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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,291 1,785 13.4 12.4-14.6 10,506 86.6 85.4-87.6
-Eastern NC 3,360 530 14.9 12.6-17.5 2,830 85.1 82.5-87.4
GENDER
Male 1,206 187 13.8 10.1-18.6 1,019 86.2 81.4-89.9
Female 2,154 343 15.9 13.3-18.8 1,811 84.1 81.2-86.7
RACE
White 2,275 314 13.7 10.8-17.2 1,961 86.3 82.8-89.2
African American 755 141 15.3 11.4-20.3 614 84.7 79.7-88.6
Other Minorities 313 71 20.4 13.2-30.1 242 79.6 69.9-86.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 131 16 14.8 6.6-29.9 115 85.2 70.1-93.4
Non-Hispanic 3,222 513 14.9 12.5-17.6 2,709 85.1 82.4-87.5
AGE
18-24 116 17 17.0 7.6-34.0 99 83.0 66.0-92.4
25-34 351 45 13.9 9.0-20.8 306 86.1 79.2-91.0
35-44 499 52 11.1 7.5-16.0 447 88.9 84.0-92.5
45-54 656 118 15.5 11.8-20.1 538 84.5 79.9-88.2
55-64 700 110 15.2 11.5-19.8 590 84.8 80.2-88.5
65+ 1,016 184 17.2 13.9-21.1 832 82.8 78.9-86.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 450 152 30.8 23.4-39.3 298 69.2 60.7-76.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,056 165 13.3 10.4-17.0 891 86.7 83.0-89.6
Some Post-H.S. 946 129 14.9 9.8-22.1 817 85.1 77.9-90.2
College Graduate 903 82 7.6 5.5-10.5 821 92.4 89.5-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 431 140 29.9 22.4-38.8 291 70.1 61.2-77.6
$15,000- 24,999 577 124 19.5 13.9-26.6 453 80.5 73.4-86.1
$25,000- 34,999 340 47 16.0 9.5-25.9 293 84.0 74.1-90.5
$35,000- 49,999 461 43 8.5 5.5-12.9 418 91.5 87.1-94.5
$50,000-74,999 458 47 8.8 5.7-13.1 411 91.2 86.9-94.3
$75,000+ 639 32 8.8 3.4-20.8 607 91.2 79.2-96.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 530 78 12.6 9.2-17.0 452 87.4 83.0-90.8
Non-Veteran 2,545 411 15.8 12.9-19.2 2,134 84.2 80.8-87.1

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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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