2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Adverse Childhood Experience

Living with an Alcoholic OR Drug Abuser*
(Prior to age 18)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,084 775 28.1 25.9-30.6 2,309 71.9 69.4-74.1
-Piedmont NC 1,669 423 27.5 24.6-30.7 1,246 72.5 69.3-75.4
GENDER
Male 696 156 23.7 19.5-28.4 540 76.3 71.6-80.5
Female 973 267 31.1 27.1-35.4 706 68.9 64.6-72.9
RACE
White 1,202 312 29.3 25.6-33.2 890 70.7 66.8-74.4
African American 324 72 21.9 16.8-27.9 252 78.1 72.1-83.2
Other minorities 128 35 26.5 18.4-36.5 93 73.5 63.5-81.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 130 44 32.7 23.5-43.5 86 67.3 56.5-76.5
Non-Hispanic 1,529 375 26.9 23.8-30.3 1,154 73.1 69.7-76.2
AGE
18-34 272 84 32.0 25.2-39.7 188 68.0 60.3-74.8
35-54 507 148 28.2 23.5-33.4 359 71.8 66.6-76.5
55-64 328 87 29.4 23.4-36.2 241 70.6 63.8-76.6
65-74 293 58 18.9 14.1-24.7 235 81.1 75.3-85.9
75+ 242 39 16.7 11.8-23.0 203 83.3 77.0-88.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 211 65 30.9 23.5-39.4 146 69.1 60.6-76.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 431 114 25.9 20.6-32.0 317 74.1 68.0-79.4
Some Post-H.S. 425 129 36.0 29.7-42.8 296 64.0 57.2-70.3
College Graduate 597 115 17.9 14.5-22.0 482 82.1 78.0-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 175 59 38.0 29.1-47.8 116 62.0 52.2-70.9
$15,000- 24,999 256 69 28.5 21.5-36.7 187 71.5 63.3-78.5
$25,000- 34,999 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 191 44 24.7 16.6-35.0 147 75.3 65.0-83.4
$50,000+ 582 131 26.9 21.9-32.6 451 73.1 67.4-78.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 437 141 33.8 27.9-40.3 296 66.2 59.7-72.1
No 1,225 279 25.7 22.3-29.3 946 74.3 70.7-77.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 193 51 31.7 22.4-42.7 142 68.3 57.3-77.6
Non-Veteran 1,475 372 27.0 24.0-30.3 1,103 73.0 69.7-76.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 515 132 31.9 25.9-38.6 383 68.1 61.4-74.1
No 1,154 291 25.5 22.4-29.0 863 74.5 71.0-77.6

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*A drug abuser refers to a household member who used illegal street drugs or who abused prescription medications.

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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