2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,240 3,444 79.1 77.5-80.5 354 8.9 7.9- 9.9 241 6.4 5.6- 7.4 183 5.2 4.4- 6.1 18 0.5 0.3- 0.8
-Eastern NC 1,390 1,162 81.7 79.0-84.1 103 8.2 6.6-10.3 62 4.8 3.6- 6.4 57 4.8 3.5- 6.4 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 623 495 76.7 72.4-80.5 55 10.3 7.7-13.7 32 5.6 3.8- 8.2 36 6.7 4.6- 9.5 *** *** ***
Female 767 667 86.4 83.1-89.2 48 6.3 4.4- 8.9 30 4.1 2.7- 6.2 21 3.0 1.8- 4.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 830 704 82.4 78.9-85.4 48 6.6 4.7- 9.1 40 5.8 4.1- 8.2 35 4.7 3.2- 6.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 340 298 84.2 78.7-88.5 26 9.7 6.4-14.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 220 160 72.1 64.1-78.8 29 13.7 8.7-20.8 16 6.3 3.6-10.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 284 203 73.2 67.0-78.7 37 13.6 9.5-19.2 20 5.7 3.5- 9.2 20 6.3 3.8-10.1 *** *** ***
35-44 193 138 70.9 62.9-77.8 19 10.2 6.2-16.6 18 8.3 5.0-13.7 17 10.3 6.0-16.9 *** *** ***
45-54 220 181 82.2 75.9-87.2 21 8.0 5.1-12.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 255 221 86.1 79.9-90.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 257 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 166 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 133 96 69.9 59.3-78.6 16 14.4 8.1-24.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 395 322 81.7 76.8-85.8 36 8.7 5.9-12.6 20 4.9 3.0- 8.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 462 400 84.7 80.5-88.2 25 6.3 4.1- 9.5 16 4.1 2.5- 6.9 19 4.4 2.7- 7.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 397 342 84.6 80.0-88.3 25 6.4 4.3- 9.5 18 5.4 3.1- 9.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 516 447 82.9 78.1-86.8 28 5.5 3.5- 8.5 23 6.0 3.8- 9.5 15 4.8 2.7- 8.5 *** *** ***
No 823 671 80.8 77.4-83.8 71 9.8 7.5-12.8 38 4.2 2.9- 6.0 40 4.8 3.5- 6.7 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 252 227 89.5 84.1-93.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,128 926 79.9 76.8-82.7 92 9.1 7.2-11.6 55 5.4 4.0- 7.3 50 5.1 3.7- 7.0 *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 685 522 74.5 70.4-78.2 71 11.3 8.6-14.7 41 6.6 4.7- 9.3 45 6.7 4.8- 9.3 *** *** ***
Unemployed 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 381 360 95.1 92.0-97.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 162 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 88 69 80.6 69.8-88.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 141 117 81.3 72.1-88.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 194 152 76.6 68.4-83.2 *** *** *** 14 8.2 4.5-14.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 118 97 79.0 68.6-86.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 173 135 75.2 66.7-82.1 17 9.1 5.2-15.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 156 134 85.8 77.7-91.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 310 267 83.5 77.6-88.1 27 9.7 6.4-14.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 140 106 74.6 64.5-82.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 144 112 76.9 67.9-84.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 122 95 72.9 62.5-81.3 12 12.5 6.8-21.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 609 530 85.1 81.1-88.3 43 7.4 5.2-10.4 18 3.1 1.9- 5.2 17 4.1 2.4- 7.1 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 872 764 84.9 81.6-87.7 50 6.5 4.7- 9.0 36 4.9 3.4- 7.1 20 3.4 2.1- 5.5 *** *** ***
Rent 405 310 76.0 70.8-80.5 38 9.5 6.6-13.6 22 5.3 3.3- 8.4 32 8.3 5.7-11.9 *** *** ***
Other arrangement 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 105 85 77.3 66.1-85.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 438 368 82.7 78.1-86.5 37 8.8 6.1-12.5 16 4.0 2.3- 6.9 16 4.2 2.5- 7.1 *** *** ***
Rural 847 709 81.7 78.1-84.8 58 7.9 5.7-10.7 38 4.7 3.2- 6.7 37 5.2 3.6- 7.5 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 774 640 79.8 75.9-83.1 61 8.7 6.5-11.6 37 5.7 3.9- 8.2 30 5.0 3.3- 7.5 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 331 282 85.0 79.7-89.1 23 7.4 4.5-11.9 *** *** *** 15 5.4 3.1- 9.3 *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 285 240 82.5 76.5-87.2 19 8.1 4.8-13.3 14 5.9 3.3-10.1 12 3.6 2.0- 6.4 *** *** ***

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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.

Sub-group estimates have been suppressed because they do not meet statistical reliability standards.

^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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