2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,851 1,636 25.9 24.7-27.2 5,215 74.1 72.8-75.3
-Piedmont NC 3,719 856 25.0 23.3-26.7 2,863 75.0 73.3-76.7
GENDER
Male 1,594 310 20.6 18.4-23.1 1,284 79.4 76.9-81.6
Female 2,125 546 29.0 26.7-31.5 1,579 71.0 68.5-73.3
RACE
White 2,582 489 22.1 20.1-24.1 2,093 77.9 75.9-79.9
African American 780 292 36.3 32.4-40.3 488 63.7 59.7-67.6
Other minorities 304 63 19.1 14.4-24.7 241 80.9 75.3-85.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 301 66 19.8 15.3-25.3 235 80.2 74.7-84.7
Non-Hispanic 3,390 782 25.5 23.7-27.3 2,608 74.5 72.7-76.3
AGE
18-34 605 159 25.7 22.1-29.7 446 74.3 70.3-77.9
35-54 1,132 332 29.2 26.3-32.2 800 70.8 67.8-73.7
55-64 741 206 28.7 25.2-32.5 535 71.3 67.5-74.8
65-74 674 101 16.4 13.3-20.2 573 83.6 79.8-86.7
75+ 494 49 10.2 7.5-13.8 445 89.8 86.2-92.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 470 119 24.3 20.1-29.0 351 75.7 71.0-79.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 961 237 25.0 21.9-28.3 724 75.0 71.7-78.1
Some Post-H.S. 955 253 30.4 27.0-34.0 702 69.6 66.0-73.0
College Graduate 1,316 244 19.0 16.7-21.6 1,072 81.0 78.4-83.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 419 148 35.1 30.0-40.7 271 64.9 59.3-70.0
$15,000- 24,999 594 180 32.3 27.9-37.1 414 67.7 62.9-72.1
$25,000- 34,999 333 91 29.6 24.1-35.7 242 70.4 64.3-75.9
$35,000- 49,999 404 99 26.3 21.3-32.0 305 73.7 68.0-78.7
$50,000+ 1,213 205 19.3 16.7-22.2 1,008 80.7 77.8-83.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 941 285 35.7 32.0-39.5 656 64.3 60.5-68.0
No 2,642 535 21.8 19.9-23.8 2,107 78.2 76.2-80.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 437 80 20.6 16.4-25.6 357 79.4 74.4-83.6
Non-Veteran 3,275 772 25.4 23.6-27.2 2,503 74.6 72.8-76.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,264 303 25.2 22.4-28.3 961 74.8 71.7-77.6
No 2,455 553 24.8 22.8-27.0 1,902 75.2 73.0-77.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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