2013 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 8,766 2,236 21.2 20.1-22.3 6,530 78.8 77.7-79.9
-Eastern NC 2,662 727 22.7 20.6-24.9 1,935 77.3 75.1-79.4
GENDER
Male 1,012 267 22.3 19.1-25.7 745 77.7 74.3-80.9
Female 1,650 460 23.1 20.3-26.1 1,190 76.9 73.9-79.7
RACE
White 1,523 417 24.1 21.5-26.9 1,106 75.9 73.1-78.5
African American 650 174 21.7 17.7-26.4 476 78.3 73.6-82.3
Other minorities 446 127 15.9 10.2-23.8 319 84.1 76.2-89.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,538 711 23.4 21.2-25.8 1,827 76.6 74.2-78.8
AGE
18-34 427 56 12.1 8.7-16.6 371 87.9 83.4-91.3
35-54 763 192 23.2 19.5-27.2 571 76.8 72.8-80.5
55-64 575 199 31.5 26.7-36.7 376 68.5 63.3-73.3
65-74 501 159 30.4 25.0-36.5 342 69.6 63.5-75.0
75+ 368 111 35.6 28.9-42.9 257 64.4 57.1-71.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 379 137 34.7 27.9-42.2 242 65.3 57.8-72.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 797 240 23.5 19.8-27.6 557 76.5 72.4-80.2
Some Post-H.S. 770 205 19.7 16.5-23.4 565 80.3 76.6-83.5
College Graduate 713 144 15.9 13.0-19.4 569 84.1 80.6-87.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 379 190 45.8 38.4-53.5 189 54.2 46.5-61.6
$15,000- 24,999 481 171 27.4 22.6-32.9 310 72.6 67.1-77.4
$25,000- 34,999 280 71 24.8 18.5-32.5 209 75.2 67.5-81.5
$35,000- 49,999 316 75 21.6 16.2-28.2 241 78.4 71.8-83.8
No 1,826 *** *** *** 1,826 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 440 118 24.6 19.9-30.1 322 75.4 69.9-80.1
Non-Veteran 2,221 608 22.2 19.9-24.7 1,613 77.8 75.3-80.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,959 533 22.8 20.4-25.4 1,426 77.2 74.6-79.6
No 703 194 22.3 18.4-26.7 509 77.7 73.3-81.6

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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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