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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Health Status

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Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,246 2,271 19.2 17.8-20.5 4,022 32.2 30.8-33.7 4,195 30.5 29.2-32.0 1,835 13.3 12.1-14.6 923 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Eastern NC 3,658 558 18.6 15.8-21.8 1,063 30.3 27.6-33.1 1,199 30.3 27.7-33.1 571 15.4 12.8-18.5 267 5.4 4.4- 6.6
GENDER
Male 1,327 202 21.6 17.1-27.0 398 30.4 26.1-35.0 445 28.3 24.3-32.6 178 14.7 10.4-20.4 104 5.0 3.6- 7.1
Female 2,331 356 15.8 12.8-19.4 665 30.2 27.0-33.7 754 32.3 28.9-35.8 393 16.1 13.2-19.5 163 5.6 4.4- 7.2
RACE
White 2,441 409 21.2 17.5-25.5 788 35.1 31.8-38.7 736 26.1 23.3-29.1 343 13.1 10.6-16.0 165 4.5 3.6- 5.6
African American 848 93 11.9 8.2-17.1 196 23.2 18.2-29.1 321 37.5 31.6-43.7 166 18.9 13.6-25.7 72 8.5 5.6-12.6
Other Minorities 346 52 18.4 11.3-28.5 75 19.0 12.9-27.2 131 38.0 27.7-49.4 59 21.4 10.0-40.1 29 3.2 1.9- 5.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 145 23 11.5 5.8-21.5 33 18.1 10.6-29.3 64 42.5 26.9-59.6 19 26.4 9.9-53.8 6 1.6 0.5- 4.8
Non-Hispanic 3,506 533 19.1 16.2-22.4 1,029 31.2 28.5-34.1 1,131 29.4 26.8-32.1 552 14.7 12.4-17.3 261 5.6 4.6- 6.9
AGE
18-24 136 38 34.9 22.3-50.1 50 31.1 20.8-43.6 39 22.1 14.2-32.5 7 10.6 3.4-28.5 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4
25-34 395 96 25.8 19.0-34.1 144 30.1 23.5-37.6 111 27.8 21.0-35.8 37 15.1 7.7-27.5 7 1.2 0.5- 2.7
35-44 555 123 17.0 12.9-22.0 194 33.7 27.7-40.3 160 31.2 25.0-38.0 56 14.5 8.7-23.1 22 3.6 2.0- 6.6
45-54 720 96 13.2 9.4-18.3 217 35.4 30.0-41.2 246 33.1 28.1-38.6 105 12.7 9.4-16.8 56 5.6 3.7- 8.2
55-64 742 100 13.3 10.1-17.3 190 26.6 21.9-31.8 258 33.9 28.9-39.3 136 17.7 13.7-22.4 58 8.6 5.8-12.5
65+ 1,081 100 9.4 7.0-12.7 255 24.0 20.1-28.2 379 33.1 28.8-37.7 226 21.8 18.0-26.2 121 11.7 8.3-16.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 502 39 10.2 6.0-17.0 80 21.6 14.9-30.2 160 36.7 28.9-45.2 136 20.3 15.0-26.8 87 11.3 7.4-16.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,166 120 12.5 8.9-17.3 286 22.9 19.1-27.3 424 35.4 30.3-40.8 231 22.0 16.0-29.6 105 7.1 5.2- 9.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,019 166 24.3 17.7-32.5 318 31.9 26.6-37.7 344 26.5 22.2-31.3 132 13.4 9.4-18.8 59 3.9 2.7- 5.6
College Graduate 965 233 25.0 20.9-29.6 376 43.3 38.2-48.4 270 24.5 20.6-28.9 70 6.1 4.3- 8.6 16 1.2 0.6- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 466 23 7.2 3.1-16.0 67 18.3 12.5-26.1 136 26.0 19.4-34.0 148 33.7 23.3-46.1 92 14.7 10.3-20.6
$15,000- 24,999 626 63 12.4 7.8-19.0 127 18.4 13.9-23.9 238 41.8 34.5-49.6 128 19.2 12.9-27.8 70 8.1 5.7-11.6
$25,000- 34,999 373 50 16.5 10.3-25.5 108 26.5 19.4-34.9 131 34.9 26.5-44.5 57 18.3 9.9-31.5 27 3.7 2.0- 6.8
$35,000- 49,999 489 62 16.9 9.0-29.6 173 43.4 34.8-52.3 184 29.0 23.0-35.9 54 8.4 5.5-12.5 16 2.3 1.1- 4.7
$50,000-74,999 491 91 19.7 14.7-25.9 168 32.2 26.1-38.9 170 35.4 28.7-42.7 48 10.4 6.6-15.8 14 2.3 1.1- 5.0
$75,000+ 683 192 33.8 26.1-42.4 300 43.5 36.7-50.4 152 17.4 13.7-21.7 36 4.5 2.8- 7.3 3 0.9 0.2- 3.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,365 84 11.7 7.0-18.8 207 15.9 12.8-19.5 424 31.5 27.1-36.3 402 25.5 21.8-29.6 248 15.3 12.4-18.8
No 2,054 422 21.0 17.8-24.6 771 37.9 34.0-41.9 701 29.0 25.8-32.5 148 11.4 7.6-16.6 12 0.7 0.3- 1.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 582 103 21.9 16.2-29.0 174 28.2 22.6-34.5 189 28.4 22.8-34.7 72 14.4 8.7-22.8 44 7.2 4.0-12.7
Non-Veteran 2,764 400 17.6 14.3-21.4 791 30.0 26.9-33.3 928 31.6 28.5-35.0 445 15.8 12.6-19.5 200 5.0 4.0- 6.2

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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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