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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 6,949 6,092 85.4 83.9-86.8 857 14.6 13.2-16.1
-Eastern NC 2,258 1,938 81.7 78.9-84.3 320 18.3 15.7-21.1
GENDER
Male 775 619 74.3 69.2-78.8 156 25.7 21.2-30.8
Female 1,483 1,319 88.9 86.5-90.9 164 11.1 9.1-13.5
RACE
White 1,522 1,355 86.3 83.1-89.0 167 13.7 11.0-16.9
African American 513 418 76.4 69.5-82.1 95 23.6 17.9-30.5
Other Minorities 215 158 67.6 57.2-76.5 57 32.4 23.5-42.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 100 70 65.0 50.8-77.0 30 35.0 23.0-49.2
Non-Hispanic 2,146 1,862 83.5 80.6-86.0 284 16.5 14.0-19.4
AGE
18-24 76 55 69.2 55.3-80.3 21 30.8 19.7-44.7
25-34 270 226 76.0 67.6-82.8 44 24.0 17.2-32.4
35-44 367 336 88.8 83.7-92.5 31 11.2 7.5-16.3
45-54 460 405 85.9 81.3-89.5 55 14.1 10.5-18.7
55-64 465 413 87.8 83.6-91.0 52 12.2 9.0-16.4
65-74 352 305 86.0 80.9-90.0 47 14.0 10.0-19.1
75+ 256 187 72.3 65.0-78.6 69 27.7 21.4-35.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 329 221 59.9 50.3-68.8 108 40.1 31.2-49.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 753 631 79.2 74.3-83.3 122 20.8 16.7-25.7
Some Post-H.S. 601 543 86.1 80.2-90.4 58 13.9 9.6-19.8
College Graduate 573 541 94.7 91.6-96.7 32 5.3 3.3- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 260 196 66.7 55.0-76.7 64 33.3 23.3-45.0
$15,000- 24,999 389 302 74.5 67.4-80.6 87 25.5 19.4-32.6
$25,000- 34,999 302 261 83.6 76.8-88.8 41 16.4 11.2-23.2
$35,000- 49,999 311 286 90.4 84.8-94.1 25 9.6 5.9-15.2
$50,000-74,999 314 292 89.0 82.4-93.3 22 11.0 6.7-17.6
$75,000+ 371 349 89.2 80.4-94.4 22 10.8 5.6-19.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 878 749 81.3 76.2-85.5 129 18.7 14.5-23.8
No 1,361 1,175 82.1 78.5-85.2 186 17.9 14.8-21.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 367 317 85.3 79.7-89.6 50 14.7 10.4-20.3
Non-Veteran 1,891 1,621 81.0 77.7-83.9 270 19.0 16.1-22.3

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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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