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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,227 12,723 68.9 67.9-70.0 1,693 8.3 7.8- 8.8 2,811 22.8 21.8-23.8
-Eastern NC 5,557 4,014 67.0 65.2-68.7 565 8.9 8.0- 9.8 978 24.2 22.5-25.9
GENDER
Male 1,930 1,265 59.8 56.8-62.8 186 7.8 6.6- 9.3 479 32.4 29.5-35.4
Female 3,627 2,749 73.6 71.7-75.4 379 9.8 8.7-11.1 499 16.6 15.0-18.3
RACE
White 3,705 2,736 69.5 67.4-71.6 397 9.3 8.2-10.4 572 21.2 19.3-23.3
African American 1,366 1,024 71.3 67.8-74.6 123 8.7 7.0-10.8 219 20.0 17.0-23.4
Other Minorities 468 242 40.2 33.5-47.3 42 6.8 4.7- 9.9 184 52.9 46.0-59.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 245 79 26.5 20.1-34.0 11 2.1 1.1- 4.2 155 71.4 63.8-77.9
Non-Hispanic 5,305 3,930 70.3 68.6-72.0 552 9.4 8.5-10.4 823 20.3 18.7-21.9
AGE
18-24 276 148 50.3 42.5-58.0 9 2.6 1.2- 5.3 119 47.1 39.5-54.9
25-34 773 438 53.9 49.5-58.1 60 6.7 5.1- 8.8 275 39.4 35.3-43.8
35-44 993 681 65.2 61.5-68.8 95 9.3 7.3-11.7 217 25.5 22.2-29.1
45-54 1,139 842 71.4 67.8-74.7 108 9.5 7.5-12.0 189 19.1 16.2-22.4
55-64 1,041 817 79.1 75.9-81.9 111 10.5 8.5-12.9 113 10.4 8.3-13.1
65-74 763 632 83.1 79.7-86.0 92 11.5 9.2-14.3 39 5.5 3.8- 7.9
75+ 540 430 77.1 72.5-81.2 86 16.6 13.2-20.7 24 6.3 4.0- 9.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 870 577 54.1 49.1-59.1 88 8.6 6.5-11.4 205 37.3 32.3-42.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,831 1,317 67.4 64.2-70.5 176 8.5 7.1-10.1 338 24.1 21.2-27.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,418 1,026 68.6 65.2-71.8 157 9.4 7.8-11.3 235 22.0 19.0-25.2
College Graduate 1,429 1,088 74.2 71.3-77.0 143 9.0 7.5-10.9 198 16.7 14.3-19.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 756 523 62.7 57.8-67.4 89 10.9 8.5-13.9 144 26.4 21.9-31.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,033 689 56.0 51.4-60.4 74 6.0 4.3- 8.1 270 38.1 33.6-42.7
$25,000- 34,999 708 516 69.3 63.5-74.5 73 7.1 5.4- 9.3 119 23.6 18.6-29.4
$35,000- 49,999 788 573 69.5 65.3-73.4 83 9.9 7.7-12.7 132 20.5 17.1-24.5
$50,000-74,999 717 553 74.5 70.2-78.3 75 9.2 7.1-11.8 89 16.4 13.0-20.4
$75,000+ 753 576 73.4 69.3-77.2 77 9.7 7.6-12.3 100 16.9 13.6-20.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,887 1,388 70.3 67.3-73.2 281 13.9 12.1-16.0 218 15.8 13.3-18.5
No 3,513 2,519 65.7 63.4-67.9 268 6.6 5.7- 7.7 726 27.7 25.5-29.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 899 599 62.3 58.1-66.3 124 12.8 10.5-15.5 176 24.9 21.1-29.0
Non-Veteran 4,641 3,401 68.0 66.0-69.9 441 8.0 7.2- 9.0 799 24.0 22.1-26.0

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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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