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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,818 1,310 72.0 69.0-74.7 508 28.0 25.3-31.0
-Eastern NC 652 492 76.2 71.9-80.0 160 23.8 20.0-28.1
GENDER
Male 246 190 76.9 70.0-82.6 56 23.1 17.4-30.0
Female 406 302 75.5 70.1-80.3 104 24.5 19.7-29.9
RACE
White 367 271 78.0 72.8-82.5 96 22.0 17.5-27.2
African American 225 172 71.7 63.3-78.8 53 28.3 21.2-36.7
Other Minorities 55 46 85.8 72.1-93.4 9 14.2 6.6-27.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 10 68.7 40.2-87.8 6 31.3 12.2-59.8
Non-Hispanic 629 477 76.5 72.1-80.4 152 23.5 19.6-27.9
AGE
25-34 12 7 43.9 17.7-74.1 5 56.1 25.9-82.3
35-44 39 23 70.2 51.9-83.7 16 29.8 16.3-48.1
45-54 94 68 73.7 61.8-82.9 26 26.3 17.1-38.2
55-64 206 163 82.4 75.7-87.6 43 17.6 12.4-24.3
65-74 175 137 77.4 68.8-84.2 38 22.6 15.8-31.2
75+ 123 92 76.2 66.1-84.0 31 23.8 16.0-33.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 171 127 73.7 64.6-81.1 44 26.3 18.9-35.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 224 176 78.3 70.4-84.5 48 21.7 15.5-29.6
Some Post-H.S. 158 120 77.1 68.2-84.0 38 22.9 16.0-31.8
College Graduate 97 69 76.1 65.1-84.4 28 23.9 15.6-34.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 95 73.0 61.6-82.1 29 27.0 17.9-38.4
$15,000- 24,999 136 102 74.4 63.5-82.9 34 25.6 17.1-36.5
$25,000- 34,999 82 60 77.4 65.7-86.0 22 22.6 14.0-34.3
$35,000- 49,999 74 62 87.8 77.3-93.9 12 12.2 6.1-22.7
$50,000-74,999 64 48 71.9 56.3-83.5 16 28.1 16.5-43.7
$75,000+ 54 40 81.2 67.8-89.8 14 18.8 10.2-32.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 408 306 78.1 72.9-82.6 102 21.9 17.4-27.1
No 229 174 72.7 64.8-79.5 55 27.3 20.5-35.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 107 77.8 68.8-84.7 32 22.2 15.3-31.2
Non-Veteran 513 385 75.7 70.7-80.1 128 24.3 19.9-29.3

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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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