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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,249 11,601 81.9 80.4-83.3 1,648 18.1 16.7-19.6
-Eastern NC 3,659 3,173 81.4 78.2-84.3 486 18.6 15.7-21.8
GENDER
Male 1,329 1,144 80.2 75.0-84.5 185 19.8 15.5-25.0
Female 2,330 2,029 82.6 78.5-86.1 301 17.4 13.9-21.5
RACE
White 2,444 2,214 87.2 84.1-89.7 230 12.8 10.3-15.9
African American 845 687 76.8 69.5-82.8 158 23.2 17.2-30.5
Other Minorities 348 252 58.5 45.2-70.6 96 41.5 29.4-54.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 91 44.3 28.1-61.9 55 55.7 38.1-71.9
Non-Hispanic 3,507 3,076 84.1 81.3-86.6 431 15.9 13.4-18.7
AGE
18-24 136 93 68.6 55.2-79.5 43 31.4 20.5-44.8
25-34 395 297 67.0 56.5-76.0 98 33.0 24.0-43.5
35-44 555 455 78.9 71.9-84.5 100 21.1 15.5-28.1
45-54 719 592 85.3 81.1-88.7 127 14.7 11.3-18.9
55-64 741 648 88.6 84.6-91.7 93 11.4 8.3-15.4
65+ 1,084 1,059 98.7 97.6-99.2 25 1.3 0.8- 2.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 504 393 65.9 56.6-74.2 111 34.1 25.8-43.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,165 956 73.3 66.2-79.3 209 26.7 20.7-33.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,019 899 87.9 83.3-91.3 120 12.1 8.7-16.7
College Graduate 965 920 94.1 90.7-96.3 45 5.9 3.7- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 466 344 61.3 49.2-72.0 122 38.7 28.0-50.8
$15,000- 24,999 628 477 67.9 59.7-75.1 151 32.1 24.9-40.3
$25,000- 34,999 373 315 78.3 69.4-85.2 58 21.7 14.8-30.6
$35,000- 49,999 489 444 87.8 79.0-93.2 45 12.2 6.8-21.0
$50,000-74,999 491 462 91.9 85.4-95.6 29 8.1 4.4-14.6
$75,000+ 682 663 96.2 93.0-98.0 19 3.8 2.0- 7.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,366 1,202 84.2 79.7-87.8 164 15.8 12.2-20.3
No 2,054 1,780 81.0 76.3-84.9 274 19.0 15.1-23.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 583 551 93.4 89.3-96.0 32 6.6 4.0-10.7
Non-Veteran 2,764 2,348 78.6 74.6-82.1 416 21.4 17.9-25.4

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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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