2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Age under 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,692 2,289 84.3 82.6-85.9 403 15.7 14.1-17.4
-Piedmont NC 1,595 1,360 84.4 82.2-86.3 235 15.6 13.7-17.8
GENDER
Male 803 664 82.4 79.1-85.2 139 17.6 14.8-20.9
Female 792 696 86.8 83.8-89.3 96 13.2 10.7-16.2
RACE
White 1,031 924 88.4 85.9-90.6 107 11.6 9.4-14.1
African American 359 301 83.1 78.2-87.1 58 16.9 12.9-21.8
Other minorities 176 114 62.6 53.8-70.6 62 37.4 29.4-46.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 190 89 42.0 34.1-50.3 101 58.0 49.7-65.9
Non-Hispanic 1,392 1,259 89.3 87.2-91.1 133 10.7 8.9-12.8
AGE
18-34 466 355 77.5 73.1-81.4 111 22.5 18.6-26.9
35-54 771 670 87.0 84.2-89.5 101 13.0 10.5-15.8
55-64 358 335 93.6 90.2-95.9 23 6.4 4.1- 9.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 125 59 51.4 41.2-61.5 66 48.6 38.5-58.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 346 263 77.7 72.5-82.2 83 22.3 17.8-27.5
Some Post-H.S. 397 345 87.3 83.3-90.4 52 12.7 9.6-16.7
College Graduate 725 691 96.0 94.2-97.3 34 4.0 2.7- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 202 119 58.1 50.0-65.8 83 41.9 34.2-50.0
$25,000- 34,999 146 114 80.5 72.6-86.6 32 19.5 13.4-27.4
$35,000- 49,999 188 168 85.5 77.6-91.0 20 14.5 9.0-22.4
$50,000+ 759 741 97.3 95.6-98.4 18 2.7 1.6- 4.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 151 130 85.4 77.9-90.6 21 14.6 9.4-22.1
No 1,385 1,187 84.6 82.3-86.7 198 15.4 13.3-17.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,450 1,226 83.5 81.1-85.6 224 16.5 14.4-18.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 582 485 82.9 79.0-86.2 97 17.1 13.8-21.0
No 1,013 875 85.2 82.5-87.6 138 14.8 12.4-17.5

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*Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages 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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