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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 13,137 3,277 20.2 19.1-21.4 9,860 79.8 78.6-80.9
-Eastern NC 3,625 962 21.9 19.6-24.4 2,663 78.1 75.6-80.4
GENDER
Male 1,317 326 19.5 16.1-23.4 991 80.5 76.6-83.9
Female 2,308 636 24.2 21.3-27.3 1,672 75.8 72.7-78.7
RACE
White 2,424 664 21.8 19.3-24.7 1,760 78.2 75.3-80.7
African American 832 215 24.0 19.1-29.7 617 76.0 70.3-80.9
Other Minorities 347 76 17.8 11.0-27.6 271 82.2 72.4-89.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 15 7.2 3.3-15.3 131 92.8 84.7-96.7
Non-Hispanic 3,473 946 23.0 20.7-25.6 2,527 77.0 74.4-79.3
AGE
18-24 136 11 9.3 4.2-19.4 125 90.7 80.6-95.8
25-34 391 54 12.6 8.4-18.6 337 87.4 81.4-91.6
35-44 548 85 16.8 12.1-22.9 463 83.2 77.1-87.9
45-54 713 196 26.5 21.7-31.9 517 73.5 68.1-78.3
55-64 739 246 33.6 28.5-39.1 493 66.4 60.9-71.5
65+ 1,070 366 32.4 27.8-37.4 704 67.6 62.6-72.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 495 170 24.7 18.6-32.0 325 75.3 68.0-81.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,156 332 24.7 20.4-29.6 824 75.3 70.4-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,012 269 20.8 16.9-25.2 743 79.2 74.8-83.1
College Graduate 956 189 17.8 14.1-22.2 767 82.2 77.8-85.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 465 217 33.3 25.7-41.9 248 66.7 58.1-74.3
$15,000- 24,999 621 196 25.8 20.3-32.1 425 74.2 67.9-79.7
$25,000- 34,999 369 88 19.0 13.4-26.4 281 81.0 73.6-86.6
$35,000- 49,999 483 107 17.8 12.8-24.2 376 82.2 75.8-87.2
$50,000-74,999 489 112 25.7 19.6-32.8 377 74.3 67.2-80.4
$75,000+ 679 96 15.0 10.4-21.2 583 85.0 78.8-89.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 579 165 27.4 21.1-34.7 414 72.6 65.3-78.9
Non-Veteran 2,738 712 20.9 18.4-23.7 2,026 79.1 76.3-81.6

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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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