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 5,948 2,683 31.8 30.5-33.1 3,265 68.2 66.9-69.5
-Piedmont NC 3,204 1,354 28.6 27.0-30.4 1,850 71.4 69.6-73.0
GENDER
Male 1,344 502 26.5 24.0-29.1 842 73.5 70.9-76.0
Female 1,860 852 30.6 28.4-32.9 1,008 69.4 67.1-71.6
RACE
White 2,332 1,054 30.1 28.1-32.1 1,278 69.9 67.9-71.9
African American 660 256 29.5 25.7-33.6 404 70.5 66.4-74.3
Other minorities 172 34 10.8 7.1-15.9 138 89.2 84.1-92.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,070 1,335 29.4 27.7-31.1 1,735 70.6 68.9-72.3
AGE
18-34 413 25 5.2 3.3- 8.1 388 94.8 91.9-96.7
35-54 905 74 8.6 6.8-11.0 831 91.4 89.0-93.2
55-64 651 109 15.3 12.5-18.6 542 84.7 81.4-87.5
65-74 672 642 95.1 92.8-96.7 30 4.9 3.3- 7.2
75+ 495 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 322 213 53.6 46.6-60.5 109 46.4 39.5-53.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 788 412 34.4 30.9-38.1 376 65.6 61.9-69.1
Some Post-H.S. 830 334 24.6 21.8-27.6 496 75.4 72.4-78.2
College Graduate 1,248 391 18.6 16.7-20.8 857 81.4 79.2-83.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 297 159 39.9 33.4-46.8 138 60.1 53.2-66.6
$15,000- 24,999 434 265 46.3 40.5-52.2 169 53.7 47.8-59.5
$25,000- 34,999 277 143 38.4 32.2-45.0 134 61.6 55.0-67.8
$35,000- 49,999 363 145 23.8 19.6-28.6 218 76.2 71.4-80.4
$50,000+ 1,174 285 14.8 13.0-16.9 889 85.2 83.1-87.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 849 568 54.1 49.9-58.3 281 45.9 41.7-50.1
No 2,249 748 21.1 19.4-22.9 1,501 78.9 77.1-80.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 412 222 39.6 34.3-45.1 190 60.4 54.9-65.7
Non-Veteran 2,786 1,131 27.2 25.5-29.0 1,655 72.8 71.0-74.5
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,070 484 31.1 28.0-34.3 586 68.9 65.7-72.0
No 2,134 870 27.5 25.5-29.5 1,264 72.5 70.5-74.5

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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 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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