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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,269 2,224 15.4 14.5-16.3 9,440 65.7 64.4-66.9 1,753 12.4 11.5-13.3 143 0.8 0.7- 1.1 709 5.7 5.1- 6.5
-Eastern NC 4,621 653 13.7 12.3-15.3 2,963 63.1 60.9-65.2 688 15.9 14.4-17.6 61 1.1 0.8- 1.5 256 6.1 5.0- 7.5
GENDER
Male 1,598 181 11.1 8.9-13.6 1,019 63.0 59.3-66.5 279 17.5 14.8-20.4 27 1.2 0.8- 1.8 92 7.3 5.3-10.0
Female 3,023 472 16.3 14.5-18.2 1,944 63.2 60.8-65.5 409 14.5 12.8-16.3 34 1.0 0.7- 1.6 164 5.0 4.2- 6.0
RACE
White 3,143 452 14.2 12.5-16.1 2,108 66.5 63.9-69.0 395 13.8 11.9-15.8 37 0.9 0.6- 1.4 151 4.6 3.4- 6.1
African American 1,038 130 12.1 9.2-15.7 604 56.3 51.9-60.7 216 22.5 18.9-26.6 19 1.9 1.1- 3.1 69 7.1 5.1- 9.9
Other Minorities 420 66 14.0 10.4-18.7 238 57.7 50.7-64.4 76 14.7 11.0-19.4 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 36 13.0 8.1-20.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 205 37 16.5 10.9-24.0 121 56.2 46.6-65.5 18 8.3 4.8-13.9 0 0.0 . - . 29 19.0 11.9-29.1
Non-Hispanic 4,401 613 13.5 12.0-15.1 2,835 63.8 61.6-65.9 669 16.5 14.9-18.3 60 1.2 0.9- 1.6 224 5.0 4.0- 6.2
AGE
18-24 172 27 16.1 10.2-24.5 86 50.4 41.1-59.7 42 22.8 16.1-31.3 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 15 10.1 5.3-18.4
25-34 536 66 10.2 7.6-13.6 341 65.7 60.4-70.6 87 16.4 12.8-20.8 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4 38 7.1 4.6-10.9
35-44 742 113 13.7 11.0-16.8 472 63.6 59.2-67.9 122 17.8 14.5-21.6 9 1.4 0.7- 2.8 26 3.5 2.2- 5.7
45-54 913 114 12.5 10.1-15.3 600 66.7 62.9-70.2 140 14.4 11.9-17.3 20 1.9 1.2- 3.2 39 4.5 3.1- 6.5
55-64 966 145 14.9 12.4-17.7 625 65.4 61.8-68.8 138 13.5 11.2-16.2 14 1.5 0.8- 2.7 44 4.8 3.4- 6.7
65-74 751 110 16.3 13.4-19.8 494 65.3 61.1-69.2 92 11.9 9.5-14.8 6 0.7 0.2- 2.0 49 5.8 4.2- 8.1
75+ 514 74 14.9 11.6-18.9 326 64.4 59.3-69.3 63 10.0 7.5-13.2 6 0.8 0.3- 2.4 45 9.9 6.9-13.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 671 67 7.3 5.3-10.0 364 56.9 50.4-63.2 138 18.7 14.4-23.9 19 1.6 0.9- 2.7 83 15.5 11.0-21.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,491 166 12.3 9.7-15.5 929 60.1 56.3-63.8 269 19.6 16.6-23.0 27 1.6 1.0- 2.5 100 6.4 4.9- 8.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,238 172 14.8 12.0-18.2 837 65.0 60.7-69.1 180 15.5 12.7-18.7 8 0.6 0.3- 1.4 41 4.1 2.2- 7.6
College Graduate 1,214 248 18.5 16.2-21.2 828 68.8 65.5-72.0 99 9.6 7.4-12.2 7 0.8 0.4- 1.8 32 2.2 1.5- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 511 55 9.5 6.7-13.4 265 50.6 44.1-57.0 108 24.5 18.7-31.6 14 2.3 1.2- 4.3 69 13.1 9.6-17.5
$15,000- 24,999 817 97 9.8 7.6-12.6 469 57.9 52.4-63.2 181 23.3 19.2-28.0 14 1.4 0.8- 2.6 56 7.5 4.3-12.8
$25,000- 34,999 576 68 13.8 9.2-20.2 378 59.9 53.6-65.9 101 20.4 15.8-25.8 9 1.5 0.7- 3.1 20 4.4 2.6- 7.4
$35,000- 49,999 650 95 14.2 11.0-18.1 451 69.3 64.2-73.9 67 10.5 7.5-14.4 9 1.2 0.5- 2.6 28 4.9 3.0- 7.9
$50,000-74,999 648 104 16.0 12.6-20.1 450 66.9 61.2-72.1 74 14.1 9.8-19.9 6 0.9 0.4- 2.2 14 2.1 1.1- 3.8
$75,000+ 786 150 18.7 15.0-23.2 556 71.0 66.4-75.2 62 7.5 5.7- 9.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 16 2.5 1.4- 4.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,729 220 11.3 9.5-13.4 993 58.2 54.5-61.8 333 19.5 16.8-22.5 31 1.4 0.9- 2.1 152 9.6 7.2-12.7
No 2,746 413 15.3 13.3-17.4 1,875 65.4 62.7-68.0 332 13.9 12.1-16.0 30 1.1 0.7- 1.6 96 4.3 3.2- 5.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 771 111 16.1 12.2-20.9 501 65.0 60.1-69.5 114 13.4 10.7-16.6 11 1.4 0.7- 2.8 34 4.1 2.7- 6.2
Non-Veteran 3,849 542 13.2 11.8-14.8 2,461 62.7 60.3-65.0 574 16.5 14.7-18.5 50 1.1 0.8- 1.5 222 6.6 5.3- 8.2

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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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