2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,564 352 5.0 4.4- 5.6 6,212 95.0 94.4-95.6
-Piedmont 3,296 151 4.3 3.6- 5.1 3,145 95.7 94.9-96.4
GENDER
Male 1,407 59 3.9 2.9- 5.2 1,348 96.1 94.8-97.1
Female 1,889 92 4.6 3.6- 5.8 1,797 95.4 94.2-96.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,129 80 3.6 2.9- 4.7 2,049 96.4 95.3-97.1
Non-Hispanic Black 676 54 7.2 5.3- 9.8 622 92.8 90.2-94.7
Other 442 16 2.7 1.6- 4.6 426 97.3 95.4-98.4
AGE
18-34 670 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 511 14 2.5 1.5- 4.3 497 97.5 95.7-98.5
45-54 620 30 5.3 3.6- 7.8 590 94.7 92.2-96.4
55-64 602 49 8.8 6.3-12.3 553 91.2 87.7-93.7
65-74 510 24 5.9 3.8- 9.1 486 94.1 90.9-96.2
75+ 335 26 8.3 5.4-12.4 309 91.7 87.6-94.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 339 34 9.4 6.5-13.4 305 90.6 86.6-93.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 817 57 5.7 4.3- 7.7 760 94.3 92.3-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 862 37 3.4 2.4- 4.8 825 96.6 95.2-97.6
College Graduate 1,258 21 1.3 0.8- 2.1 1,237 98.7 97.9-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 273 42 15.5 11.0-21.4 231 84.5 78.6-89.0
$15,000- 24,999 500 41 7.7 5.4-10.7 459 92.3 89.3-94.6
$25,000- 34,999 278 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 352 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 389 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 829 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 741 96 13.3 10.6-16.5 645 86.7 83.5-89.4
No 2,542 55 1.9 1.4- 2.5 2,487 98.1 97.5-98.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 368 15 3.1 1.8- 5.2 353 96.9 94.8-98.2
Non-Veteran 2,916 136 4.4 3.6- 5.4 2,780 95.6 94.6-96.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,768 80 4.3 3.4- 5.6 1,688 95.7 94.4-96.6
Regional City or Suburban 874 47 5.2 3.8- 7.1 827 94.8 92.9-96.2
Rural 654 24 2.8 1.7- 4.6 630 97.2 95.4-98.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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