2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Disability

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,765 573 5.0 4.5- 5.7 8,192 95.0 94.3-95.5
-Eastern NC 2,662 197 5.7 4.6- 7.0 2,465 94.3 93.0-95.4
GENDER
Male 1,015 58 5.1 3.5- 7.3 957 94.9 92.7-96.5
Female 1,647 139 6.3 4.9- 7.9 1,508 93.7 92.1-95.1
RACE
White 1,525 92 5.4 4.1- 7.0 1,433 94.6 93.0-95.9
African American 645 62 7.2 5.0-10.2 583 92.8 89.8-95.0
Other minorities 449 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,538 191 5.7 4.6- 7.1 2,347 94.3 92.9-95.4
AGE
18-34 426 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 764 58 6.2 4.4- 8.7 706 93.8 91.3-95.6
55-64 579 40 5.4 3.6- 8.2 539 94.6 91.8-96.4
65-74 501 44 6.2 4.1- 9.4 457 93.8 90.6-95.9
75+ 364 37 9.7 6.2-14.8 327 90.3 85.2-93.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 376 61 10.9 7.4-15.8 315 89.1 84.2-92.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 796 68 6.4 4.5- 9.0 728 93.6 91.0-95.5
Some Post-H.S. 769 49 4.4 2.9- 6.6 720 95.6 93.4-97.1
College Graduate 718 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 377 69 14.9 10.4-20.8 308 85.1 79.2-89.6
$15,000- 24,999 485 58 9.2 6.5-13.0 427 90.8 87.0-93.5
$25,000- 34,999 280 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 315 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 705 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 824 133 12.9 10.1-16.4 691 87.1 83.6-89.9
No 1,820 61 3.3 2.3- 4.7 1,759 96.7 95.3-97.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 440 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,221 176 6.1 4.9- 7.6 2,045 93.9 92.4-95.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,964 159 5.9 4.7- 7.4 1,805 94.1 92.6-95.3
No 698 38 4.9 3.0- 7.8 660 95.1 92.2-97.0

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*These are new disability questions found in the demographic section of the Core questionnaire.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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