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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Last 12 months 1 or more years ago Don't know Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,848 1,413 75.9 73.3-78.3 147 7.6 6.3- 9.2 163 9.2 7.6-11.2 125 7.2 5.8- 9.0
-Eastern NC 666 513 78.0 73.9-81.7 47 7.4 5.3-10.2 60 8.1 5.9-11.1 46 6.5 4.5- 9.2
GENDER
Male 238 183 78.4 71.5-84.0 20 8.7 5.3-14.0 25 9.8 5.9-15.7 10 3.1 1.6- 5.9
Female 428 330 77.6 72.4-82.1 27 6.2 4.1- 9.3 35 6.7 4.6- 9.6 36 9.5 6.2-14.1
RACE
White 376 289 78.4 73.3-82.8 32 8.3 5.6-11.9 30 8.1 5.4-11.9 25 5.2 3.2- 8.4
African American 244 193 79.7 72.2-85.7 12 5.2 2.6- 9.8 23 7.4 3.9-13.7 16 7.7 4.3-13.5
Other Minorities 44 30 66.2 46.4-81.6 2 9.7 1.8-38.7 7 13.2 5.6-28.1 5 10.9 3.9-27.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 10 62.4 33.8-84.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.9 4.5-54.0 3 18.7 5.7-46.5
Non-Hispanic 649 501 78.5 74.3-82.1 47 7.7 5.5-10.5 58 7.8 5.6-10.8 43 6.1 4.2- 8.9
AGE
18-24 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 21 17 87.8 69.0-95.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.6 3.2-29.9 1 1.5 0.2-10.5
35-44 44 32 73.7 54.6-86.7 5 13.9 4.7-34.7 3 6.0 1.6-20.3 4 6.4 2.0-18.9
45-54 132 99 78.8 70.2-85.4 12 7.6 4.1-13.8 13 8.3 4.4-15.1 8 5.3 2.5-10.9
55-64 193 151 80.3 72.8-86.2 11 5.9 3.0-11.3 17 6.3 3.4-11.5 14 7.4 3.9-13.5
65-74 161 125 77.3 68.7-84.1 10 7.5 3.9-14.1 13 7.1 3.8-12.7 13 8.2 4.1-15.4
75+ 109 84 73.2 59.4-83.6 8 6.6 3.1-13.6 11 13.9 6.2-28.2 6 6.4 1.9-19.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 181 136 77.2 68.4-84.0 14 8.1 4.2-14.8 19 7.0 4.2-11.6 12 7.8 3.6-15.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 216 173 79.9 71.9-86.1 13 6.4 3.5-11.3 20 9.4 5.0-16.9 10 4.3 1.9- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 153 115 74.3 65.3-81.6 11 9.2 4.8-17.1 14 10.2 5.7-17.5 13 6.3 3.4-11.2
College Graduate 115 89 80.9 72.1-87.5 9 5.8 2.7-11.9 6 4.2 1.7- 9.8 11 9.1 4.8-16.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 167 124 73.1 63.5-80.9 9 5.2 2.5-10.4 16 7.9 4.5-13.5 18 13.8 7.7-23.6
$15,000- 24,999 133 97 74.3 64.0-82.5 14 12.9 6.9-22.6 13 5.9 3.2-10.9 9 6.9 3.1-14.7
$25,000- 34,999 82 68 85.5 75.6-91.8 5 4.9 1.9-11.8 6 6.8 2.7-15.8 3 2.9 0.9- 8.9
$35,000- 49,999 64 53 85.7 74.5-92.4 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6 5 7.1 2.7-17.6 4 4.7 1.7-12.7
$50,000-74,999 62 47 76.3 62.3-86.3 7 11.8 5.3-24.2 5 8.3 3.1-20.8 3 3.6 1.0-11.6
$75,000+ 49 42 88.6 76.7-94.8 4 5.1 1.8-13.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.3 2.0-18.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 417 319 78.3 73.0-82.7 27 7.6 4.9-11.6 40 7.3 5.1-10.5 31 6.8 4.2-10.6
No 232 183 78.5 71.0-84.5 18 6.2 3.7-10.5 17 9.2 5.0-16.4 14 6.0 3.4-10.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 109 81 72.8 61.8-81.6 10 11.3 5.6-21.3 13 11.8 6.3-20.9 5 4.1 1.6-10.0
Non-Veteran 553 430 79.2 74.7-83.1 37 6.6 4.6- 9.5 45 7.1 4.8-10.4 41 7.0 4.8-10.3

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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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