2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

For these next questions, please think about injuries you have had during your entire lifetime, especially those that affected your head or neck.
It might help to remember times you went to the hospital or emergency room.
Think about injuries you may have received from a car or motorcycle wreck, bicycle crash, being hit by something, falling down, being hit by someone, playing sports or an injury during military service.
Thinking about any injuries you have had in your lifetime, were you ever knocked out or did you lose consciousness?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,769 907 24.4 22.6-26.2 2,862 75.6 73.8-77.4
-Eastern NC 1,574 372 25.5 22.5-28.7 1,202 74.5 71.3-77.5
GENDER
Male 674 217 33.6 29.0-38.6 457 66.4 61.4-71.0
Female 900 155 18.1 14.4-22.4 745 81.9 77.6-85.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 891 245 28.1 24.4-32.0 646 71.9 68.0-75.6
Non-Hispanic Black 439 84 24.4 18.1-32.1 355 75.6 67.9-81.9
Other 244 43 14.5 10.0-20.7 201 85.5 79.3-90.0
AGE
18-34 232 58 26.8 19.9-35.0 174 73.2 65.0-80.1
35-44 190 47 31.2 22.3-41.7 143 68.8 58.3-77.7
45-54 264 80 28.7 22.4-35.8 184 71.3 64.2-77.6
55-64 350 81 23.2 18.1-29.2 269 76.8 70.8-81.9
65-74 311 70 23.2 17.3-30.3 241 76.8 69.7-82.7
75+ 213 34 16.5 10.5-25.0 179 83.5 75.0-89.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 215 36 16.9 11.2-24.6 179 83.1 75.4-88.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 440 103 24.3 19.5-29.8 337 75.7 70.2-80.5
Some Post-H.S. 469 136 32.1 26.2-38.5 333 67.9 61.5-73.8
College Graduate 446 97 23.6 19.0-28.9 349 76.4 71.1-81.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 50 27.5 19.6-37.1 122 72.5 62.9-80.4
$15,000- 24,999 266 59 24.8 17.9-33.2 207 75.2 66.8-82.1
$25,000- 34,999 153 31 20.2 12.9-30.2 122 79.8 69.8-87.1
$35,000- 49,999 186 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 183 51 30.3 22.6-39.3 132 69.7 60.7-77.4
$75,000+ 305 69 25.1 19.3-31.9 236 74.9 68.1-80.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 594 186 32.9 27.4-38.8 408 67.1 61.2-72.6
No 971 185 21.6 18.2-25.5 786 78.4 74.5-81.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 251 84 34.6 27.6-42.3 167 65.4 57.7-72.4
Non-Veteran 1,321 287 23.8 20.6-27.4 1,034 76.2 72.6-79.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 105 19 21.1 13.0-32.3 86 78.9 67.7-87.0
Regional City or Suburban County 226 36 16.1 10.6-23.7 190 83.9 76.3-89.4
Rural 1,243 317 28.0 24.4-31.8 926 72.0 68.2-75.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 754 183 27.7 23.2-32.6 571 72.3 67.4-76.8
Unemployed 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 476 88 19.5 15.2-24.7 388 80.5 75.3-84.8
Unable to Work 200 69 31.2 23.5-40.2 131 68.8 59.8-76.5
Other not in Labor Force 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 155 42 28.1 19.3-39.0 113 71.9 61.0-80.7
101% to 150% 265 56 23.2 16.8-31.2 209 76.8 68.8-83.2
151% to 200% 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 692 166 28.0 23.2-33.3 526 72.0 66.7-76.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 585 130 24.3 19.4-30.1 455 75.7 69.9-80.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 708 170 25.2 21.2-29.7 538 74.8 70.3-78.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 281 72 27.4 20.6-35.4 209 72.6 64.6-79.4

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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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