2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you had a stroke?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,508 533 3.1 2.7- 3.6 10,975 96.9 96.4-97.3
-Eastern NC 3,127 154 3.1 2.3- 4.1 2,973 96.9 95.9-97.7
GENDER
Male 1,095 54 3.1 1.9- 5.2 1,041 96.9 94.8-98.1
Female 2,032 100 3.0 2.2- 4.1 1,932 97.0 95.9-97.8
RACE
White 2,089 107 3.5 2.5- 5.1 1,982 96.5 94.9-97.5
African American 693 35 2.4 1.4- 4.1 658 97.6 95.9-98.6
Other minorities 323 11 1.5 0.7- 3.3 312 98.5 96.7-99.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 163 *** *** *** 158 99.1 97.5-99.7
Non-Hispanic 2,953 149 3.2 2.4- 4.3 2,804 96.8 95.7-97.6
AGE
18-34 471 *** *** *** 467 99.4 97.8-99.8
35-54 943 30 1.9 1.0- 3.7 913 98.1 96.3-99.0
55-64 688 34 4.0 2.3- 6.9 654 96.0 93.1-97.7
65-74 542 42 8.2 5.2-12.8 500 91.8 87.2-94.8
75+ 447 44 10.1 5.1-19.1 403 89.9 80.9-94.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 441 32 6.8 3.7-12.2 409 93.2 87.8-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 974 53 2.3 1.6- 3.4 921 97.7 96.6-98.4
Some Post-H.S. 846 36 2.3 1.4- 3.7 810 97.7 96.3-98.6
College Graduate 861 32 1.9 1.2- 3.0 829 98.1 97.0-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 428 39 4.8 3.0- 7.5 389 95.2 92.5-97.0
$15,000- 24,999 522 36 6.8 3.7-12.2 486 93.2 87.8-96.3
$25,000- 34,999 301 12 2.0 0.9- 4.8 289 98.0 95.2-99.1
$35,000- 49,999 428 14 1.6 0.7- 3.7 414 98.4 96.3-99.3
$50,000+ 883 30 1.5 0.9- 2.3 853 98.5 97.7-99.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 965 94 7.2 5.2-10.0 871 92.8 90.0-94.8
No 2,009 49 1.6 0.9- 2.9 1,960 98.4 97.1-99.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 507 30 3.1 1.8- 5.5 477 96.9 94.5-98.2
Non-Veteran 2,618 124 3.0 2.2- 4.3 2,494 97.0 95.7-97.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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