2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Disability

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,782 2,849 19.7 18.9-20.6 8,933 80.3 79.4-81.1
-Eastern NC 3,873 1,014 21.3 19.8-23.0 2,859 78.7 77.0-80.2
GENDER
Male 1,475 376 21.1 18.7-23.7 1,099 78.9 76.3-81.3
Female 2,398 638 21.6 19.6-23.7 1,760 78.4 76.3-80.4
RACE
White 2,420 640 23.3 21.3-25.4 1,780 76.7 74.6-78.7
African American 866 193 17.6 14.7-20.9 673 82.4 79.1-85.3
Other minorities 555 165 17.0 13.0-21.9 390 83.0 78.1-87.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 205 24 9.3 5.6-15.0 181 90.7 85.0-94.4
Non-Hispanic 3,657 985 22.2 20.6-23.9 2,672 77.8 76.1-79.4
AGE
18-34 622 57 9.4 7.0-12.4 565 90.6 87.6-93.0
35-54 1,162 275 21.2 18.4-24.3 887 78.8 75.7-81.6
55-64 816 291 34.1 30.1-38.2 525 65.9 61.8-69.9
65-74 712 215 26.6 22.9-30.7 497 73.4 69.3-77.1
75+ 516 167 33.3 28.3-38.6 349 66.7 61.4-71.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 501 178 29.7 24.8-35.2 323 70.3 64.8-75.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,175 328 21.3 18.7-24.2 847 78.7 75.8-81.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,078 308 22.4 19.5-25.5 770 77.6 74.5-80.5
College Graduate 1,106 196 13.3 11.2-15.6 910 86.7 84.4-88.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 510 234 36.6 31.2-42.3 276 63.4 57.7-68.8
$15,000- 24,999 678 208 26.0 22.0-30.5 470 74.0 69.5-78.0
$25,000- 34,999 438 109 20.4 16.1-25.4 329 79.6 74.6-83.9
$35,000- 49,999 489 116 18.6 15.0-22.8 373 81.4 77.2-85.0
$50,000+ 1,082 168 14.3 12.0-17.0 914 85.7 83.0-88.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 575 165 26.0 21.9-30.6 410 74.0 69.4-78.1
Non-Veteran 3,296 849 20.5 18.8-22.3 2,447 79.5 77.7-81.2

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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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