2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,052 6,462 90.0 89.0-91.0 590 10.0 9.0-11.0
-Eastern NC 2,350 2,148 89.8 87.9-91.4 202 10.2 8.6-12.1
RACE
White 1,452 1,364 93.1 91.0-94.7 88 6.9 5.3- 9.0
African American 551 477 85.6 81.2-89.1 74 14.4 10.9-18.8
Other minorities 322 286 81.5 72.4-88.1 36 18.5 11.9-27.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,237 2,052 90.5 88.7-92.1 185 9.5 7.9-11.3
AGE
18-34 345 290 81.8 76.1-86.3 55 18.2 13.7-23.9
35-54 688 640 92.1 89.2-94.3 48 7.9 5.7-10.8
55-64 493 465 93.6 90.2-95.9 28 6.4 4.1- 9.8
65-74 444 412 93.8 90.8-95.9 32 6.2 4.1- 9.2
75+ 349 312 91.0 86.9-93.9 37 9.0 6.1-13.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 279 229 79.4 71.9-85.4 50 20.6 14.6-28.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 711 634 87.3 83.7-90.3 77 12.7 9.7-16.3
Some Post-H.S. 693 646 91.9 88.5-94.4 47 8.1 5.6-11.5
College Graduate 659 632 96.0 93.6-97.6 27 4.0 2.4- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 323 268 77.2 69.6-83.4 55 22.8 16.6-30.4
$15,000- 24,999 416 379 91.7 87.6-94.6 37 8.3 5.4-12.4
$25,000- 34,999 265 241 87.7 80.7-92.4 24 12.3 7.6-19.3
$35,000- 49,999 301 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 570 554 97.3 95.2-98.5 16 2.7 1.5- 4.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 694 624 87.8 83.6-91.0 70 12.2 9.0-16.4
No 1,648 1,517 90.4 88.2-92.2 131 9.6 7.8-11.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,273 2,074 89.5 87.6-91.2 199 10.5 8.8-12.4

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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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