2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,293 778 24.6 22.5-26.8 1,515 75.4 73.2-77.5
GENDER
Male 868 333 28.1 24.7-31.7 535 71.9 68.3-75.3
Female 1,425 445 21.5 19.0-24.2 980 78.5 75.8-81.0
RACE
White 1,654 592 26.6 24.0-29.4 1,062 73.4 70.6-76.0
African American 442 157 26.4 21.5-32.0 285 73.6 68.0-78.5
Other minorities 173 22 8.6 5.1-14.2 151 91.4 85.8-94.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,143 762 26.0 23.8-28.4 1,381 74.0 71.6-76.2
AGE
18-34 314 14 4.3 2.4- 7.6 300 95.7 92.4-97.6
35-54 712 124 15.4 12.4-18.8 588 84.6 81.2-87.6
55-64 467 207 46.3 40.2-52.5 260 53.7 47.5-59.8
65-74 436 239 54.9 48.6-61.0 197 45.1 39.0-51.4
75+ 346 191 58.9 52.0-65.5 155 41.1 34.5-48.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 297 110 29.5 23.5-36.4 187 70.5 63.6-76.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 646 257 31.5 27.0-36.4 389 68.5 63.6-73.0
Some Post-H.S. 621 193 18.8 15.6-22.5 428 81.2 77.5-84.4
College Graduate 727 217 21.8 18.4-25.7 510 78.2 74.3-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 277 102 33.1 25.9-41.2 175 66.9 58.8-74.1
$15,000- 24,999 391 155 29.7 24.3-35.7 236 70.3 64.3-75.7
$25,000- 34,999 201 79 30.8 23.1-39.7 122 69.2 60.3-76.9
$35,000- 49,999 269 93 24.7 18.9-31.6 176 75.3 68.4-81.1
$50,000+ 700 195 19.3 16.2-22.8 505 80.7 77.2-83.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 632 280 38.0 32.9-43.3 352 62.0 56.7-67.1
No 1,648 492 20.9 18.7-23.3 1,156 79.1 76.7-81.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 256 134 42.4 34.8-50.5 122 57.6 49.5-65.2
Non-Veteran 2,037 644 22.7 20.5-25.0 1,393 77.3 75.0-79.5
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 841 315 29.5 25.6-33.7 526 70.5 66.3-74.4
No 1,452 463 22.8 20.3-25.4 989 77.2 74.6-79.7

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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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