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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,771 2,743 15.4 14.7-16.2 11,206 66.5 65.5-67.5 1,844 11.5 10.9-12.2 101 0.6 0.5- 0.8 877 5.9 5.4- 6.5
-Eastern NC 5,386 839 14.9 13.6-16.3 3,512 64.4 62.6-66.2 660 13.1 11.9-14.4 36 0.7 0.5- 1.0 339 6.9 6.0- 8.0
GENDER
Male 1,876 234 12.7 10.5-15.2 1,233 64.3 61.2-67.2 261 14.3 12.3-16.6 16 0.8 0.5- 1.3 132 8.0 6.4- 9.8
Female 3,510 605 16.9 15.5-18.5 2,279 64.5 62.5-66.5 399 12.0 10.6-13.4 20 0.6 0.3- 1.0 207 6.0 5.0- 7.2
RACE
White 3,614 587 15.2 13.8-16.8 2,421 66.8 64.7-68.8 383 11.5 10.1-13.0 22 0.7 0.4- 1.1 201 5.8 4.8- 6.9
African American 1,304 191 13.9 11.6-16.6 780 58.2 54.5-61.8 219 17.4 14.8-20.3 12 0.7 0.4- 1.3 102 9.8 7.6-12.7
Other Minorities 453 60 15.3 9.3-24.1 303 63.2 55.5-70.3 54 13.4 9.3-19.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 34 7.5 4.8-11.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 242 37 17.0 11.0-25.4 156 58.9 50.1-67.1 24 12.2 7.3-19.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 24 11.6 7.2-18.2
Non-Hispanic 5,138 802 14.7 13.4-16.1 3,354 64.9 63.1-66.7 635 13.1 11.9-14.5 35 0.7 0.5- 1.0 312 6.5 5.6- 7.6
AGE
18-24 268 31 14.2 8.5-22.7 162 57.3 49.3-65.0 41 16.2 11.4-22.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 32 11.9 8.1-17.3
25-34 755 102 14.0 11.4-17.2 484 62.7 58.4-66.8 109 13.8 11.1-16.9 9 1.5 0.7- 2.9 51 8.1 5.7-11.2
35-44 969 148 14.2 11.9-16.9 635 64.8 61.0-68.4 132 15.3 12.5-18.6 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2 47 5.1 3.6- 7.3
45-54 1,112 166 14.5 12.2-17.1 768 69.7 66.2-72.9 122 11.4 9.2-14.0 7 0.5 0.2- 1.1 49 4.0 2.9- 5.7
55-64 1,014 186 17.3 14.6-20.3 654 66.2 62.6-69.7 112 10.2 8.2-12.5 5 0.5 0.2- 1.1 57 5.9 4.2- 8.3
65-74 738 117 15.4 12.7-18.6 490 67.0 63.0-70.8 82 10.6 8.4-13.4 4 0.7 0.2- 2.0 45 6.3 4.5- 8.8
75+ 502 85 16.3 12.8-20.5 302 59.4 54.0-64.5 60 13.2 9.9-17.6 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 53 10.4 7.4-14.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 818 94 11.1 8.1-15.0 468 56.2 51.1-61.1 141 18.2 14.5-22.6 10 1.2 0.6- 2.4 105 13.3 10.3-17.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,781 221 11.9 9.5-14.8 1,146 64.0 60.7-67.2 273 15.9 13.8-18.4 13 0.6 0.3- 1.1 128 7.6 6.0- 9.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,379 234 16.7 14.2-19.4 900 64.3 60.9-67.6 165 12.7 10.6-15.2 7 0.6 0.3- 1.5 73 5.6 4.0- 7.8
College Graduate 1,402 290 20.1 17.8-22.7 995 71.0 68.0-73.8 78 5.5 4.2- 7.2 6 0.4 0.2- 1.1 33 3.0 1.9- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 713 85 10.8 8.3-13.9 410 56.3 51.3-61.1 133 19.2 15.6-23.3 10 2.0 1.0- 4.0 75 11.8 8.6-15.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,002 127 11.6 9.0-14.9 629 62.7 58.3-66.8 161 17.0 14.0-20.6 15 1.4 0.8- 2.4 70 7.3 5.3-10.0
$25,000- 34,999 693 106 15.0 10.3-21.4 449 63.0 56.8-68.8 96 15.6 11.8-20.3 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2 37 5.5 3.5- 8.6
$35,000- 49,999 773 107 13.4 10.8-16.5 548 70.9 66.9-74.6 84 11.4 8.8-14.5 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9 32 4.2 2.8- 6.1
$50,000-74,999 704 130 17.8 14.4-21.8 489 67.2 62.6-71.5 57 9.2 6.8-12.3 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 27 5.7 3.6- 9.0
$75,000+ 743 167 21.9 18.6-25.6 521 69.2 65.0-73.1 38 5.9 3.9- 8.8 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 15 2.7 1.5- 4.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,814 230 13.7 11.0-16.9 1,140 62.6 59.2-65.8 276 14.7 12.7-16.9 16 1.2 0.7- 2.1 152 7.8 6.3- 9.7
No 3,462 592 15.5 14.0-17.0 2,307 65.4 63.2-67.5 369 12.2 10.8-13.9 19 0.4 0.3- 0.7 175 6.4 5.3- 7.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 883 122 13.2 10.8-15.9 598 69.7 65.9-73.3 107 11.2 8.9-14.2 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 52 5.3 3.8- 7.4
Non-Veteran 4,498 717 15.3 13.8-17.0 2,909 63.2 61.1-65.2 553 13.5 12.1-15.0 32 0.7 0.5- 1.0 287 7.3 6.3- 8.5

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^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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