2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Less than or equal to 1yr Greater than 1yr but less than 3yrs 3yrs or more Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 907 165 18.3 15.5-21.4 134 15.3 12.7-18.2 332 35.4 31.9-39.0 276 31.1 27.7-34.7
-Piedmont NC 519 94 16.9 13.6-20.7 85 17.0 13.6-21.1 169 32.1 27.7-36.8 171 34.0 29.5-38.8
GENDER
Male 247 35 12.4 8.6-17.6 40 18.6 13.4-25.3 89 35.3 28.8-42.4 83 33.7 27.4-40.6
Female 272 59 21.3 16.3-27.3 45 15.4 11.4-20.6 80 28.9 23.3-35.3 88 34.4 28.2-41.1
RACE
White 251 61 22.8 17.5-29.2 45 18.7 13.7-25.1 90 36.1 29.5-43.3 55 22.4 16.9-29.1
African American 121 18 13.3 8.0-21.4 29 23.8 16.4-33.1 51 40.4 31.3-50.2 23 22.6 14.9-32.6
Other minorities 134 15 9.4 5.5-15.8 *** *** *** 25 16.4 10.8-24.3 83 65.6 56.4-73.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 194 18 8.1 4.8-13.3 12 6.5 3.6-11.3 27 13.4 8.6-20.1 137 72.1 64.5-78.6
Non-Hispanic 322 75 21.6 17.0-27.0 73 23.1 18.2-28.9 141 42.4 36.4-48.7 33 12.9 8.8-18.6
AGE
18-34 188 32 16.8 11.8-23.3 34 18.6 13.2-25.6 42 23.1 17.0-30.5 80 41.6 34.0-49.5
35-54 226 39 15.8 11.2-21.7 35 16.6 11.7-22.8 80 38.2 31.4-45.6 72 29.5 23.5-36.2
55-64 93 23 23.5 15.3-34.2 13 11.5 6.5-19.8 *** *** *** 13 16.3 9.4-26.8
65-74 6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 157 *** *** *** *** *** *** 36 22.8 16.4-30.9 103 65.4 56.8-73.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 173 33 19.4 13.4-27.1 33 21.7 15.1-30.1 61 35.0 27.5-43.3 46 24.0 17.8-31.5
Some Post-H.S. 124 30 25.4 17.9-34.7 29 23.1 15.9-32.2 48 39.3 30.1-49.3 17 12.2 7.4-19.6
College Graduate 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 17 12.4 7.2-20.6 23 18.1 11.8-26.8 49 36.7 28.0-46.4 35 32.8 24.0-42.9
$15,000- 24,999 165 28 15.6 10.5-22.5 29 19.0 13.1-26.7 45 27.8 21.0-36.0 63 37.5 29.9-45.8
$25,000- 34,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 98 18 17.2 10.7-26.4 18 18.9 11.6-29.4 *** *** *** 13 14.4 8.0-24.5
No 390 73 17.4 13.6-22.0 62 16.9 13.0-21.7 110 28.1 23.3-33.4 145 37.6 32.3-43.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 494 90 17.2 13.8-21.2 77 16.1 12.7-20.3 160 31.9 27.4-36.8 167 34.8 30.2-39.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 196 34 16.6 11.3-23.7 27 13.9 9.2-20.4 72 36.6 29.3-44.7 63 32.8 25.9-40.6
No 323 60 17.0 13.1-21.8 58 18.8 14.4-24.3 97 29.4 24.2-35.3 108 34.7 29.0-40.9

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*Asked only of those who did not have 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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