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 5,948 2,683 31.8 30.5-33.1 3,265 68.2 66.9-69.5
-Eastern NC 1,883 867 33.9 31.5-36.4 1,016 66.1 63.6-68.5
GENDER
Male 764 329 33.9 30.0-38.0 435 66.1 62.0-70.0
Female 1,119 538 33.9 30.8-37.1 581 66.1 62.9-69.2
RACE
White 1,246 597 33.5 30.6-36.6 649 66.5 63.4-69.4
African American 495 222 36.7 31.7-41.9 273 63.3 58.1-68.3
Other minorities 124 41 24.8 17.4-34.1 83 75.2 65.9-82.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,825 853 34.4 31.9-37.0 972 65.6 63.0-68.1
AGE
18-34 252 18 7.7 4.7-12.5 234 92.3 87.5-95.3
35-54 477 55 11.8 8.7-15.9 422 88.2 84.1-91.3
55-64 455 122 29.4 24.5-34.9 333 70.6 65.1-75.5
65-74 407 391 95.4 92.1-97.3 16 4.6 2.7- 7.9
75+ 274 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 159 65.2 56.4-73.1 54 34.8 26.9-43.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 555 274 34.1 29.9-38.6 281 65.9 61.4-70.1
Some Post-H.S. 551 222 26.6 22.7-30.9 329 73.4 69.1-77.3
College Graduate 558 210 24.0 20.7-27.7 348 76.0 72.3-79.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 219 131 52.4 44.1-60.5 88 47.6 39.5-55.9
$15,000- 24,999 278 168 49.8 42.3-57.2 110 50.2 42.8-57.7
$25,000- 34,999 203 117 44.8 36.4-53.5 86 55.2 46.5-63.6
$35,000- 49,999 234 82 23.8 18.4-30.2 152 76.2 69.8-81.6
$50,000+ 579 154 15.4 12.8-18.5 425 84.6 81.5-87.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 581 406 64.2 59.2-68.9 175 35.8 31.1-40.8
No 1,232 436 22.8 20.4-25.4 796 77.2 74.6-79.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 319 170 38.8 33.0-45.0 149 61.2 55.0-67.0
Non-Veteran 1,562 696 32.9 30.2-35.7 866 67.1 64.3-69.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,550 737 35.3 32.6-38.2 813 64.7 61.8-67.4
No 333 130 26.0 21.3-31.2 203 74.0 68.8-78.7

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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 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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