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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Doctor Worksite School Media Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 919 119 12.4 10.0-15.3 71 8.1 6.0-10.8 14 2.9 1.4- 5.9 523 51.9 47.4-56.3 192 24.7 20.7-29.1
-Eastern NC 321 45 13.6 9.6-19.0 23 7.6 4.4-12.7 6 2.4 0.8- 7.3 177 50.7 43.3-58.2 70 25.7 19.1-33.6
GENDER
Male 116 16 10.0 5.5-17.5 9 8.0 3.3-18.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 62 50.1 37.9-62.3 28 31.4 20.2-45.3
Female 205 29 17.0 11.1-25.1 14 7.1 3.8-12.8 5 4.3 1.3-13.4 115 51.3 42.8-59.8 42 20.3 14.4-27.7
RACE
White 248 37 14.3 9.7-20.6 18 7.2 3.8-13.3 6 3.1 1.0- 9.0 133 49.5 40.9-58.0 54 26.0 18.4-35.3
African American 52 3 3.4 1.0-10.7 2 8.5 2.1-28.4 0 0.0 . - . 34 59.1 41.6-74.6 13 29.0 15.8-47.1
Other Minorities 20 5 30.2 11.1-59.9 3 10.8 3.2-30.7 0 0.0 . - . 9 46.2 22.5-71.8 3 12.8 3.3-39.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 2 35.4 7.8-78.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 64.6 21.9-92.2 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 313 43 12.7 8.8-17.9 23 7.9 4.6-13.2 6 2.6 0.8- 7.5 171 50.2 42.7-57.6 70 26.7 20.0-34.8
AGE
18-24 21 3 10.6 2.8-32.5 2 12.2 2.8-40.1 1 7.1 1.0-37.1 5 19.6 6.7-45.3 10 50.5 26.2-74.5
25-34 68 11 12.7 6.5-23.3 7 10.1 4.4-21.3 2 1.7 0.4- 7.6 32 55.5 41.4-68.8 16 20.0 11.7-32.0
35-44 73 12 12.5 6.6-22.6 6 6.8 2.7-16.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 34 49.7 36.4-63.0 20 30.0 19.1-43.8
45-54 73 12 21.3 11.6-35.7 6 5.3 2.3-11.9 2 2.8 0.7-10.8 39 55.7 42.2-68.5 14 14.8 7.7-26.5
55-64 59 4 11.2 3.3-31.7 2 2.9 0.7-11.4 0 0.0 . - . 46 70.6 53.6-83.4 7 15.2 7.0-29.9
65-74 21 3 14.1 4.3-37.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 15 69.1 44.5-86.2 3 16.8 5.3-42.2
75+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 41 6 16.2 5.8-37.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.9 1 8.3 1.2-40.6 20 32.8 17.3-53.1 13 41.1 20.3-65.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 118 14 9.9 5.2-18.1 10 7.5 3.5-15.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 66 52.7 40.6-64.6 27 29.3 18.7-42.8
Some Post-H.S. 91 17 18.9 10.8-31.0 9 14.3 6.2-29.4 3 2.3 0.7- 7.6 45 49.2 36.1-62.5 17 15.3 8.8-25.1
College Graduate 70 8 11.0 5.2-21.8 3 2.6 0.8- 8.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 45 63.8 49.5-76.1 13 21.0 11.4-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 42 6 12.5 5.2-27.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.3-12.6 21 47.6 30.5-65.4 14 37.9 21.9-57.2
$15,000- 24,999 61 13 27.7 14.9-45.7 2 2.9 0.7-11.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 31 44.9 30.4-60.4 14 23.0 13.0-37.4
$25,000- 34,999 50 6 5.7 2.1-14.3 3 10.5 2.6-34.5 2 7.5 1.5-30.6 26 39.2 22.0-59.6 13 37.0 17.8-61.5
$35,000- 49,999 48 6 8.6 3.4-20.2 5 6.4 2.5-15.6 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 27 62.2 45.6-76.3 9 22.1 11.3-38.8
$50,000-74,999 58 7 17.7 7.7-35.7 11 14.7 7.5-26.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 27 40.8 27.1-56.2 12 25.1 13.8-41.3
$75,000+ 28 5 17.6 7.1-37.3 1 6.1 0.9-32.5 0 0.0 . - . 17 59.3 38.5-77.2 5 17.0 6.7-36.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 117 16 12.5 6.7-22.0 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2 2 4.6 0.8-21.4 65 48.3 36.3-60.5 31 33.4 21.8-47.4
No 204 29 14.1 9.2-21.1 20 10.6 6.0-18.0 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 112 51.9 42.7-61.1 39 21.9 14.6-31.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 8 10.1 4.5-21.2 5 14.5 4.6-37.8 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 26 54.2 37.5-70.0 11 19.3 10.3-33.3
Non-Veteran 269 37 14.3 9.7-20.6 18 6.1 3.5-10.3 4 2.6 0.7- 8.8 151 50.0 41.8-58.2 59 27.0 19.5-36.2

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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