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 4,768 1,229 25.0 23.6-26.5 3,539 75.0 73.5-76.4
-Piedmont 2,303 668 28.2 26.1-30.3 1,635 71.8 69.7-73.9
GENDER
Male 980 304 29.2 26.1-32.5 676 70.8 67.5-73.9
Female 1,323 364 27.3 24.6-30.1 959 72.7 69.9-75.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,542 504 32.1 29.5-34.8 1,038 67.9 65.2-70.5
Non-Hispanic Black 455 104 22.2 18.1-26.9 351 77.8 73.1-81.9
Other 276 50 16.3 12.1-21.6 226 83.7 78.4-87.9
AGE
18-34 337 68 19.4 15.2-24.5 269 80.6 75.5-84.8
35-44 360 121 37.1 31.6-42.9 239 62.9 57.1-68.4
45-54 455 137 29.7 25.3-34.5 318 70.3 65.5-74.7
55-64 464 144 29.1 24.8-33.8 320 70.9 66.2-75.2
65-74 408 118 26.6 22.1-31.8 290 73.4 68.2-77.9
75+ 245 69 26.4 20.7-33.0 176 73.6 67.0-79.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 218 30 15.0 10.2-21.5 188 85.0 78.5-89.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 573 120 21.7 18.1-25.8 453 78.3 74.2-81.9
Some Post-H.S. 596 167 27.9 24.0-32.1 429 72.1 67.9-76.0
College Graduate 902 347 40.0 36.6-43.6 555 60.0 56.4-63.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 177 33 17.2 11.7-24.5 144 82.8 75.5-88.3
$15,000- 24,999 348 55 15.6 11.6-20.8 293 84.4 79.2-88.4
$25,000- 34,999 185 40 21.6 15.2-29.6 145 78.4 70.4-84.8
$35,000- 49,999 254 73 29.8 23.6-36.9 181 70.2 63.1-76.4
$50,000- 74,999 289 86 30.8 24.9-37.3 203 69.2 62.7-75.1
$75,000+ 606 277 44.7 40.3-49.1 329 55.3 50.9-59.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 527 150 27.0 22.9-31.5 377 73.0 68.5-77.1
No 1,772 515 28.5 26.2-31.0 1,257 71.5 69.0-73.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 270 90 33.2 27.2-39.7 180 66.8 60.3-72.8
Non-Veteran 2,025 572 27.4 25.2-29.7 1,453 72.6 70.3-74.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,176 406 34.6 31.6-37.8 770 65.4 62.2-68.4
Regional City or Suburban 622 159 23.2 19.7-27.1 463 76.8 72.9-80.3
Rural 505 103 19.9 16.2-24.3 402 80.1 75.7-83.8

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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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