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 a stroke?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,266 366 3.7 3.3- 4.2 6,900 96.3 95.8-96.7
-Eastern NC 2,265 127 4.1 3.3- 5.0 2,138 95.9 95.0-96.7
GENDER
Male 947 56 4.7 3.5- 6.4 891 95.3 93.6-96.5
Female 1,318 71 3.4 2.6- 4.5 1,247 96.6 95.5-97.4
RACE
White 1,465 73 3.4 2.6- 4.5 1,392 96.6 95.5-97.4
African American 577 37 4.8 3.3- 6.9 540 95.2 93.1-96.7
Other minorities 197 16 6.8 3.8-11.9 181 93.2 88.1-96.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,125 124 4.2 3.4- 5.2 2,001 95.8 94.8-96.6
AGE
18-34 402 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 616 21 2.9 1.8- 4.8 595 97.1 95.2-98.2
55-64 521 39 6.4 4.5- 8.9 482 93.6 91.1-95.5
65-74 424 31 8.2 5.5-12.1 393 91.8 87.9-94.5
75+ 280 33 13.2 9.0-18.8 247 86.8 81.2-91.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 291 27 6.9 4.5-10.6 264 93.1 89.4-95.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 697 48 4.8 3.5- 6.6 649 95.2 93.4-96.5
Some Post-H.S. 640 27 2.9 1.9- 4.4 613 97.1 95.6-98.1
College Graduate 628 25 2.4 1.5- 3.7 603 97.6 96.3-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 288 33 9.4 6.3-13.7 255 90.6 86.3-93.7
$15,000- 24,999 374 27 5.7 3.7- 8.8 347 94.3 91.2-96.3
$25,000- 34,999 246 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 267 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 649 14 1.4 0.8- 2.5 635 98.6 97.5-99.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 652 82 10.8 8.4-13.7 570 89.2 86.3-91.6
No 1,524 44 2.0 1.4- 2.8 1,480 98.0 97.2-98.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 375 22 4.9 3.1- 7.8 353 95.1 92.2-96.9
Non-Veteran 1,887 105 3.9 3.1- 4.9 1,782 96.1 95.1-96.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,890 115 4.4 3.5- 5.4 1,775 95.6 94.6-96.5
No 375 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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