69.8-78.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,364 353 21.0 18.3-23.8 1,011 79.0 76.2-81.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,343 342 19.4 16.9-22.2 1,001 80.6 77.8-83.1
College Graduate 1,728 290 12.3 10.6-14.2 1,438 87.7 85.8-89.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 557 254 36.1 30.9-41.7 303 63.9 58.3-69.1
$15,000- 24,999 877 265 25.6 22.1-29.4 612 74.4 70.6-77.9
$25,000- 34,999 472 99 16.8 13.0-21.5 373 83.2 78.5-87.0
$35,000- 49,999 592 115 15.4 12.2-19.1 477 84.6 80.9-87.8
No 3,738 *** *** *** 3,738 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 569 163 26.7 22.2-31.6 406 73.3 68.4-77.8
Non-Veteran 4,536 1,026 18.0 16.7-19.5 3,510 82.0 80.5-83.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,854 463 20.8 18.5-23.2 1,391 79.2 76.8-81.5
No 3,254 726 18.1 16.5-19.8 2,528 81.9 80.2-83.5

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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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