2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,444 2,931 49.9 48.3-51.5 2,513 50.1 48.5-51.7
-Piedmont 2,700 1,467 50.9 48.7-53.2 1,233 49.1 46.8-51.3
GENDER
Male 1,096 665 56.7 53.2-60.2 431 43.3 39.8-46.8
Female 1,604 802 46.1 43.2-49.0 802 53.9 51.0-56.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,769 1,190 63.8 61.0-66.4 579 36.2 33.6-39.0
Non-Hispanic Black 569 175 28.0 24.0-32.4 394 72.0 67.6-76.0
Other 327 82 22.9 18.2-28.4 245 77.1 71.6-81.8
AGE
18-34 454 134 29.0 24.3-34.1 320 71.0 65.9-75.7
35-44 413 209 51.7 46.2-57.1 204 48.3 42.9-53.8
45-54 510 296 57.0 52.2-61.8 214 43.0 38.2-47.8
55-64 528 340 63.5 58.5-68.2 188 36.5 31.8-41.5
65-74 454 297 63.0 57.3-68.3 157 37.0 31.7-42.7
75+ 303 169 54.7 48.2-61.1 134 45.3 38.9-51.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 265 48 22.1 16.4-29.3 217 77.9 70.7-83.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 681 262 38.7 34.5-43.0 419 61.3 57.0-65.5
Some Post-H.S. 704 393 53.1 48.9-57.4 311 46.9 42.6-51.1
College Graduate 1,035 754 73.2 70.1-76.1 281 26.8 23.9-29.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 228 64 22.8 17.3-29.3 164 77.2 70.7-82.7
$15,000- 24,999 412 139 32.3 27.1-37.9 273 67.7 62.1-72.9
$25,000- 34,999 222 112 47.4 39.5-55.5 110 52.6 44.5-60.5
$35,000- 49,999 288 159 50.0 43.2-56.8 129 50.0 43.2-56.8
$50,000- 74,999 326 202 60.6 54.1-66.7 124 39.4 33.3-45.9
$75,000+ 669 528 75.4 71.2-79.2 141 24.6 20.8-28.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 654 351 51.0 46.5-55.5 303 49.0 44.5-53.5
No 2,036 1,110 50.9 48.3-53.5 926 49.1 46.5-51.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 305 217 70.0 63.7-75.7 88 30.0 24.3-36.3
Non-Veteran 2,384 1,240 48.5 46.1-50.8 1,144 51.5 49.2-53.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,417 813 55.6 52.5-58.6 604 44.4 41.4-47.5
Regional City or Suburban 736 392 47.9 43.8-52.2 344 52.1 47.8-56.2
Rural 547 262 43.3 38.4-48.3 285 56.7 51.7-61.6

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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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