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 11,866 1,075 7.0 6.5- 7.5 10,791 93.0 92.5-93.5
-Eastern NC 3,911 317 5.9 5.2- 6.8 3,594 94.1 93.2-94.8
GENDER
Male 1,496 144 6.7 5.5- 8.1 1,352 93.3 91.9-94.5
Female 2,415 173 5.2 4.3- 6.2 2,242 94.8 93.8-95.7
RACE
White 2,440 298 8.8 7.7-10.0 2,142 91.2 90.0-92.3
African American 873 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other minorities 564 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,692 316 6.3 5.5- 7.2 3,376 93.7 92.8-94.5
AGE
18-34 631 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 1,169 43 3.1 2.2- 4.4 1,126 96.9 95.6-97.8
55-64 823 54 6.6 4.9- 8.9 769 93.4 91.1-95.1
65-74 722 98 14.8 11.8-18.4 624 85.2 81.6-88.2
75+ 520 117 25.3 20.8-30.5 403 74.7 69.5-79.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 508 39 6.2 4.3- 8.9 469 93.8 91.1-95.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,190 80 4.8 3.7- 6.3 1,110 95.2 93.7-96.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,088 89 5.7 4.5- 7.3 999 94.3 92.7-95.5
College Graduate 1,111 106 7.4 5.9- 9.2 1,005 92.6 90.8-94.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 518 35 5.8 3.8- 8.7 483 94.2 91.3-96.2
$15,000- 24,999 687 55 5.3 3.8- 7.3 632 94.7 92.7-96.2
$25,000- 34,999 440 32 5.6 3.7- 8.6 408 94.4 91.4-96.3
$35,000- 49,999 494 43 5.2 3.7- 7.4 451 94.8 92.6-96.3
$50,000+ 1,085 94 6.9 5.5- 8.7 991 93.1 91.3-94.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,135 126 9.9 8.0-12.2 1,009 90.1 87.8-92.0
No 2,721 188 4.7 4.0- 5.6 2,533 95.3 94.4-96.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 585 89 11.4 8.9-14.4 496 88.6 85.6-91.1
Non-Veteran 3,324 228 4.9 4.2- 5.8 3,096 95.1 94.2-95.8

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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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