2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Health

Do you take aspirin daily or every other day?*

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,918 1,388 27.1 25.4-28.9 2,530 72.9 71.1-74.6
-Eastern NC 1,186 446 28.6 25.3-32.2 740 71.4 67.8-74.7
GENDER
Male 436 181 30.2 24.9-35.9 255 69.8 64.1-75.1
Female 750 265 27.2 23.2-31.6 485 72.8 68.4-76.8
RACE
White 684 261 29.4 25.4-33.7 423 70.6 66.3-74.6
African American 291 106 25.1 19.3-32.0 185 74.9 68.0-80.7
Other minorities 197 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,128 436 29.3 26.0-32.9 692 70.7 67.1-74.0
AGE
18-34 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 361 84 23.8 18.2-30.5 277 76.2 69.5-81.8
55-64 263 124 44.4 36.6-52.4 139 55.6 47.6-63.4
65-74 232 129 61.1 52.5-69.0 103 38.9 31.0-47.5
75+ 159 93 67.8 57.8-76.4 66 32.2 23.6-42.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 346 141 29.9 24.0-36.5 205 70.1 63.5-76.0
Some Post-H.S. 362 126 24.5 19.4-30.3 236 75.5 69.7-80.6
College Graduate 303 100 27.5 21.8-33.9 203 72.5 66.1-78.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 231 97 33.2 25.7-41.6 134 66.8 58.4-74.3
$25,000- 34,999 123 41 21.1 13.9-30.8 82 78.9 69.2-86.1
$35,000- 49,999 128 41 26.0 17.4-36.9 87 74.0 63.1-82.6
$50,000+ 313 93 23.0 17.7-29.3 220 77.0 70.7-82.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 384 188 43.7 36.8-50.8 196 56.3 49.2-63.2
No 794 255 23.1 19.5-27.1 539 76.9 72.9-80.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 178 77 34.4 26.5-43.4 101 65.6 56.6-73.5
Non-Veteran 1,008 369 27.5 23.9-31.4 639 72.5 68.6-76.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 878 339 30.3 26.4-34.5 539 69.7 65.5-73.6
No 308 107 22.1 16.7-28.6 201 77.9 71.4-83.3

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*Asked of all respondents.

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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