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 11,854 395 2.6 2.3- 3.0 11,459 97.4 97.0-97.7
-Eastern NC 3,905 138 2.5 2.0- 3.2 3,767 97.5 96.8-98.0
GENDER
Male 1,490 61 3.0 2.2- 4.2 1,429 97.0 95.8-97.8
Female 2,415 77 2.1 1.5- 2.8 2,338 97.9 97.2-98.5
RACE
White 2,435 72 2.1 1.6- 2.9 2,363 97.9 97.1-98.4
African American 874 41 3.5 2.3- 5.2 833 96.5 94.8-97.7
Other minorities 562 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 207 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,688 136 2.6 2.1- 3.3 3,552 97.4 96.7-97.9
AGE
18-34 629 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 1,169 26 1.8 1.1- 3.1 1,143 98.2 96.9-98.9
55-64 823 39 4.0 2.8- 5.8 784 96.0 94.2-97.2
65-74 718 32 4.1 2.6- 6.4 686 95.9 93.6-97.4
75+ 520 36 7.0 4.7-10.5 484 93.0 89.5-95.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 506 33 5.4 3.4- 8.3 473 94.6 91.7-96.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,189 44 2.5 1.7- 3.7 1,145 97.5 96.3-98.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,085 35 1.7 1.1- 2.6 1,050 98.3 97.4-98.9
College Graduate 1,111 26 1.6 1.0- 2.5 1,085 98.4 97.5-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 514 35 6.5 4.0-10.2 479 93.5 89.8-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 685 31 2.9 1.9- 4.6 654 97.1 95.4-98.1
$25,000- 34,999 442 20 2.6 1.5- 4.5 422 97.4 95.5-98.5
$35,000- 49,999 492 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 1,086 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,131 93 7.2 5.4- 9.4 1,038 92.8 90.6-94.6
No 2,720 41 1.0 0.7- 1.5 2,679 99.0 98.5-99.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 583 28 3.4 2.2- 5.2 555 96.6 94.8-97.8
Non-Veteran 3,320 110 2.4 1.8- 3.1 3,210 97.6 96.9-98.2

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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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