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 8,835 7,529 80.2 78.9-81.3 1,306 19.8 18.7-21.1
-Eastern NC 2,678 2,274 78.7 76.2-81.1 404 21.3 18.9-23.8
GENDER
Male 1,016 830 75.5 71.4-79.2 186 24.5 20.8-28.6
Female 1,662 1,444 81.8 78.7-84.5 218 18.2 15.5-21.3
RACE
White 1,535 1,360 84.6 81.8-87.0 175 15.4 13.0-18.2
African American 650 536 73.8 68.2-78.7 114 26.2 21.3-31.8
Other minorities 450 340 50.5 41.2-59.7 110 49.5 40.3-58.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 108 40 28.2 19.8-38.6 68 71.8 61.4-80.2
Non-Hispanic 2,556 2,220 81.8 79.3-84.1 336 18.2 15.9-20.7
AGE
18-34 420 291 68.5 62.6-73.8 129 31.5 26.2-37.4
35-54 770 582 73.5 69.1-77.5 188 26.5 22.5-30.9
55-64 583 511 86.8 82.5-90.2 72 13.2 9.8-17.5
65-74 506 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 371 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 385 279 58.5 50.8-65.8 106 41.5 34.2-49.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 798 658 78.9 74.6-82.7 140 21.1 17.3-25.4
Some Post-H.S. 772 663 81.9 77.4-85.7 109 18.1 14.3-22.6
College Graduate 720 671 90.5 87.0-93.1 49 9.5 6.9-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 382 285 64.5 56.7-71.6 97 35.5 28.4-43.3
$15,000- 24,999 487 359 61.8 55.4-67.9 128 38.2 32.1-44.6
$25,000- 34,999 279 226 75.0 67.0-81.6 53 25.0 18.4-33.0
$35,000- 49,999 319 292 90.8 85.0-94.5 27 9.2 5.5-15.0
$50,000+ 706 679 95.5 92.9-97.1 27 4.5 2.9- 7.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 827 729 81.2 76.4-85.3 98 18.8 14.7-23.6
No 1,814 1,512 77.9 74.9-80.7 302 22.1 19.3-25.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 442 411 92.5 88.4-95.2 31 7.5 4.8-11.6
Non-Veteran 2,235 1,862 75.8 72.9-78.5 373 24.2 21.5-27.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,970 1,637 77.3 74.3-80.0 333 22.7 20.0-25.7
No 708 637 85.1 80.5-88.7 71 14.9 11.3-19.5

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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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