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 skin cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,255 689 6.6 6.1- 7.2 6,566 93.4 92.8-93.9
-Piedmont NC 3,984 349 5.8 5.1- 6.5 3,635 94.2 93.5-94.9
GENDER
Male 1,727 158 5.7 4.8- 6.7 1,569 94.3 93.3-95.2
Female 2,257 191 5.9 5.0- 6.9 2,066 94.1 93.1-95.0
RACE
White 2,777 338 8.3 7.4- 9.4 2,439 91.7 90.6-92.6
African American 820 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other minorities 331 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 324 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,629 346 6.3 5.6- 7.1 3,283 93.7 92.9-94.4
AGE
18-34 745 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 1,199 34 2.5 1.8- 3.7 1,165 97.5 96.3-98.2
55-64 766 69 8.3 6.5-10.6 697 91.7 89.4-93.5
65-74 698 121 17.4 14.4-20.8 577 82.6 79.2-85.6
75+ 504 117 22.0 18.2-26.2 387 78.0 73.8-81.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 490 31 4.5 3.0- 6.6 459 95.5 93.4-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 80 5.3 4.2- 6.7 925 94.7 93.3-95.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,012 80 5.2 4.0- 6.7 932 94.8 93.3-96.0
College Graduate 1,460 158 7.7 6.5- 9.1 1,302 92.3 90.9-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 443 24 3.3 2.1- 5.3 419 96.7 94.7-97.9
$15,000- 24,999 620 41 4.4 3.1- 6.3 579 95.6 93.7-96.9
$25,000- 34,999 356 34 6.8 4.8- 9.7 322 93.2 90.3-95.2
$35,000- 49,999 433 43 6.9 4.9- 9.6 390 93.1 90.4-95.1
$50,000+ 1,342 129 6.2 5.0- 7.6 1,213 93.8 92.4-95.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 972 128 10.1 8.3-12.2 844 89.9 87.8-91.7
No 2,865 216 4.8 4.1- 5.6 2,649 95.2 94.4-95.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 471 79 11.9 9.3-15.1 392 88.1 84.9-90.7
Non-Veteran 3,504 270 5.1 4.4- 5.8 3,234 94.9 94.2-95.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,515 131 5.8 4.8- 7.1 1,384 94.2 92.9-95.2
No 2,469 218 5.8 4.9- 6.7 2,251 94.2 93.3-95.1

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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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