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 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
-Piedmont NC 5,157 255 3.4 2.9- 4.1 4,902 96.6 95.9-97.1
GENDER
Male 2,034 82 3.0 2.2- 4.0 1,952 97.0 96.0-97.8
Female 3,123 173 3.9 3.1- 4.8 2,950 96.1 95.2-96.9
RACE
White 3,722 185 3.1 2.5- 3.8 3,537 96.9 96.2-97.5
African American 1,004 58 4.9 3.4- 7.0 946 95.1 93.0-96.6
Other minorities 355 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 321 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 4,806 252 3.7 3.1- 4.4 4,554 96.3 95.6-96.9
AGE
18-34 835 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 1,605 49 3.0 2.1- 4.4 1,556 97.0 95.6-97.9
55-64 1,012 57 5.0 3.6- 7.0 955 95.0 93.0-96.4
65-74 902 59 5.9 4.2- 8.2 843 94.1 91.8-95.8
75+ 753 85 11.7 8.5-16.0 668 88.3 84.0-91.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 674 53 6.4 4.4- 9.2 621 93.6 90.8-95.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,379 93 4.5 3.4- 5.9 1,286 95.5 94.1-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,347 67 3.1 2.1- 4.4 1,280 96.9 95.6-97.9
College Graduate 1,751 41 1.1 0.7- 1.7 1,710 98.9 98.3-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 561 58 7.8 5.2-11.6 503 92.2 88.4-94.8
$15,000- 24,999 884 64 5.9 4.3- 8.1 820 94.1 91.9-95.7
$25,000- 34,999 476 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 601 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 1,611 27 1.0 0.6- 1.7 1,584 99.0 98.3-99.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,351 172 11.0 8.8-13.6 1,179 89.0 86.4-91.2
No 3,733 81 1.5 1.1- 2.0 3,652 98.5 98.0-98.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 577 38 4.4 3.0- 6.5 539 95.6 93.5-97.0
Non-Veteran 4,577 217 3.3 2.7- 4.0 4,360 96.7 96.0-97.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,868 110 4.3 3.3- 5.7 1,758 95.7 94.3-96.7
No 3,289 145 3.1 2.4- 3.9 3,144 96.9 96.1-97.6

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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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