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 4,162 742 15.3 14.1-16.5 3,420 84.7 83.5-85.9
-Eastern NC 1,367 301 18.9 16.6-21.4 1,066 81.1 78.6-83.4
GENDER
Male 612 110 15.0 12.1-18.4 502 85.0 81.6-87.9
Female 755 191 22.5 19.1-26.3 564 77.5 73.7-80.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 814 159 17.1 14.4-20.3 655 82.9 79.7-85.6
Non-Hispanic Black 335 96 24.5 19.5-30.4 239 75.5 69.6-80.5
Other 218 46 15.1 10.2-21.7 172 84.9 78.3-89.8
AGE
18-34 281 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 192 24 13.9 8.8-21.1 168 86.1 78.9-91.2
45-54 212 48 23.0 17.0-30.3 164 77.0 69.7-83.0
55-64 253 83 34.4 27.6-41.8 170 65.6 58.2-72.4
65-74 254 73 25.9 20.4-32.4 181 74.1 67.6-79.6
75+ 161 61 32.7 24.5-42.2 100 67.3 57.8-75.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 129 38 23.9 16.4-33.4 91 76.1 66.6-83.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 394 91 18.4 14.4-23.3 303 81.6 76.7-85.6
Some Post-H.S. 448 115 20.9 17.1-25.3 333 79.1 74.7-82.9
College Graduate 391 56 12.8 9.4-17.1 335 87.2 82.9-90.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 523 301 51.9 46.6-57.2 222 48.1 42.8-53.4
No 833 *** *** *** 833 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 249 59 21.1 16.0-27.3 190 78.9 72.7-84.0
Non-Veteran 1,117 242 18.4 15.8-21.2 875 81.6 78.8-84.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 680 55 7.0 5.1- 9.5 625 93.0 90.5-94.9
Unemployed 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 372 113 27.1 22.2-32.6 259 72.9 67.4-77.8
Unable to Work 163 110 66.6 57.2-74.8 53 33.4 25.2-42.8
Other not in Labor Force 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 193 53 21.4 15.5-28.8 140 78.6 71.2-84.5
$25,000- 34,999 117 23 14.3 8.8-22.5 94 85.7 77.5-91.2
$35,000- 49,999 176 40 19.0 13.5-25.9 136 81.0 74.1-86.5
$50,000- 74,999 156 18 11.1 6.7-17.8 138 88.9 82.2-93.3
$75,000+ 307 31 7.8 5.2-11.6 276 92.2 88.4-94.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 140 48 31.5 22.9-41.6 92 68.5 58.4-77.1
101% to 150% 144 41 23.5 16.7-32.0 103 76.5 68.0-83.3
151% to 200% 121 31 17.5 11.8-25.2 90 82.5 74.8-88.2
More than 200% 605 84 11.4 9.0-14.4 521 88.6 85.6-91.0
HOUSING
Own 857 189 20.3 17.3-23.7 668 79.7 76.3-82.7
Rent 398 83 16.7 13.0-21.3 315 83.3 78.7-87.0
Other arrangement 100 27 16.2 9.9-25.5 73 83.8 74.5-90.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 103 18 12.6 7.4-20.8 85 87.4 79.2-92.6
Regional City or Suburban County 430 85 16.9 13.3-21.4 345 83.1 78.6-86.7
Rural 834 198 20.7 17.7-24.2 636 79.3 75.8-82.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 757 186 21.0 17.7-24.7 571 79.0 75.3-82.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 332 62 17.6 13.5-22.7 270 82.4 77.3-86.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 278 53 15.3 11.1-20.7 225 84.7 79.3-88.9

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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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