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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Last 12 months 1 or more years ago Don't know
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,616 1,299 77.3 72.5-81.4 119 9.2 7.2-11.7 163 9.4 7.3-11.9
-Eastern NC 522 430 79.2 72.5-84.7 35 8.6 5.4-13.5 57 12.2 7.9-18.3
GENDER
Male 215 178 85.6 77.6-91.1 14 5.9 2.7-12.4 23 8.5 4.6-15.1
Female 307 252 73.4 62.9-81.7 21 11.0 6.2-19.0 34 15.6 8.8-26.0
RACE
White 308 259 79.7 71.0-86.3 18 8.0 4.3-14.6 31 12.3 7.1-20.4
African American 169 137 83.2 73.1-90.1 14 7.9 3.4-17.2 18 8.9 4.5-16.8
Other Minorities 39 28 59.3 27.1-85.1 3 15.6 3.8-46.3 8 25.0 6.0-63.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 6 25.0 6.3-62.1 1 4.6 0.5-30.8 3 70.4 32.1-92.3
Non-Hispanic 509 421 81.3 75.1-86.2 34 8.8 5.5-13.9 54 9.9 6.5-14.8
AGE
18-44 39 27 64.4 38.1-84.2 5 15.9 5.3-39.0 7 19.7 5.8-49.6
45-54 75 63 84.0 66.6-93.2 7 12.8 4.4-31.6 5 3.3 1.3- 8.1
55-64 159 131 81.0 68.7-89.2 11 5.9 2.7-12.3 17 13.2 6.2-26.0
65+ 244 204 80.9 71.2-87.9 12 6.8 2.9-15.1 28 12.3 7.0-20.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 108 85 80.1 61.2-91.1 5 3.5 1.2- 9.9 18 16.5 6.3-36.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 171 135 75.9 63.0-85.3 11 7.0 2.7-16.9 25 17.1 9.2-29.6
Some Post-H.S. 144 125 84.3 72.7-91.6 11 10.0 4.4-21.4 8 5.7 2.2-13.7
College Graduate 98 84 76.2 59.9-87.3 8 16.3 7.1-33.2 6 7.5 2.5-20.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 86 81.4 69.6-89.3 10 6.1 2.9-12.4 18 12.6 6.3-23.5
$15,000- 24,999 99 77 69.0 48.8-83.8 10 9.2 3.9-20.3 12 21.8 8.5-45.3
$25,000- 34,999 42 35 82.9 60.5-93.9 3 11.5 2.9-36.1 4 5.6 1.4-19.9
$35,000- 49,999 71 59 77.9 59.2-89.5 3 3.7 1.1-12.5 9 18.4 7.6-37.9
$50,000-74,999 69 64 87.6 66.8-96.1 2 7.2 1.3-30.9 3 5.2 1.1-21.7
$75,000+ 60 53 80.1 57.9-92.2 4 17.8 6.3-41.1 3 2.1 0.7- 6.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 326 265 81.2 73.8-86.9 21 9.2 5.0-16.0 40 9.6 6.1-14.9
No 194 163 76.6 64.0-85.8 14 7.9 3.7-16.3 17 15.5 7.8-28.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 101 86 85.2 73.3-92.4 4 4.2 1.4-12.2 11 10.6 4.7-22.2
Non-Veteran 374 306 76.8 68.0-83.7 28 10.5 6.3-17.2 40 12.7 7.4-21.0

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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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