2014 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 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
-Piedmont NC 3,993 327 5.8 5.1- 6.6 3,666 94.2 93.4-94.9
GENDER
Male 1,734 109 4.5 3.6- 5.6 1,625 95.5 94.4-96.4
Female 2,259 218 7.1 6.1- 8.3 2,041 92.9 91.7-93.9
RACE
White 2,788 262 7.0 6.1- 8.1 2,526 93.0 91.9-93.9
African American 820 52 3.6 2.6- 4.9 768 96.4 95.1-97.4
Other minorities 329 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 324 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,638 321 6.3 5.6- 7.2 3,317 93.7 92.8-94.4
AGE
18-34 745 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 1,200 45 3.8 2.7- 5.2 1,155 96.2 94.8-97.3
55-64 768 78 9.5 7.5-12.0 690 90.5 88.0-92.5
65-74 703 117 17.1 14.1-20.6 586 82.9 79.4-85.9
75+ 505 82 16.0 12.7-20.0 423 84.0 80.0-87.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 490 43 6.9 4.8- 9.7 447 93.1 90.3-95.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,009 84 6.0 4.7- 7.6 925 94.0 92.4-95.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,012 87 5.8 4.6- 7.4 925 94.2 92.6-95.4
College Graduate 1,464 113 5.2 4.2- 6.4 1,351 94.8 93.6-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 443 48 8.3 5.8-11.7 395 91.7 88.3-94.2
$15,000- 24,999 622 51 5.9 4.3- 8.1 571 94.1 91.9-95.7
$25,000- 34,999 356 31 5.7 3.8- 8.4 325 94.3 91.6-96.2
$35,000- 49,999 435 33 5.0 3.4- 7.3 402 95.0 92.7-96.6
$50,000+ 1,343 96 5.2 4.2- 6.5 1,247 94.8 93.5-95.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 975 145 12.3 10.2-14.8 830 87.7 85.2-89.8
No 2,869 168 4.1 3.4- 4.8 2,701 95.9 95.2-96.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 473 53 8.6 6.3-11.7 420 91.4 88.3-93.7
Non-Veteran 3,510 272 5.5 4.8- 6.3 3,238 94.5 93.7-95.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,523 115 5.4 4.4- 6.7 1,408 94.6 93.3-95.6
No 2,470 212 6.1 5.2- 7.1 2,258 93.9 92.9-94.8

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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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