2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Demographics

Functional Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,741 1,517 28.3 26.7-30.0 3,224 71.7 70.0-73.3
-Eastern NC 1,891 677 32.8 30.0-35.7 1,214 67.2 64.3-70.0
GENDER
Male 822 266 30.8 26.9-34.9 556 69.2 65.1-73.1
Female 1,069 411 34.7 30.8-38.9 658 65.3 61.1-69.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,092 376 32.1 28.7-35.7 716 67.9 64.3-71.3
Non-Hispanic Black 504 204 38.7 32.7-45.2 300 61.3 54.8-67.3
Other 295 97 22.7 17.2-29.4 198 77.3 70.6-82.8
AGE
18-34 357 65 21.3 16.1-27.6 292 78.7 72.4-83.9
35-44 242 50 24.0 17.3-32.2 192 76.0 67.8-82.7
45-54 307 86 25.8 20.1-32.4 221 74.2 67.6-79.9
55-64 388 179 45.6 39.3-52.1 209 54.4 47.9-60.7
65-74 353 166 46.9 39.6-54.3 187 53.1 45.7-60.4
75+ 228 130 58.4 49.5-66.7 98 41.6 33.3-50.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 241 133 49.9 41.2-58.7 108 50.1 41.3-58.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 541 204 30.5 26.0-35.5 337 69.5 64.5-74.0
Some Post-H.S. 555 208 32.7 27.8-38.1 347 67.3 61.9-72.2
College Graduate 548 129 20.8 17.2-25.1 419 79.2 74.9-82.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 201 126 61.7 52.4-70.2 75 38.3 29.8-47.6
$15,000- 24,999 324 132 32.2 25.9-39.2 192 67.8 60.8-74.1
$25,000- 34,999 201 79 35.6 27.1-45.1 122 64.4 54.9-72.9
$35,000- 49,999 233 70 32.4 24.0-42.0 163 67.6 58.0-76.0
$50,000- 74,999 224 51 19.9 14.5-26.7 173 80.1 73.3-85.5
$75,000+ 363 68 18.5 14.1-24.0 295 81.5 76.0-85.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 677 677 100 . - . *** *** ***
No 1,214 *** *** *** 1,214 100 . - .
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 125 39 28.3 20.1-38.4 86 71.7 61.6-79.9
Regional City or Suburban County 306 100 31.2 25.3-37.8 206 68.8 62.2-74.7
Rural 1,460 538 33.6 30.3-37.1 922 66.4 62.9-69.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 936 172 18.9 15.6-22.7 764 81.1 77.3-84.4
Unemployed 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 535 264 50.6 44.9-56.3 271 49.4 43.7-55.1
Unable to Work 214 183 85.1 77.5-90.5 31 14.9 9.5-22.5
Other not in Labor Force 106 *** *** *** 82 77.6 66.0-86.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 172 83 43.0 33.3-53.3 89 57.0 46.7-66.7
101% to 150% 326 150 37.1 30.4-44.3 176 62.9 55.7-69.6
151% to 200% 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 805 200 23.6 19.7-27.9 605 76.4 72.1-80.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 639 259 36.5 31.0-42.3 380 63.5 57.7-69.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 916 293 30.7 27.1-34.5 623 69.3 65.5-72.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 336 125 34.5 28.0-41.7 211 65.5 58.3-72.0

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*Functional disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to at least one of the six functional disability items in the Demographics section. See the 2017 BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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.

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