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 angina or coronary heart disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,219 492 5.0 4.5- 5.5 6,727 95.0 94.5-95.5
-Eastern NC 2,244 182 6.3 5.2- 7.5 2,062 93.7 92.5-94.8
GENDER
Male 928 82 7.0 5.2- 9.2 846 93.0 90.8-94.8
Female 1,316 100 5.6 4.4- 7.1 1,216 94.4 92.9-95.6
RACE
White 1,456 137 7.2 5.8- 8.8 1,319 92.8 91.2-94.2
African American 568 33 4.1 2.8- 6.2 535 95.9 93.8-97.2
Other minorities 194 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,105 178 6.5 5.4- 7.8 1,927 93.5 92.2-94.6
AGE
18-34 401 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 612 24 3.4 2.1- 5.3 588 96.6 94.7-97.9
55-64 513 47 10.6 7.5-14.9 466 89.4 85.1-92.5
65-74 420 54 13.4 9.9-18.0 366 86.6 82.0-90.1
75+ 276 53 19.4 14.4-25.7 223 80.6 74.3-85.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 288 42 13.9 9.6-19.8 246 86.1 80.2-90.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 686 54 5.4 3.9- 7.3 632 94.6 92.7-96.1
Some Post-H.S. 636 44 4.5 3.2- 6.3 592 95.5 93.7-96.8
College Graduate 625 42 4.3 3.0- 6.0 583 95.7 94.0-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 282 38 11.1 7.6-15.9 244 88.9 84.1-92.4
$15,000- 24,999 374 41 9.0 6.0-13.2 333 91.0 86.8-94.0
$25,000- 34,999 244 19 4.3 2.5- 7.3 225 95.7 92.7-97.5
$35,000- 49,999 267 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 642 44 6.0 4.0- 8.9 598 94.0 91.1-96.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 640 105 16.3 12.8-20.5 535 83.7 79.5-87.2
No 1,518 72 3.0 2.3- 3.9 1,446 97.0 96.1-97.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 368 38 6.8 4.7- 9.8 330 93.2 90.2-95.3
Non-Veteran 1,873 144 6.1 5.0- 7.6 1,729 93.9 92.4-95.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,874 155 6.2 5.1- 7.6 1,719 93.8 92.4-94.9
No 370 27 6.4 4.1- 9.8 343 93.6 90.2-95.9

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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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