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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,066 9,950 70.8 69.3-72.3 1,443 12.7 11.7-13.9 809 7.6 6.8- 8.5 767 7.6 6.7- 8.7 97 1.2 0.8- 1.9
-Eastern NC 3,622 2,808 73.4 70.4-76.1 375 10.6 8.9-12.5 233 7.5 6.2- 9.1 181 7.8 5.9-10.2 25 0.7 0.4- 1.3
GENDER
Male 1,310 947 68.4 63.4-72.9 156 11.4 8.8-14.6 108 9.3 7.1-12.2 84 9.9 6.8-14.2 15 1.0 0.5- 2.0
Female 2,312 1,861 78.0 74.6-81.1 219 9.8 7.8-12.1 125 5.9 4.5- 7.7 97 5.8 3.8- 8.7 10 0.5 0.2- 1.4
RACE
White 2,415 1,847 71.4 67.8-74.8 249 10.8 8.8-13.2 169 8.4 6.7-10.4 134 8.9 6.5-12.0 16 0.5 0.3- 1.1
African American 838 700 82.4 77.2-86.6 79 9.5 6.7-13.3 32 4.8 2.5- 8.8 27 3.3 1.7- 6.3 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 346 243 65.3 53.2-75.8 46 12.2 6.9-20.6 29 7.9 4.6-13.5 19 11.0 4.4-25.1 9 3.5 1.5- 8.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 100 61.5 43.4-76.9 20 14.3 6.5-28.5 10 7.1 3.0-16.0 9 12.7 3.6-36.2 7 4.4 1.6-11.6
Non-Hispanic 3,469 2,702 74.3 71.4-77.0 354 10.2 8.6-12.1 223 7.6 6.2- 9.2 172 7.4 5.7- 9.7 18 0.5 0.2- 0.9
AGE
18-24 134 87 71.4 59.5-80.9 22 10.4 5.9-17.6 17 8.8 4.7-15.7 7 8.9 3.6-20.2 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
25-34 391 253 58.8 49.9-67.2 53 14.2 9.3-21.1 40 8.4 5.7-12.3 35 16.3 10.3-24.8 10 2.3 1.0- 5.0
35-44 550 371 66.3 58.6-73.2 73 11.2 7.5-16.3 54 11.4 7.6-16.7 49 10.8 5.9-19.1 3 0.3 0.1- 1.2
45-54 711 527 74.1 68.7-78.8 92 13.5 10.0-18.0 50 6.9 4.4-10.5 36 4.6 2.8- 7.3 6 1.0 0.3- 3.3
55-64 740 595 79.9 75.0-84.0 69 7.6 5.5-10.6 43 7.6 4.8-11.7 30 4.8 2.8- 8.0 3 0.2 0.0- 0.5
65+ 1,069 952 90.6 87.7-92.9 63 5.9 4.0- 8.5 28 2.2 1.3- 3.8 24 1.2 0.6- 2.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 497 383 72.2 63.6-79.4 46 7.7 4.8-12.2 32 10.6 6.2-17.3 28 7.6 3.4-16.5 8 1.9 0.7- 4.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,149 901 76.3 71.4-80.6 106 9.3 6.7-12.9 80 7.3 5.3-10.1 56 6.2 3.9- 9.5 6 0.9 0.3- 2.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,014 761 70.7 64.4-76.3 112 11.1 8.1-14.9 68 6.0 4.2- 8.5 67 11.8 7.4-18.2 6 0.5 0.1- 1.6
College Graduate 956 758 73.6 68.3-78.3 111 13.3 9.8-17.8 53 7.9 5.4-11.3 29 5.0 2.7- 9.1 5 0.2 0.1- 0.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 462 338 71.5 62.5-79.0 45 10.0 5.8-16.8 41 9.4 5.5-15.5 33 8.1 4.6-14.0 5 1.0 0.4- 2.9
$15,000- 24,999 621 454 67.5 58.9-75.1 82 11.8 7.9-17.3 43 7.5 5.0-11.1 39 12.7 6.5-23.3 3 0.4 0.1- 2.0
$25,000- 34,999 371 270 61.7 51.4-70.9 47 13.8 8.4-22.0 31 12.9 7.5-21.4 18 9.5 4.6-18.4 5 2.1 0.6- 6.7
$35,000- 49,999 485 380 73.4 64.6-80.6 59 13.8 9.4-19.8 25 5.9 3.5-10.0 20 6.1 2.0-17.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6
$50,000-74,999 482 394 77.6 70.0-83.7 40 12.0 7.3-19.2 33 7.4 4.2-12.8 12 2.5 1.0- 6.2 3 0.4 0.1- 1.7
$75,000+ 680 542 75.8 69.5-81.1 63 7.9 5.5-11.0 40 7.3 4.9-10.9 33 8.9 5.2-14.8 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,347 1,075 76.1 71.4-80.3 121 7.9 5.9-10.4 79 6.9 4.8- 9.7 59 7.9 5.1-12.0 13 1.3 0.6- 2.7
No 2,039 1,548 71.6 67.5-75.3 238 12.5 10.2-15.3 136 7.5 5.8- 9.6 105 7.8 5.3-11.5 12 0.6 0.3- 1.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 576 474 78.3 69.8-85.0 53 8.8 5.6-13.6 31 4.7 2.8- 7.9 18 8.1 3.2-18.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 2,737 2,084 71.7 68.2-74.9 293 11.2 9.2-13.5 188 8.2 6.6-10.1 149 8.0 6.0-10.7 23 0.9 0.5- 1.6

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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