2015 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 6,682 284 3.7 3.2- 4.2 6,398 96.3 95.8-96.8
-Eastern 2,196 110 4.3 3.5- 5.4 2,086 95.7 94.6-96.5
GENDER
Male 930 45 4.3 3.1- 5.9 885 95.7 94.1-96.9
Female 1,266 65 4.4 3.3- 5.8 1,201 95.6 94.2-96.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,353 66 4.4 3.3- 5.8 1,287 95.6 94.2-96.7
Non-Hispanic Black 571 38 5.5 3.8- 7.9 533 94.5 92.1-96.2
Other 239 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 395 *** *** *** 395 100 . - .
35-44 298 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 369 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 485 30 6.3 4.3- 9.3 455 93.7 90.7-95.7
65-74 367 21 7.8 4.8-12.3 346 92.2 87.7-95.2
75+ 254 35 15.7 10.8-22.3 219 84.3 77.7-89.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 248 20 6.4 3.9-10.5 228 93.6 89.5-96.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 707 39 4.6 3.2- 6.6 668 95.4 93.4-96.8
Some Post-H.S. 655 32 3.7 2.5- 5.4 623 96.3 94.6-97.5
College Graduate 578 19 3.2 2.0- 5.2 559 96.8 94.8-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 239 21 7.3 4.5-11.8 218 92.7 88.2-95.5
$15,000- 24,999 398 21 5.1 3.2- 8.2 377 94.9 91.8-96.8
$25,000- 34,999 185 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 241 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 276 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 401 14 3.8 2.2- 6.6 387 96.2 93.4-97.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 655 76 10.6 8.2-13.5 579 89.4 86.5-91.8
No 1,488 33 2.1 1.4- 3.0 1,455 97.9 97.0-98.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 366 20 4.9 3.0- 7.8 346 95.1 92.2-97.0
Non-Veteran 1,825 90 4.2 3.3- 5.4 1,735 95.8 94.6-96.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban 296 14 3.1 1.8- 5.3 282 96.9 94.7-98.2
Rural 1,733 92 4.8 3.8- 6.1 1,641 95.2 93.9-96.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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