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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 1,976 920 46.4 43.4-49.6 1,056 53.6 50.4-56.6
-Eastern NC 601 261 42.2 37.1-47.5 340 57.8 52.5-62.9
GENDER
Male 167 80 44.4 35.1-54.2 87 55.6 45.8-64.9
Female 434 181 40.7 35.0-46.8 253 59.3 53.2-65.0
RACE
White 442 186 42.1 36.2-48.3 256 57.9 51.7-63.8
African American 125 61 46.0 34.8-57.6 64 54.0 42.4-65.2
Other Minorities 32 12 26.8 13.5-46.3 20 73.2 53.7-86.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 597 260 42.7 37.6-48.0 337 57.3 52.0-62.4
AGE
18-24 8 4 45.9 13.6-82.1 4 54.1 17.9-86.4
25-34 29 13 40.9 21.0-64.4 16 59.1 35.6-79.0
35-44 73 27 41.5 28.4-56.0 46 58.5 44.0-71.6
45-54 131 52 38.1 28.5-48.8 79 61.9 51.2-71.5
55-64 159 81 48.0 39.1-57.1 78 52.0 42.9-60.9
65-74 126 56 49.3 39.0-59.6 70 50.7 40.4-61.0
75+ 69 22 26.2 16.4-39.2 47 73.8 60.8-83.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 27 39.6 26.6-54.2 34 60.4 45.8-73.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 207 91 44.9 35.6-54.7 116 55.1 45.3-64.4
Some Post-H.S. 167 75 39.4 30.9-48.6 92 60.6 51.4-69.1
College Graduate 166 68 41.8 33.0-51.1 98 58.2 48.9-67.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 58 29 58.7 42.3-73.4 29 41.3 26.6-57.7
$15,000- 24,999 96 43 35.6 23.6-49.8 53 64.4 50.2-76.4
$25,000- 34,999 96 34 39.9 26.9-54.3 62 60.1 45.7-73.1
$35,000- 49,999 98 38 40.8 29.0-53.7 60 59.2 46.3-71.0
$50,000-74,999 88 41 40.9 29.4-53.4 47 59.1 46.6-70.6
$75,000+ 105 48 43.8 33.5-54.7 57 56.2 45.3-66.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 232 112 45.5 37.0-54.3 120 54.5 45.7-63.0
No 365 147 40.0 33.7-46.8 218 60.0 53.2-66.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 79 39 49.3 36.2-62.5 40 50.7 37.5-63.8
Non-Veteran 522 222 40.9 35.4-46.7 300 59.1 53.3-64.6

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*Asked only of care givers providing care to those age 60 and older.

^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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