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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,583 11,165 71.0 69.8-72.2 1,593 12.7 11.9-13.7 884 7.9 7.2- 8.7 821 6.9 6.2- 7.6 120 1.5 1.1- 1.9
-Eastern NC 4,713 3,694 73.5 71.4-75.4 500 12.2 10.8-13.8 256 6.8 5.8- 8.0 224 5.6 4.7- 6.7 39 1.8 1.1- 3.0
GENDER
Male 1,617 1,191 68.2 64.7-71.5 185 13.5 11.2-16.3 111 8.1 6.4-10.2 105 7.6 6.0- 9.6 25 2.5 1.5- 4.4
Female 3,096 2,503 78.5 76.3-80.6 315 11.0 9.5-12.6 145 5.6 4.5- 7.0 119 3.7 3.0- 4.7 14 1.1 0.4- 3.0
RACE
White 3,183 2,486 73.3 70.8-75.6 327 11.8 10.2-13.7 180 7.1 5.9- 8.6 172 6.6 5.4- 8.0 18 1.2 0.5- 2.8
African American 1,077 900 81.2 77.3-84.5 114 12.2 9.5-15.7 31 2.6 1.6- 4.0 30 3.7 2.3- 6.1 2 0.3 0.0- 1.7
Other Minorities 432 291 58.8 51.5-65.6 58 14.5 10.2-20.2 42 13.6 9.2-19.7 22 4.8 2.8- 8.2 19 8.3 4.6-14.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 210 135 57.8 48.1-67.0 26 12.6 7.5-20.4 23 13.0 7.8-21.1 9 4.9 2.3-10.1 17 11.7 6.3-20.5
Non-Hispanic 4,486 3,545 74.8 72.7-76.7 472 12.2 10.8-13.8 232 6.3 5.3- 7.5 215 5.7 4.8- 6.8 22 1.0 0.5- 2.0
AGE
18-24 169 110 69.9 61.1-77.4 31 16.9 11.3-24.5 12 5.5 2.9-10.3 9 3.8 1.9- 7.6 7 3.9 1.4-10.4
25-34 549 391 61.8 56.0-67.4 66 14.1 10.4-18.8 38 10.3 7.0-14.8 42 9.3 6.5-13.2 12 4.5 2.1- 9.3
35-44 746 511 67.3 62.9-71.5 118 14.6 11.8-17.9 65 9.2 6.9-12.2 47 7.9 5.5-11.1 5 0.9 0.3- 2.6
45-54 922 672 72.1 68.4-75.5 120 13.3 10.8-16.2 66 8.2 6.2-10.9 57 5.7 4.2- 7.7 7 0.7 0.3- 1.6
55-64 987 809 82.2 79.2-84.8 95 9.2 7.3-11.5 36 3.5 2.4- 5.0 41 4.3 3.0- 6.0 6 0.9 0.3- 2.2
65-74 771 688 90.1 87.3-92.4 40 4.7 3.1- 6.9 26 3.2 2.1- 4.8 16 1.8 0.9- 3.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6
75+ 540 488 89.7 86.1-92.5 28 5.7 3.6- 8.7 11 2.4 1.3- 4.7 12 2.1 1.1- 4.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 709 562 73.0 66.8-78.4 56 7.7 5.3-11.1 41 6.8 4.1-11.1 38 7.1 4.7-10.5 12 5.4 2.6-11.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,522 1,158 70.4 66.7-73.8 172 14.8 12.1-18.1 92 7.4 5.6- 9.6 85 6.2 4.7- 8.3 15 1.1 0.6- 2.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,255 976 73.9 69.8-77.7 149 13.0 10.3-16.2 63 6.6 4.8- 9.1 58 4.8 3.4- 6.7 9 1.7 0.5- 5.4
College Graduate 1,220 993 77.6 74.1-80.6 122 10.8 8.7-13.2 59 6.3 4.6- 8.5 43 4.8 3.2- 7.2 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 531 398 70.1 63.6-76.0 61 13.5 9.3-19.2 31 5.5 3.3- 9.0 32 7.6 4.6-12.3 9 3.3 1.5- 6.9
$15,000- 24,999 833 634 71.4 66.4-76.0 84 12.0 8.8-16.1 58 8.5 6.0-11.7 51 6.4 4.6- 8.9 6 1.7 0.5- 5.3
$25,000- 34,999 581 439 67.8 61.8-73.2 64 12.4 9.0-16.9 39 9.6 6.5-13.9 33 8.9 5.8-13.6 6 1.2 0.5- 3.0
$35,000- 49,999 658 517 75.0 70.0-79.4 78 14.0 10.5-18.4 32 5.6 3.5- 8.7 27 4.6 2.9- 7.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8
$50,000-74,999 654 535 78.3 73.2-82.8 57 10.1 7.0-14.5 31 4.6 3.0- 6.9 28 6.1 3.7- 9.8 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1
$75,000+ 790 637 76.8 72.2-80.8 80 10.3 7.9-13.4 44 9.3 6.3-13.5 27 3.3 2.0- 5.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,771 1,444 78.5 75.3-81.4 165 9.8 8.0-12.0 78 5.8 4.2- 8.0 70 4.2 3.2- 5.7 14 1.7 0.8- 3.6
No 2,751 2,106 71.1 68.4-73.6 307 13.1 11.3-15.2 168 7.4 6.1- 9.0 146 6.4 5.2- 7.9 24 2.0 1.1- 3.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 781 642 80.3 76.1-83.9 68 9.4 6.8-12.9 38 5.7 3.9- 8.2 29 4.2 2.7- 6.6 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1
Non-Veteran 3,931 3,051 72.0 69.7-74.2 432 12.8 11.2-14.6 218 7.1 5.9- 8.5 195 5.9 4.9- 7.2 35 2.1 1.3- 3.5

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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.

** 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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