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 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
-Piedmont NC 5,118 315 4.2 3.6- 4.8 4,803 95.8 95.2-96.4
GENDER
Male 2,013 143 4.9 4.0- 6.0 1,870 95.1 94.0-96.0
Female 3,105 172 3.5 2.9- 4.3 2,933 96.5 95.7-97.1
RACE
White 3,696 255 4.8 4.0- 5.6 3,441 95.2 94.4-96.0
African American 992 52 3.9 2.7- 5.6 940 96.1 94.4-97.3
Other minorities 354 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 321 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 4,766 305 4.3 3.7- 5.0 4,461 95.7 95.0-96.3
AGE
18-34 835 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 1,603 35 2.1 1.3- 3.3 1,568 97.9 96.7-98.7
55-64 1,007 67 5.9 4.4- 7.8 940 94.1 92.2-95.6
65-74 887 107 13.0 10.3-16.2 780 87.0 83.8-89.7
75+ 736 102 15.6 12.3-19.4 634 84.4 80.6-87.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 658 72 7.8 5.7-10.7 586 92.2 89.3-94.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,367 85 3.9 3.0- 5.1 1,282 96.1 94.9-97.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,344 82 3.7 2.8- 4.9 1,262 96.3 95.1-97.2
College Graduate 1,744 76 2.8 2.2- 3.7 1,668 97.2 96.3-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 550 57 6.8 4.6- 9.7 493 93.2 90.3-95.4
$15,000- 24,999 876 64 5.9 4.3- 8.1 812 94.1 91.9-95.7
$25,000- 34,999 472 41 6.0 4.1- 8.8 431 94.0 91.2-95.9
$35,000- 49,999 599 31 4.4 2.6- 7.4 568 95.6 92.6-97.4
$50,000+ 1,610 46 1.9 1.4- 2.6 1,564 98.1 97.4-98.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,327 171 10.6 8.7-12.9 1,156 89.4 87.1-91.3
No 3,718 142 2.5 2.1- 3.1 3,576 97.5 96.9-97.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 564 78 11.7 8.9-15.3 486 88.3 84.7-91.1
Non-Veteran 4,551 237 3.4 2.8- 4.0 4,314 96.6 96.0-97.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,849 131 5.4 4.2- 6.9 1,718 94.6 93.1-95.8
No 3,269 184 3.7 3.1- 4.4 3,085 96.3 95.6-96.9

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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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