2014 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 7,042 1,780 21.5 20.4-22.6 5,262 78.5 77.4-79.6
-Eastern NC 2,188 601 23.9 21.8-26.1 1,587 76.1 73.9-78.2
GENDER
Male 903 233 23.8 20.6-27.3 670 76.2 72.7-79.4
Female 1,285 368 24.0 21.4-26.8 917 76.0 73.2-78.6
RACE
White 1,429 395 24.7 22.2-27.5 1,034 75.3 72.5-77.8
African American 547 152 23.1 19.2-27.5 395 76.9 72.5-80.8
Other minorities 188 46 19.4 13.1-27.6 142 80.6 72.4-86.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,059 584 24.6 22.5-26.9 1,475 75.4 73.1-77.5
AGE
18-34 384 42 10.2 7.3-14.0 342 89.8 86.0-92.7
35-54 590 135 22.8 19.0-27.0 455 77.2 73.0-81.0
55-64 505 183 37.0 32.1-42.2 322 63.0 57.8-67.9
65-74 410 131 35.6 30.1-41.5 279 64.4 58.5-69.9
75+ 279 108 38.5 31.9-45.4 171 61.5 54.6-68.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 271 106 37.4 30.7-44.6 165 62.6 55.4-69.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 666 187 22.5 19.1-26.2 479 77.5 73.8-80.9
Some Post-H.S. 625 173 22.3 18.8-26.2 452 77.7 73.8-81.2
College Graduate 618 131 17.4 14.3-20.9 487 82.6 79.1-85.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 248 120 48.2 40.7-55.8 128 51.8 44.2-59.3
$15,000- 24,999 363 117 27.3 22.2-33.1 246 72.7 66.9-77.8
$25,000- 34,999 244 68 24.3 18.3-31.6 176 75.7 68.4-81.7
$35,000- 49,999 260 64 18.9 14.2-24.7 196 81.1 75.3-85.8
No 1,528 *** *** *** 1,528 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 367 105 26.8 21.9-32.3 262 73.2 67.7-78.1
Non-Veteran 1,819 494 23.3 21.0-25.7 1,325 76.7 74.3-79.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,816 497 23.8 21.5-26.2 1,319 76.2 73.8-78.5
No 372 104 24.6 19.9-29.9 268 75.4 70.1-80.1

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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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