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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 14,755 2,080 17.1 16.0-18.1 12,675 82.9 81.9-84.0
-Eastern NC 4,771 732 17.3 15.8-19.0 4,039 82.7 81.0-84.2
GENDER
Male 1,637 214 14.8 12.5-17.6 1,423 85.2 82.4-87.5
Female 3,134 518 19.7 17.8-21.7 2,616 80.3 78.3-82.2
RACE
White 3,217 374 14.0 12.2-16.0 2,843 86.0 84.0-87.8
African American 1,094 242 21.8 18.7-25.3 852 78.2 74.7-81.3
Other Minorities 439 111 25.4 20.0-31.6 328 74.6 68.4-80.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 215 59 25.3 18.3-33.8 156 74.7 66.2-81.7
Non-Hispanic 4,539 669 16.5 15.0-18.2 3,870 83.5 81.8-85.0
AGE
18-24 178 38 15.5 10.7-22.0 140 84.5 78.0-89.3
25-34 554 122 24.8 20.1-30.2 432 75.2 69.8-79.9
35-44 750 131 17.0 14.0-20.5 619 83.0 79.5-86.0
45-54 932 216 23.5 20.3-27.0 716 76.5 73.0-79.7
55-64 992 144 14.8 12.2-17.8 848 85.2 82.2-87.8
65-74 782 46 6.1 4.4- 8.5 736 93.9 91.5-95.6
75+ 554 28 6.2 4.1- 9.4 526 93.8 90.6-95.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 731 163 26.9 21.6-32.8 568 73.1 67.2-78.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,543 284 19.1 16.6-21.9 1,259 80.9 78.1-83.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,264 201 16.6 13.8-19.9 1,063 83.4 80.1-86.2
College Graduate 1,226 84 9.0 7.0-11.6 1,142 91.0 88.4-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 541 156 32.3 26.9-38.3 385 67.7 61.7-73.1
$15,000- 24,999 842 217 28.3 23.8-33.3 625 71.7 66.7-76.2
$25,000- 34,999 587 101 22.4 17.8-27.8 486 77.6 72.2-82.2
$35,000- 49,999 662 85 14.0 10.7-18.2 577 86.0 81.8-89.3
$50,000-74,999 654 49 7.9 5.7-11.0 605 92.1 89.0-94.3
$75,000+ 794 25 5.6 3.2- 9.6 769 94.4 90.4-96.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,799 382 25.7 22.6-29.1 1,417 74.3 70.9-77.4
No 2,778 317 13.1 11.4-15.1 2,461 86.9 84.9-88.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 787 72 9.1 6.9-12.0 715 90.9 88.0-93.1
Non-Veteran 3,983 660 19.0 17.2-21.0 3,323 81.0 79.0-82.8

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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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