2018 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 3,569 911 24.8 23.1-26.6 2,658 75.2 73.4-76.9
-Eastern NC 1,320 337 26.9 23.9-30.1 983 73.1 69.9-76.1
GENDER
Male 588 185 31.2 26.6-36.2 403 68.8 63.8-73.4
Female 732 152 23.1 19.3-27.3 580 76.9 72.7-80.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 801 246 33.1 29.1-37.3 555 66.9 62.7-70.9
Non-Hispanic Black 330 57 18.2 12.9-24.9 273 81.8 75.1-87.1
Other 189 34 16.2 10.8-23.6 155 83.8 76.4-89.2
AGE
18-34 206 60 31.3 24.2-39.3 146 68.7 60.7-75.8
35-44 174 44 25.4 18.6-33.5 130 74.6 66.5-81.4
45-54 240 64 24.4 18.2-31.7 176 75.6 68.3-81.8
55-64 248 62 26.7 20.1-34.5 186 73.3 65.5-79.9
65-74 265 62 26.3 20.2-33.5 203 73.7 66.5-79.8
75+ 169 40 21.0 14.3-29.7 129 79.0 70.3-85.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 171 30 16.9 11.2-24.7 141 83.1 75.3-88.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 346 95 27.1 21.7-33.3 251 72.9 66.7-78.3
Some Post-H.S. 410 117 30.2 24.8-36.2 293 69.8 63.8-75.2
College Graduate 391 94 27.9 22.5-34.0 297 72.1 66.0-77.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 139 44 34.6 25.0-45.8 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 227 54 27.1 20.2-35.2 173 72.9 64.8-79.8
$25,000- 34,999 128 29 21.4 14.0-31.3 99 78.6 68.7-86.0
$35,000- 49,999 162 40 25.2 17.8-34.3 122 74.8 65.7-82.2
$50,000- 74,999 175 52 32.1 23.2-42.5 123 67.9 57.5-76.8
$75,000+ 236 63 27.4 21.0-34.9 173 72.6 65.1-79.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 493 172 36.1 30.7-41.8 321 63.9 58.2-69.3
No 825 164 21.6 18.1-25.6 661 78.4 74.4-81.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 237 77 32.0 24.5-40.5 160 68.0 59.5-75.5
Non-Veteran 1,082 260 25.8 22.7-29.3 822 74.2 70.7-77.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 82 20 18.2 11.4-27.8 62 81.8 72.2-88.6
Regional City or Suburban County 268 75 30.5 24.0-37.9 193 69.5 62.1-76.0
Rural 970 242 26.3 22.8-30.1 728 73.7 69.9-77.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 620 145 25.0 20.9-29.6 475 75.0 70.4-79.1
Unemployed 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 407 96 24.0 19.1-29.7 311 76.0 70.3-80.9
Unable to Work 170 63 39.6 30.3-49.8 107 60.4 50.2-69.7
Other not in Labor Force 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 108 29 24.7 16.7-35.0 79 75.3 65.0-83.3
101% to 150% 211 53 27.5 20.5-35.8 158 72.5 64.2-79.5
151% to 200% 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 587 160 28.0 23.5-33.0 427 72.0 67.0-76.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 451 112 26.7 21.5-32.6 339 73.3 67.4-78.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 622 165 27.8 23.5-32.5 457 72.2 67.5-76.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 247 60 25.0 19.0-32.1 187 75.0 67.9-81.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2018 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2018 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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