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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 14,744 12,886 81.3 80.1-82.5 1,858 18.7 17.5-19.9
-Eastern NC 4,765 4,114 80.4 78.4-82.3 651 19.6 17.7-21.6
GENDER
Male 1,634 1,403 78.2 74.7-81.4 231 21.8 18.6-25.3
Female 3,131 2,711 82.5 80.4-84.4 420 17.5 15.6-19.6
RACE
White 3,218 2,912 86.3 84.0-88.3 306 13.7 11.7-16.0
African American 1,090 900 78.0 73.8-81.7 190 22.0 18.3-26.2
Other Minorities 438 286 53.6 46.6-60.4 152 46.4 39.6-53.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 214 110 42.9 34.0-52.2 104 57.1 47.8-66.0
Non-Hispanic 4,535 3,990 83.6 81.6-85.3 545 16.4 14.7-18.4
AGE
18-24 177 106 63.9 54.9-72.0 71 36.1 28.0-45.1
25-34 554 428 72.8 67.0-77.8 126 27.2 22.2-33.0
35-44 751 613 78.5 74.4-82.2 138 21.5 17.8-25.6
45-54 931 755 80.4 77.1-83.4 176 19.6 16.6-22.9
55-64 993 871 88.2 85.6-90.3 122 11.8 9.7-14.4
65-74 778 767 98.4 96.7-99.2 11 1.6 0.8- 3.3
75+ 553 549 99.2 97.4-99.8 4 0.8 0.2- 2.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 726 576 66.2 59.5-72.2 150 33.8 27.8-40.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,543 1,253 74.9 71.4-78.1 290 25.1 21.9-28.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,264 1,120 84.9 81.0-88.1 144 15.1 11.9-19.0
College Graduate 1,226 1,159 92.7 90.3-94.5 67 7.3 5.5- 9.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 541 413 64.3 57.0-70.9 128 35.7 29.1-43.0
$15,000- 24,999 840 635 66.4 60.9-71.5 205 33.6 28.5-39.1
$25,000- 34,999 588 495 77.5 72.0-82.3 93 22.5 17.7-28.0
$35,000- 49,999 661 585 82.2 76.7-86.7 76 17.8 13.3-23.3
$50,000-74,999 655 625 93.3 89.5-95.9 30 6.7 4.1-10.5
$75,000+ 794 770 93.0 87.8-96.1 24 7.0 3.9-12.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,794 1,558 80.1 76.5-83.3 236 19.9 16.7-23.5
No 2,778 2,392 80.6 78.1-82.9 386 19.4 17.1-21.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 785 721 90.8 87.7-93.2 64 9.2 6.8-12.3
Non-Veteran 3,979 3,392 78.2 75.9-80.4 587 21.8 19.6-24.1

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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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