2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,443 2,130 27.1 25.8-28.5 6,313 72.9 71.5-74.2
-Eastern NC 2,548 682 28.0 25.5-30.6 1,866 72.0 69.4-74.5
GENDER
Male 948 217 25.1 21.4-29.1 731 74.9 70.9-78.6
Female 1,600 465 30.7 27.5-34.1 1,135 69.3 65.9-72.5
RACE
White 1,450 336 27.4 24.3-30.7 1,114 72.6 69.3-75.7
African American 634 201 29.9 25.1-35.1 433 70.1 64.9-74.9
Other minorities 434 140 26.7 19.0-36.0 294 73.3 64.0-81.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 102 25 23.4 15.0-34.6 77 76.6 65.4-85.0
Non-Hispanic 2,433 657 28.4 25.9-31.1 1,776 71.6 68.9-74.1
AGE
18-34 343 108 27.1 21.8-33.2 235 72.9 66.8-78.2
35-54 734 252 35.5 31.0-40.3 482 64.5 59.7-69.0
55-64 573 170 28.3 23.6-33.5 403 71.7 66.5-76.4
65-74 502 105 19.3 14.9-24.7 397 80.7 75.3-85.1
75+ 368 41 11.4 7.5-16.9 327 88.6 83.1-92.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 377 106 26.3 20.2-33.3 271 73.7 66.7-79.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 750 210 27.5 23.2-32.2 540 72.5 67.8-76.8
Some Post-H.S. 737 232 33.5 28.9-38.5 505 66.5 61.5-71.1
College Graduate 681 134 20.7 16.9-25.1 547 79.3 74.9-83.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 369 129 37.3 30.2-45.1 240 62.7 54.9-69.8
$15,000- 24,999 466 170 36.4 30.6-42.7 296 63.6 57.3-69.4
$25,000- 34,999 265 65 20.3 14.5-27.5 200 79.7 72.5-85.5
$35,000- 49,999 297 79 26.3 20.0-33.8 218 73.7 66.2-80.0
$50,000+ 662 141 25.7 21.4-30.7 521 74.3 69.3-78.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 804 275 36.8 32.0-41.9 529 63.2 58.1-68.0
No 1,708 392 24.4 21.6-27.5 1,316 75.6 72.5-78.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 392 52 16.4 12.1-21.9 340 83.6 78.1-87.9
Non-Veteran 2,155 629 30.1 27.3-33.0 1,526 69.9 67.0-72.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,887 571 30.1 27.3-33.2 1,316 69.9 66.8-72.7
No 661 111 18.1 14.5-22.4 550 81.9 77.6-85.5

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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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