2013 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 skin cancer?

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,840 905 7.0 6.4- 7.6 7,935 93.0 92.4-93.6
-Eastern NC 2,683 231 6.4 5.4- 7.6 2,452 93.6 92.4-94.6
GENDER
Male 1,018 88 6.3 4.8- 8.2 930 93.7 91.8-95.2
Female 1,665 143 6.6 5.3- 8.0 1,522 93.4 92.0-94.7
RACE
White 1,533 214 9.9 8.3-11.7 1,319 90.1 88.3-91.7
African American 654 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other minorities 452 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 109 *** *** *** 109 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,559 229 6.8 5.8- 8.1 2,330 93.2 91.9-94.2
AGE
18-34 427 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 770 33 4.7 3.1- 7.1 737 95.3 92.9-96.9
55-64 583 37 7.4 5.0-10.8 546 92.6 89.2-95.0
65-74 505 72 14.9 11.3-19.5 433 85.1 80.5-88.7
75+ 369 81 23.0 17.8-29.2 288 77.0 70.8-82.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 385 20 4.4 2.5- 7.5 365 95.6 92.5-97.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 799 69 6.5 4.9- 8.6 730 93.5 91.4-95.1
Some Post-H.S. 775 70 7.4 5.5- 9.9 705 92.6 90.1-94.5
College Graduate 721 72 6.4 4.8- 8.5 649 93.6 91.5-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 381 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 487 44 6.1 4.2- 8.8 443 93.9 91.2-95.8
$25,000- 34,999 281 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 319 36 10.2 6.7-15.2 283 89.8 84.8-93.3
$50,000+ 704 69 6.9 5.1- 9.1 635 93.1 90.9-94.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 823 95 10.1 7.7-13.0 728 89.9 87.0-92.3
No 1,822 135 5.3 4.3- 6.5 1,687 94.7 93.5-95.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 443 50 7.8 5.5-11.1 393 92.2 88.9-94.5
Non-Veteran 2,239 181 6.1 5.1- 7.4 2,058 93.9 92.6-94.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,974 158 6.6 5.4- 7.9 1,816 93.4 92.1-94.6
No 709 73 5.9 4.4- 7.9 636 94.1 92.1-95.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

**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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