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 a stroke?

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,844 469 3.7 3.2- 4.2 8,375 96.3 95.8-96.8
-Eastern NC 2,688 155 3.7 3.0- 4.6 2,533 96.3 95.4-97.0
GENDER
Male 1,021 48 3.2 2.2- 4.7 973 96.8 95.3-97.8
Female 1,667 107 4.1 3.2- 5.3 1,560 95.9 94.7-96.8
RACE
White 1,537 82 3.6 2.8- 4.8 1,455 96.4 95.2-97.2
African American 654 48 4.0 2.7- 5.9 606 96.0 94.1-97.3
Other minorities 453 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,564 152 3.8 3.0- 4.7 2,412 96.2 95.3-97.0
AGE
18-34 426 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 771 32 3.4 2.2- 5.3 739 96.6 94.7-97.8
55-64 584 44 6.5 4.5- 9.4 540 93.5 90.6-95.5
65-74 507 42 6.6 4.4- 9.8 465 93.4 90.2-95.6
75+ 371 34 8.3 5.1-13.2 337 91.7 86.8-94.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 385 41 6.7 4.3-10.2 344 93.3 89.8-95.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 802 48 3.6 2.4- 5.2 754 96.4 94.8-97.6
Some Post-H.S. 776 45 3.3 2.3- 4.8 731 96.7 95.2-97.7
College Graduate 722 21 2.0 1.1- 3.5 701 98.0 96.5-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 381 49 11.1 7.7-15.9 332 88.9 84.1-92.3
$15,000- 24,999 488 32 3.9 2.4- 6.2 456 96.1 93.8-97.6
$25,000- 34,999 281 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 319 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 706 15 2.0 1.1- 3.6 691 98.0 96.4-98.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 825 110 9.4 7.2-12.1 715 90.6 87.9-92.8
No 1,825 44 1.8 1.3- 2.6 1,781 98.2 97.4-98.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 444 24 4.0 2.4- 6.6 420 96.0 93.4-97.6
Non-Veteran 2,243 131 3.6 2.9- 4.6 2,112 96.4 95.4-97.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,979 112 3.7 2.9- 4.7 1,867 96.3 95.3-97.1
No 709 43 3.7 2.4- 5.5 666 96.3 94.5-97.6

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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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