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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Injury & Treatment

Have you ever been treated for any kind of injury in a private doctor's office or in an urgent care clinic?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, within the past 12 months Yes, more than 12 months ago No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,436 517 9.7 8.4-11.2 2,170 40.4 38.2-42.6 2,749 49.9 47.6-52.2
-Eastern NC 1,451 139 9.6 6.8-13.4 571 41.5 37.1-46.1 741 48.9 44.4-53.5
GENDER
Male 550 56 11.5 6.7-19.1 266 51.1 43.6-58.6 228 37.4 30.5-44.8
Female 901 83 7.7 5.7-10.3 305 32.1 27.4-37.1 513 60.3 55.1-65.2
RACE
White 1,018 108 11.8 7.9-17.3 461 50.5 45.1-55.8 449 37.7 32.9-42.8
African American 292 19 4.6 2.7- 7.9 76 23.6 16.2-33.0 197 71.8 62.4-79.6
Other Minorities 136 12 6.6 2.3-17.5 33 27.0 14.2-45.3 91 66.3 48.9-80.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 64 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 14 33.1 15.5-57.3 49 66.6 42.5-84.3
Non-Hispanic 1,384 138 10.5 7.5-14.6 556 42.3 37.8-46.8 690 47.2 42.7-51.8
AGE
18-24 51 4 16.5 3.4-52.8 21 37.7 20.0-59.4 26 45.9 26.2-67.0
25-34 156 17 11.3 5.1-23.1 66 45.4 33.3-58.1 73 43.3 31.4-55.9
35-44 223 26 10.2 5.7-17.6 88 41.2 30.8-52.5 109 48.6 37.5-59.9
45-54 267 30 7.2 4.4-11.5 119 45.7 37.0-54.7 118 47.2 38.5-56.0
55-64 320 22 6.0 3.4-10.4 129 43.1 35.2-51.3 169 50.9 42.8-59.0
65+ 422 38 8.9 5.7-13.7 142 32.9 26.4-40.0 242 58.2 50.8-65.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 193 14 3.8 1.9- 7.6 39 23.6 12.8-39.4 140 72.6 57.5-83.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 430 43 11.6 6.3-20.5 158 38.6 30.3-47.6 229 49.8 40.9-58.7
Some Post-H.S. 413 36 11.2 5.5-21.4 173 43.9 36.0-52.1 204 44.9 37.1-53.0
College Graduate 413 46 8.9 6.0-12.8 201 53.1 45.5-60.5 166 38.0 31.0-45.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 196 9 1.9 0.9- 4.1 50 28.1 17.7-41.6 137 69.9 56.7-80.5
$15,000- 24,999 246 23 7.7 4.4-13.2 89 31.9 21.2-45.1 134 60.3 47.5-71.9
$25,000- 34,999 136 17 14.1 4.4-36.8 42 44.9 28.8-62.1 77 41.0 27.0-56.8
$35,000- 49,999 202 20 8.6 4.6-15.7 84 47.7 36.8-58.9 98 43.6 33.1-54.8
$50,000-74,999 212 26 10.2 5.5-18.2 102 46.7 35.9-57.9 84 43.1 32.4-54.4
$75,000+ 288 26 14.0 6.2-28.8 159 53.6 43.7-63.2 103 32.4 24.9-41.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 547 69 15.2 9.2-24.2 209 42.1 34.3-50.4 269 42.7 35.3-50.4
No 893 70 6.9 4.4-10.7 359 41.7 36.3-47.2 464 51.4 45.8-57.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 258 22 10.8 5.9-18.8 119 49.3 39.5-59.1 117 40.0 31.0-49.7
Non-Veteran 1,193 117 9.3 6.2-13.7 452 39.9 35.0-45.1 624 50.8 45.6-55.9

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Does not include injuries treated in a hospital or referred to a hospital for further treatment.

^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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