2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,863 1,361 11.7 11.0-12.6 10,502 88.3 87.4-89.0
-Eastern NC 3,907 455 11.2 9.9-12.6 3,452 88.8 87.4-90.1
GENDER
Male 1,494 128 9.1 7.3-11.3 1,366 90.9 88.7-92.7
Female 2,413 327 13.2 11.5-15.1 2,086 86.8 84.9-88.5
RACE
White 2,440 260 11.2 9.6-13.0 2,180 88.8 87.0-90.4
African American 870 113 11.6 9.1-14.6 757 88.4 85.4-90.9
Other minorities 563 79 10.6 7.6-14.8 484 89.4 85.2-92.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,688 439 11.6 10.3-13.1 3,249 88.4 86.9-89.7
AGE
18-34 630 82 13.1 10.2-16.6 548 86.9 83.4-89.8
35-54 1,167 120 9.8 7.9-12.1 1,047 90.2 87.9-92.1
55-64 824 115 12.3 9.9-15.0 709 87.7 85.0-90.1
65-74 721 79 9.4 6.9-12.8 642 90.6 87.2-93.1
75+ 519 55 10.9 7.9-14.8 464 89.1 85.2-92.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 509 84 15.5 11.7-20.3 425 84.5 79.7-88.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,185 143 10.6 8.5-13.1 1,042 89.4 86.9-91.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,086 133 11.8 9.5-14.5 953 88.2 85.5-90.5
College Graduate 1,113 91 7.7 6.1- 9.8 1,022 92.3 90.2-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 515 97 19.2 14.8-24.4 418 80.8 75.6-85.2
$15,000- 24,999 685 99 13.8 10.7-17.5 586 86.2 82.5-89.3
$25,000- 34,999 441 49 10.2 7.1-14.5 392 89.8 85.5-92.9
$35,000- 49,999 493 55 11.1 7.9-15.2 438 88.9 84.8-92.1
$50,000+ 1,087 69 6.0 4.5- 8.0 1,018 94.0 92.0-95.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,131 224 18.7 15.8-21.9 907 81.3 78.1-84.2
No 2,722 226 8.9 7.5-10.4 2,496 91.1 89.6-92.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 586 30 3.6 2.3- 5.6 556 96.4 94.4-97.7
Non-Veteran 3,319 424 12.6 11.2-14.2 2,895 87.4 85.8-88.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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