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 angina or coronary heart disease?

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,776 573 4.6 4.1- 5.1 8,203 95.4 94.9-95.9
-Eastern NC 2,665 192 5.4 4.5- 6.5 2,473 94.6 93.5-95.5
GENDER
Male 1,014 88 6.1 4.6- 7.9 926 93.9 92.1-95.4
Female 1,651 104 4.8 3.6- 6.2 1,547 95.2 93.8-96.4
RACE
White 1,524 122 6.0 4.8- 7.5 1,402 94.0 92.5-95.2
African American 653 38 4.7 3.1- 7.0 615 95.3 93.0-96.9
Other minorities 444 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,542 187 5.6 4.6- 6.8 2,355 94.4 93.2-95.4
AGE
18-34 426 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 769 37 4.1 2.8- 6.1 732 95.9 93.9-97.2
55-64 582 48 8.4 5.7-12.2 534 91.6 87.8-94.3
65-74 501 49 12.1 8.5-16.9 452 87.9 83.1-91.5
75+ 358 54 15.5 10.8-21.7 304 84.5 78.3-89.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 376 33 8.2 5.2-12.7 343 91.8 87.3-94.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 790 51 4.8 3.3- 7.0 739 95.2 93.0-96.7
Some Post-H.S. 775 60 4.5 3.3- 6.2 715 95.5 93.8-96.7
College Graduate 722 48 5.6 3.9- 8.0 674 94.4 92.0-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 375 33 8.4 5.2-13.3 342 91.6 86.7-94.8
$15,000- 24,999 484 34 4.2 2.5- 6.9 450 95.8 93.1-97.5
$25,000- 34,999 280 17 6.7 3.7-11.7 263 93.3 88.3-96.3
$35,000- 49,999 317 30 6.5 4.0-10.4 287 93.5 89.6-96.0
$50,000+ 705 40 4.2 2.9- 6.2 665 95.8 93.8-97.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 809 123 13.7 10.8-17.4 686 86.3 82.6-89.2
No 1,819 65 2.6 1.9- 3.5 1,754 97.4 96.5-98.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 443 45 6.4 4.3- 9.2 398 93.6 90.8-95.7
Non-Veteran 2,221 147 5.2 4.2- 6.5 2,074 94.8 93.5-95.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,959 145 5.8 4.7- 7.1 1,814 94.2 92.9-95.3
No 706 47 3.8 2.6- 5.4 659 96.2 94.6-97.4

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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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