2014 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 any other types of cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,267 621 6.2 5.6- 6.8 6,646 93.8 93.2-94.4
-Eastern NC 2,266 187 6.0 5.1- 7.1 2,079 94.0 92.9-94.9
GENDER
Male 945 65 4.7 3.6- 6.2 880 95.3 93.8-96.4
Female 1,321 122 7.1 5.8- 8.8 1,199 92.9 91.2-94.2
RACE
White 1,469 149 7.6 6.3- 9.2 1,320 92.4 90.8-93.7
African American 576 31 3.5 2.3- 5.2 545 96.5 94.8-97.7
Other minorities 195 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,127 185 6.3 5.4- 7.5 1,942 93.7 92.5-94.6
AGE
18-34 401 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 615 20 3.5 2.2- 5.7 595 96.5 94.3-97.8
55-64 523 45 7.9 5.8-10.7 478 92.1 89.3-94.2
65-74 423 55 13.2 9.7-17.6 368 86.8 82.4-90.3
75+ 282 60 21.4 16.5-27.4 222 78.6 72.6-83.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 292 24 6.0 3.8- 9.3 268 94.0 90.7-96.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 699 57 5.9 4.4- 7.9 642 94.1 92.1-95.6
Some Post-H.S. 639 50 5.5 3.9- 7.6 589 94.5 92.4-96.1
College Graduate 627 56 7.1 5.3- 9.5 571 92.9 90.5-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 287 20 5.3 3.1- 8.8 267 94.7 91.2-96.9
$15,000- 24,999 377 32 6.5 4.3- 9.9 345 93.5 90.1-95.7
$25,000- 34,999 247 26 7.7 4.9-12.0 221 92.3 88.0-95.1
$35,000- 49,999 267 23 6.1 3.8- 9.7 244 93.9 90.3-96.2
$50,000+ 648 43 4.6 3.3- 6.4 605 95.4 93.6-96.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 653 84 10.3 8.1-13.1 569 89.7 86.9-91.9
No 1,524 100 4.8 3.8- 6.0 1,424 95.2 94.0-96.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 374 30 6.6 4.4- 9.8 344 93.4 90.2-95.6
Non-Veteran 1,889 157 5.9 4.9- 7.1 1,732 94.1 92.9-95.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,892 159 6.1 5.1- 7.3 1,733 93.9 92.7-94.9
No 374 28 5.3 3.5- 8.0 346 94.7 92.0-96.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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