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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 13,259 1,914 17.1 15.9-18.4 11,345 82.9 81.6-84.1
-Eastern NC 3,662 570 17.2 14.7-19.9 3,092 82.8 80.1-85.3
GENDER
Male 1,328 162 14.7 10.7-19.8 1,166 85.3 80.2-89.3
Female 2,334 408 19.5 16.8-22.5 1,926 80.5 77.5-83.2
RACE
White 2,443 310 12.8 10.6-15.4 2,133 87.2 84.6-89.4
African American 849 180 24.5 19.4-30.4 669 75.5 69.6-80.6
Other Minorities 347 79 26.8 15.6-42.1 268 73.2 57.9-84.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 32 31.4 15.1-54.2 114 68.6 45.8-84.9
Non-Hispanic 3,509 537 16.1 14.0-18.5 2,972 83.9 81.5-86.0
AGE
18-24 136 27 11.6 7.1-18.4 109 88.4 81.6-92.9
25-34 395 96 30.6 21.5-41.4 299 69.4 58.6-78.5
35-44 556 131 23.1 17.7-29.5 425 76.9 70.5-82.3
45-54 721 161 19.1 15.3-23.7 560 80.9 76.3-84.7
55-64 740 100 13.1 9.7-17.5 640 86.9 82.5-90.3
65+ 1,085 52 3.5 2.4- 5.2 1,033 96.5 94.8-97.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 505 108 23.4 16.9-31.5 397 76.6 68.5-83.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,167 209 21.9 16.7-28.3 958 78.1 71.7-83.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,021 165 14.7 11.2-19.0 856 85.3 81.0-88.8
College Graduate 964 86 10.0 7.1-13.8 878 90.0 86.2-92.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 467 143 42.9 32.4-54.1 324 57.1 45.9-67.6
$15,000- 24,999 628 160 26.5 20.2-33.9 468 73.5 66.1-79.8
$25,000- 34,999 372 71 22.9 16.2-31.4 301 77.1 68.6-83.8
$35,000- 49,999 489 71 13.5 9.6-18.6 418 86.5 81.4-90.4
$50,000-74,999 491 45 12.1 7.5-19.0 446 87.9 81.0-92.5
$75,000+ 683 21 2.7 1.5- 4.8 662 97.3 95.2-98.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,368 286 23.1 19.2-27.6 1,082 76.9 72.4-80.8
No 2,055 252 14.6 11.3-18.5 1,803 85.4 81.5-88.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 583 46 7.4 4.7-11.5 537 92.6 88.5-95.3
Non-Veteran 2,767 485 19.3 16.3-22.7 2,282 80.7 77.3-83.7

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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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