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 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
-Piedmont NC 3,995 185 3.6 3.0- 4.2 3,810 96.4 95.8-97.0
GENDER
Male 1,732 68 3.1 2.4- 4.1 1,664 96.9 95.9-97.6
Female 2,263 117 4.0 3.2- 5.0 2,146 96.0 95.0-96.8
RACE
White 2,789 135 3.7 3.0- 4.5 2,654 96.3 95.5-97.0
African American 819 39 3.9 2.7- 5.6 780 96.1 94.4-97.3
Other minorities 331 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 324 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 3,640 174 3.8 3.1- 4.5 3,466 96.2 95.5-96.9
AGE
18-34 746 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 1,200 33 3.3 2.3- 4.8 1,167 96.7 95.2-97.7
55-64 770 34 4.2 2.9- 6.1 736 95.8 93.9-97.1
65-74 703 59 8.4 6.3-11.0 644 91.6 89.0-93.7
75+ 504 54 11.2 8.4-14.8 450 88.8 85.2-91.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 493 41 6.5 4.5- 9.3 452 93.5 90.7-95.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,006 60 4.5 3.4- 6.0 946 95.5 94.0-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,014 47 3.2 2.3- 4.5 967 96.8 95.5-97.7
College Graduate 1,464 36 1.5 1.0- 2.1 1,428 98.5 97.9-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 446 34 6.9 4.5-10.5 412 93.1 89.5-95.5
$15,000- 24,999 621 41 5.1 3.6- 7.2 580 94.9 92.8-96.4
$25,000- 34,999 356 15 3.8 2.2- 6.5 341 96.2 93.5-97.8
$35,000- 49,999 435 16 2.8 1.6- 5.0 419 97.2 95.0-98.4
$50,000+ 1,343 32 1.8 1.2- 2.7 1,311 98.2 97.3-98.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 976 117 11.5 9.3-14.0 859 88.5 86.0-90.7
No 2,870 61 1.5 1.1- 2.0 2,809 98.5 98.0-98.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 472 25 4.6 2.9- 7.2 447 95.4 92.8-97.1
Non-Veteran 3,513 158 3.4 2.8- 4.1 3,355 96.6 95.9-97.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,522 69 3.2 2.5- 4.3 1,453 96.8 95.7-97.5
No 2,473 116 3.8 3.0- 4.7 2,357 96.2 95.3-97.0

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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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