2014 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 7,042 1,780 21.5 20.4-22.6 5,262 78.5 77.4-79.6
-Piedmont NC 3,864 902 19.4 18.1-20.9 2,962 80.6 79.1-81.9
GENDER
Male 1,659 349 17.9 15.9-20.1 1,310 82.1 79.9-84.1
Female 2,205 553 20.8 19.0-22.8 1,652 79.2 77.2-81.0
RACE
White 2,719 673 21.1 19.4-22.9 2,046 78.9 77.1-80.6
African American 786 183 19.1 16.3-22.3 603 80.9 77.7-83.7
Other minorities 309 39 8.9 6.1-12.7 270 91.1 87.3-93.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 303 23 6.1 4.0- 9.4 280 93.9 90.6-96.0
Non-Hispanic 3,534 873 20.7 19.2-22.2 2,661 79.3 77.8-80.8
AGE
18-34 713 53 7.3 5.3- 9.9 660 92.7 90.1-94.7
35-54 1,167 222 19.5 17.1-22.2 945 80.5 77.8-82.9
55-64 743 238 31.3 27.8-35.2 505 68.7 64.8-72.2
65-74 684 214 31.3 27.5-35.4 470 68.7 64.6-72.5
75+ 499 168 30.5 26.1-35.2 331 69.5 64.8-73.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 463 123 23.4 19.2-28.1 340 76.6 71.9-80.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 977 265 22.2 19.4-25.2 712 77.8 74.8-80.6
Some Post-H.S. 984 258 20.8 18.2-23.7 726 79.2 76.3-81.8
College Graduate 1,423 253 13.5 11.7-15.4 1,170 86.5 84.6-88.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 385 177 39.1 33.6-44.9 208 60.9 55.1-66.4
$15,000- 24,999 604 162 22.1 18.6-26.0 442 77.9 74.0-81.4
$25,000- 34,999 353 82 20.8 16.4-26.0 271 79.2 74.0-83.6
$35,000- 49,999 428 95 18.1 14.2-22.9 333 81.9 77.1-85.8
No 2,874 *** *** *** 2,874 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 456 127 25.5 21.1-30.5 329 74.5 69.5-78.9
Non-Veteran 3,404 775 18.7 17.3-20.2 2,629 81.3 79.8-82.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,407 351 20.8 18.5-23.3 1,056 79.2 76.7-81.5
No 2,457 551 18.7 17.0-20.5 1,906 81.3 79.5-83.0

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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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