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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
< 20 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 75 years and older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,259 196 7.3 6.1- 8.8 365 13.4 11.7-15.2 1,174 35.9 33.7-38.2 1,524 43.4 41.1-45.8
-Eastern NC 1,081 68 8.4 6.0-11.6 137 15.5 12.6-19.0 420 38.5 34.8-42.4 456 37.6 33.9-41.4
GENDER
Male 316 19 10.2 5.8-17.4 55 20.0 14.6-26.7 122 36.2 29.7-43.2 120 33.6 27.4-40.5
Female 765 49 7.1 5.0-10.1 82 12.4 9.5-16.2 298 40.1 35.8-44.6 336 40.3 36.1-44.7
RACE
White 737 46 9.7 6.5-14.1 78 11.8 9.1-15.2 278 37.3 32.8-41.9 335 41.2 36.7-45.9
African American 266 17 5.4 2.7-10.7 43 22.0 15.1-31.0 104 40.4 32.6-48.7 102 32.2 25.2-40.0
Other Minorities 74 5 6.4 2.6-15.2 14 27.0 14.1-45.6 37 45.9 31.9-60.6 18 20.6 11.9-33.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 23 3 19.3 4.4-55.6 5 15.7 5.6-36.7 8 43.3 20.8-69.0 7 21.7 8.8-44.2
Non-Hispanic 1,057 65 8.0 5.7-11.2 132 15.5 12.5-19.0 412 38.4 34.6-42.3 448 38.1 34.4-41.9
AGE
18-24 60 9 18.6 8.6-35.6 18 34.8 21.5-50.8 23 28.7 17.7-42.9 10 17.9 8.8-33.2
25-34 117 14 13.9 7.0-25.6 21 18.8 11.7-28.9 53 42.7 31.9-54.2 29 24.6 16.5-35.1
35-44 180 20 9.3 5.7-14.7 25 11.6 7.3-18.0 92 54.9 46.1-63.4 43 24.2 17.5-32.5
45-54 232 8 5.4 2.2-12.6 39 17.0 12.0-23.5 85 36.1 29.0-43.9 100 41.5 34.0-49.5
55-64 253 6 2.8 1.0- 7.7 15 6.1 3.4-10.7 79 34.4 26.9-42.8 153 56.7 48.5-64.6
65-74 155 5 2.9 1.2- 7.2 11 7.4 3.8-14.0 60 36.7 28.6-45.7 79 52.9 43.8-61.8
75+ 79 3 3.0 0.9- 9.4 7 10.1 4.1-22.8 27 29.7 19.5-42.5 42 57.1 43.5-69.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 118 6 6.0 2.2-15.1 13 11.0 5.8-19.8 55 48.9 36.9-61.0 44 34.1 23.5-46.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 331 16 8.1 3.8-16.4 46 15.6 10.8-22.0 145 45.4 38.0-52.9 124 30.9 25.0-37.6
Some Post-H.S. 314 24 8.6 5.0-14.3 49 20.5 14.4-28.3 120 33.2 26.9-40.1 121 37.7 30.9-45.1
College Graduate 316 21 9.3 5.3-15.8 29 11.5 7.7-16.7 99 31.8 26.1-38.1 167 47.4 41.0-54.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 8 16.9 7.3-34.5 13 15.4 7.5-29.0 56 42.2 30.6-54.8 39 25.5 17.4-35.6
$15,000- 24,999 227 13 10.3 4.2-22.8 38 21.3 13.8-31.3 93 38.7 30.4-47.6 83 29.8 22.7-38.0
$25,000- 34,999 165 11 5.2 2.8- 9.4 16 9.0 5.0-15.8 64 44.0 33.6-54.9 74 41.8 32.0-52.4
$35,000- 49,999 156 9 5.5 2.7-10.8 18 15.4 9.4-24.1 50 35.7 27.2-45.2 79 43.5 34.7-52.7
$50,000-74,999 140 8 8.8 3.8-19.0 19 12.3 7.4-19.6 56 41.9 32.4-52.1 57 37.0 28.2-46.8
$75,000+ 155 7 6.2 2.3-15.5 17 13.0 7.6-21.4 52 33.6 25.0-43.4 79 47.2 37.3-57.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 390 19 5.3 3.2- 8.8 49 16.5 12.0-22.3 151 35.8 30.1-42.0 171 42.4 36.0-48.9
No 681 47 9.8 6.5-14.4 87 15.1 11.5-19.6 267 40.1 35.3-45.1 280 35.0 30.6-39.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 146 10 6.1 2.9-12.4 23 20.7 13.3-30.9 53 36.7 27.8-46.5 60 36.4 27.9-45.9
Non-Veteran 934 57 8.7 6.1-12.4 114 14.6 11.5-18.3 367 38.9 34.8-43.1 396 37.8 33.8-42.0

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*Asked only of care givers.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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