2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,706 658 14.7 13.4-16.0 5,048 85.3 84.0-86.6
-Eastern 1,847 221 15.7 13.5-18.2 1,626 84.3 81.8-86.5
GENDER
Male 780 111 18.9 15.5-22.9 669 81.1 77.1-84.5
Female 1,067 110 12.6 9.9-15.8 957 87.4 84.2-90.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,142 148 17.4 14.4-20.8 994 82.6 79.2-85.6
Non-Hispanic Black 483 41 11.3 7.9-15.9 442 88.7 84.1-92.1
Other 195 30 17.3 11.5-25.4 165 82.7 74.6-88.5
AGE
18-34 283 64 27.4 21.5-34.3 219 72.6 65.7-78.5
35-44 242 44 19.7 14.2-26.6 198 80.3 73.4-85.8
45-54 316 55 16.5 12.3-21.7 261 83.5 78.3-87.7
55-64 436 39 10.0 6.9-14.1 397 90.0 85.9-93.1
65-74 326 15 2.9 1.7- 5.2 311 97.1 94.8-98.3
75+ 224 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 211 18 13.3 7.6-22.4 193 86.7 77.6-92.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 572 82 17.4 13.6-22.1 490 82.6 77.9-86.4
Some Post-H.S. 561 89 19.6 15.7-24.2 472 80.4 75.8-84.3
College Graduate 500 32 7.9 5.2-11.9 468 92.1 88.1-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 188 31 18.4 12.3-26.7 157 81.6 73.3-87.7
$15,000- 24,999 329 43 17.0 11.5-24.3 286 83.0 75.7-88.5
$25,000- 34,999 152 19 21.5 13.1-33.3 133 78.5 66.7-86.9
$35,000- 49,999 208 31 19.4 13.1-27.9 177 80.6 72.1-86.9
$50,000- 74,999 237 26 12.8 8.1-19.6 211 87.2 80.4-91.9
$75,000+ 347 25 10.6 6.9-15.9 322 89.4 84.1-93.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 577 85 17.8 13.8-22.6 492 82.2 77.4-86.2
No 1,262 135 14.7 12.1-17.8 1,127 85.3 82.2-87.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 297 33 12.3 8.0-18.4 264 87.7 81.6-92.0
Non-Veteran 1,546 186 16.2 13.7-19.0 1,360 83.8 81.0-86.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 134 15 13.5 7.8-22.5 119 86.5 77.5-92.2
Regional City or Suburban 247 31 16.0 10.7-23.2 216 84.0 76.8-89.3
Rural 1,466 175 15.9 13.3-18.8 1,291 84.1 81.2-86.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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