2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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 any other types of cancer?

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,844 817 6.3 5.8- 6.9 8,027 93.7 93.1-94.2
-Piedmont NC 5,161 491 6.7 6.0- 7.6 4,670 93.3 92.4-94.0
GENDER
Male 2,032 160 5.3 4.3- 6.4 1,872 94.7 93.6-95.7
Female 3,129 331 8.1 7.0- 9.3 2,798 91.9 90.7-93.0
RACE
White 3,725 402 7.5 6.6- 8.5 3,323 92.5 91.5-93.4
African American 1,005 74 6.6 4.8- 9.0 931 93.4 91.0-95.2
Other minorities 355 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 321 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 4,809 481 7.2 6.4- 8.1 4,328 92.8 91.9-93.6
AGE
18-34 836 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 1,607 77 4.2 3.2- 5.5 1,530 95.8 94.5-96.8
55-64 1,011 96 9.9 7.8-12.6 915 90.1 87.4-92.2
65-74 902 135 14.4 11.7-17.5 767 85.6 82.5-88.3
75+ 755 170 26.5 22.1-31.3 585 73.5 68.7-77.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 674 69 6.4 4.7- 8.7 605 93.6 91.3-95.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,379 126 6.7 5.4- 8.3 1,253 93.3 91.7-94.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,352 139 7.4 6.0- 9.2 1,213 92.6 90.8-94.0
College Graduate 1,750 156 6.2 5.0- 7.6 1,594 93.8 92.4-95.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 560 55 6.9 4.9- 9.7 505 93.1 90.3-95.1
$15,000- 24,999 886 103 9.0 7.1-11.4 783 91.0 88.6-92.9
$25,000- 34,999 477 49 7.5 5.0-11.2 428 92.5 88.8-95.0
$35,000- 49,999 602 47 5.4 3.6- 8.0 555 94.6 92.0-96.4
$50,000+ 1,610 127 5.5 4.4- 6.9 1,483 94.5 93.1-95.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,353 206 13.3 11.1-15.8 1,147 86.7 84.2-88.9
No 3,735 278 5.0 4.3- 5.8 3,457 95.0 94.2-95.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 576 82 10.8 8.3-13.8 494 89.2 86.2-91.7
Non-Veteran 4,582 409 6.3 5.6- 7.2 4,173 93.7 92.8-94.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,869 162 6.0 5.0- 7.3 1,707 94.0 92.7-95.0
No 3,292 329 7.0 6.1- 8.1 2,963 93.0 91.9-93.9

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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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