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 7,208 3,464 32.5 31.1-33.9 3,744 67.5 66.1-68.9
-Eastern NC 2,161 1,056 33.2 30.6-35.8 1,105 66.8 64.2-69.4
GENDER
Male 767 354 31.1 27.0-35.4 413 68.9 64.6-73.0
Female 1,394 702 34.9 31.6-38.3 692 65.1 61.7-68.4
RACE
White 1,284 616 33.0 30.0-36.2 668 67.0 63.8-70.0
African American 524 247 34.1 28.7-39.9 277 65.9 60.1-71.3
Other minorities 328 178 25.9 17.9-36.0 150 74.1 64.0-82.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,114 1,041 33.4 30.8-36.1 1,073 66.6 63.9-69.2
AGE
18-34 219 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 557 74 10.0 7.3-13.6 483 90.0 86.4-92.7
55-64 502 128 22.0 17.7-27.1 374 78.0 72.9-82.3
65-74 492 469 94.9 91.4-97.0 23 5.1 3.0- 8.6
75+ 366 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 276 203 55.0 45.6-64.1 73 45.0 35.9-54.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 614 355 39.2 34.1-44.6 259 60.8 55.4-65.9
Some Post-H.S. 634 264 25.3 21.5-29.5 370 74.7 70.5-78.5
College Graduate 634 232 24.6 21.0-28.7 402 75.4 71.3-79.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 279 200 50.5 41.4-59.5 79 49.5 40.5-58.6
$15,000- 24,999 345 221 49.7 42.2-57.3 124 50.3 42.7-57.8
$25,000- 34,999 213 102 32.5 24.7-41.5 111 67.5 58.5-75.3
$35,000- 49,999 270 116 29.4 23.2-36.5 154 70.6 63.5-76.8
$50,000+ 638 148 16.0 12.8-19.8 490 84.0 80.2-87.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 714 496 56.7 51.1-62.1 218 43.3 37.9-48.9
No 1,414 548 24.2 21.6-27.1 866 75.8 72.9-78.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 362 176 38.0 31.9-44.5 186 62.0 55.5-68.1
Non-Veteran 1,798 879 32.1 29.3-35.1 919 67.9 64.9-70.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,564 787 34.4 31.4-37.5 777 65.6 62.5-68.6
No 597 269 28.0 23.9-32.7 328 72.0 67.3-76.1

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*Asked only of those who report having any type of health insurance.

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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