2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,851 1,636 25.9 24.7-27.2 5,215 74.1 72.8-75.3
-Eastern NC 2,153 560 28.1 25.8-30.6 1,593 71.9 69.4-74.2
GENDER
Male 887 194 24.1 20.7-27.8 693 75.9 72.2-79.3
Female 1,266 366 31.7 28.5-35.0 900 68.3 65.0-71.5
RACE
White 1,377 305 26.3 23.4-29.5 1,072 73.7 70.5-76.6
African American 563 181 31.3 26.8-36.1 382 68.7 63.9-73.2
Other minorities 190 68 30.8 23.6-39.1 122 69.2 60.9-76.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 123 43 32.7 24.1-42.6 80 67.3 57.4-75.9
Non-Hispanic 2,021 514 27.8 25.4-30.4 1,507 72.2 69.6-74.6
AGE
18-34 338 103 30.0 24.8-35.7 235 70.0 64.3-75.2
35-54 595 190 31.6 27.5-36.0 405 68.4 64.0-72.5
55-64 511 159 31.6 27.0-36.7 352 68.4 63.3-73.0
65-74 410 79 21.7 16.9-27.4 331 78.3 72.6-83.1
75+ 277 25 9.0 5.8-13.6 252 91.0 86.4-94.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 288 92 33.8 27.4-40.9 196 66.2 59.1-72.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 662 188 30.3 26.2-34.8 474 69.7 65.2-73.8
Some Post-H.S. 613 154 25.8 21.8-30.2 459 74.2 69.8-78.2
College Graduate 581 124 23.6 19.7-28.0 457 76.4 72.0-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 280 77 28.8 22.7-35.7 203 71.2 64.3-77.3
$15,000- 24,999 360 126 36.0 29.9-42.5 234 64.0 57.5-70.1
$25,000- 34,999 230 61 27.0 20.7-34.4 169 73.0 65.6-79.3
$35,000- 49,999 253 70 27.0 21.1-33.8 183 73.0 66.2-78.9
$50,000+ 601 120 24.8 20.5-29.6 481 75.2 70.4-79.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 629 217 37.6 33.0-42.6 412 62.4 57.4-67.0
No 1,436 320 25.1 22.3-28.0 1,116 74.9 72.0-77.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 331 45 15.6 11.2-21.3 286 84.4 78.7-88.8
Non-Veteran 1,819 514 30.4 27.7-33.1 1,305 69.6 66.9-72.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,780 491 29.7 27.0-32.4 1,289 70.3 67.6-73.0
No 373 69 19.5 14.9-25.1 304 80.5 74.9-85.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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