2014 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 4,831 3,908 80.0 78.6-81.3 923 20.0 18.7-21.4
-Piedmont NC 2,709 2,170 79.5 77.7-81.2 539 20.5 18.8-22.3
GENDER
Male 1,257 998 79.4 76.7-81.9 259 20.6 18.1-23.3
Female 1,452 1,172 79.6 77.1-81.9 280 20.4 18.1-22.9
RACE
White 1,758 1,488 83.8 81.6-85.7 270 16.2 14.3-18.4
African American 611 489 79.7 75.9-83.0 122 20.3 17.0-24.1
Other minorities 302 168 54.5 47.9-61.0 134 45.5 39.0-52.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 309 114 32.8 27.0-39.1 195 67.2 60.9-73.0
Non-Hispanic 2,383 2,042 85.0 83.2-86.6 341 15.0 13.4-16.8
AGE
18-34 737 533 73.9 70.2-77.2 204 26.1 22.8-29.8
35-54 1,199 963 81.0 78.4-83.3 236 19.0 16.7-21.6
55-64 773 674 87.5 84.7-89.8 99 12.5 10.2-15.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 298 146 51.7 45.1-58.2 152 48.3 41.8-54.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 649 469 74.9 71.0-78.4 180 25.1 21.6-29.0
Some Post-H.S. 707 576 82.7 79.4-85.5 131 17.3 14.5-20.6
College Graduate 1,048 973 93.4 91.6-94.9 75 6.6 5.1- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 324 197 63.4 57.3-69.1 127 36.6 30.9-42.7
$15,000- 24,999 407 237 57.1 51.5-62.5 170 42.9 37.5-48.5
$25,000- 34,999 225 167 75.6 68.7-81.3 58 24.4 18.7-31.3
$35,000- 49,999 291 251 82.2 76.0-87.1 40 17.8 12.9-24.0
$50,000+ 1,046 1,001 95.4 93.5-96.7 45 4.6 3.3- 6.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 534 434 80.2 76.1-83.8 100 19.8 16.2-23.9
No 2,071 1,663 79.7 77.6-81.6 408 20.3 18.4-22.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 249 220 89.2 84.2-92.8 29 10.8 7.2-15.8
Non-Veteran 2,455 1,946 78.5 76.6-80.3 509 21.5 19.7-23.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,036 816 78.1 75.0-80.9 220 21.9 19.1-25.0
No 1,673 1,354 80.3 78.0-82.4 319 19.7 17.6-22.0

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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 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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