2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,160 525 13.6 12.3-14.9 3,635 86.4 85.1-87.7
-Eastern NC 1,363 204 15.6 13.4-18.2 1,159 84.4 81.8-86.6
GENDER
Male 608 86 14.9 11.7-18.6 522 85.1 81.4-88.3
Female 755 118 16.4 13.2-20.1 637 83.6 79.9-86.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 811 111 15.4 12.6-18.8 700 84.6 81.2-87.4
Non-Hispanic Black 334 55 16.6 12.1-22.4 279 83.4 77.6-87.9
Other 218 38 14.6 10.0-20.7 180 85.4 79.3-90.0
AGE
18-34 279 41 15.7 11.4-21.2 238 84.3 78.8-88.6
35-44 191 31 15.3 10.3-22.1 160 84.7 77.9-89.7
45-54 213 33 14.3 9.7-20.6 180 85.7 79.4-90.3
55-64 253 46 22.4 16.1-30.3 207 77.6 69.7-83.9
65-74 252 26 9.4 6.2-14.1 226 90.6 85.9-93.8
75+ 161 24 14.7 8.8-23.5 137 85.3 76.5-91.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 126 30 24.3 16.3-34.7 96 75.7 65.3-83.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 395 58 11.8 8.5-16.2 337 88.2 83.8-91.5
Some Post-H.S. 449 83 19.4 15.5-24.0 366 80.6 76.0-84.5
College Graduate 388 32 8.8 5.9-13.0 356 91.2 87.0-94.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 518 204 43.3 38.0-48.7 314 56.7 51.3-62.0
No 833 *** *** *** 833 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 249 41 15.6 11.3-21.2 208 84.4 78.8-88.7
Non-Veteran 1,113 163 15.7 13.1-18.6 950 84.3 81.4-86.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 677 64 10.3 7.8-13.5 613 89.7 86.5-92.2
Unemployed 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 372 41 11.5 7.9-16.4 331 88.5 83.6-92.1
Unable to Work 163 72 41.8 32.6-51.5 91 58.2 48.5-67.4
Other not in Labor Force 88 14 18.8 10.9-30.3 74 81.2 69.7-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 193 42 17.0 12.0-23.5 151 83.0 76.5-88.0
$25,000- 34,999 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 176 24 15.4 10.0-22.9 152 84.6 77.1-90.0
$50,000- 74,999 155 17 13.2 7.7-21.6 138 86.8 78.4-92.3
$75,000+ 307 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 141 45 27.4 19.8-36.7 96 72.6 63.3-80.2
101% to 150% 144 31 18.0 12.2-25.7 113 82.0 74.3-87.8
151% to 200% 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 604 50 10.1 7.4-13.7 554 89.9 86.3-92.6
HOUSING
Own 857 102 13.8 11.0-17.1 755 86.2 82.9-89.0
Rent 395 81 19.5 15.3-24.5 314 80.5 75.5-84.7
Other arrangement 99 20 20.6 12.4-32.0 79 79.4 68.0-87.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 103 14 14.8 8.2-25.1 89 85.2 74.9-91.8
Regional City or Suburban County 429 58 13.0 9.7-17.3 371 87.0 82.7-90.3
Rural 831 132 17.2 14.2-20.8 699 82.8 79.2-85.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 754 121 17.5 14.2-21.4 633 82.5 78.6-85.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 333 47 14.5 10.6-19.5 286 85.5 80.5-89.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 276 36 12.5 8.7-17.7 240 87.5 82.3-91.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 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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