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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,981 | 517 | 8.6 | 7.6- 9.8 | 5,464 | 91.4 | 90.2-92.4 |
| Gaston County | 450 | 50 | 10.0 | 7.5-13.2 | 400 | 90.0 | 86.8-92.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 172 | 25 | 12.6 | 8.4-18.4 | 147 | 87.4 | 81.6-91.6 |
| Female | 278 | 25 | 7.6 | 5.0-11.3 | 253 | 92.4 | 88.7-95.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 378 | 43 | 10.4 | 7.6-14.0 | 335 | 89.6 | 86.0-92.4 |
| Other | 70 | 7 | 8.7 | 4.0-18.1 | 63 | 91.3 | 81.9-96.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 215 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.7 | 211 | 98.7 | 96.3-99.5 |
| 45+ | 231 | 46 | 19.4 | 14.5-25.4 | 185 | 80.6 | 74.6-85.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 236 | 35 | 12.9 | 9.1-18.0 | 201 | 87.1 | 82.0-90.9 |
| Some College + | 214 | 15 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.7 | 199 | 92.9 | 88.3-95.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 259 | 30 | 10.9 | 7.5-15.6 | 229 | 89.1 | 84.4-92.5 |
| $50,000+ | 100 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 8.3 | 97 | 97.4 | 91.7-99.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 405 | 30 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.1 | 375 | 93.2 | 89.9-95.5 |
| Cumberland | 417 | 29 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.8 | 388 | 93.6 | 90.2-95.9 |
| Durham | 386 | 28 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.3 | 358 | 93.9 | 90.7-96.1 |
| Forsyth | 445 | 41 | 8.1 | 5.7-11.2 | 404 | 91.9 | 88.8-94.3 |
| Guilford | 397 | 38 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.7 | 359 | 91.6 | 88.3-94.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 417 | 23 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.7 | 394 | 94.9 | 92.3-96.7 |
| New Hanover | 396 | 35 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 | 361 | 93.1 | 90.2-95.2 |
| Onslow | 417 | 30 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.0 | 387 | 94.2 | 91.0-96.3 |
| Wake | 411 | 19 | 3.7 | 2.2- 5.9 | 392 | 96.3 | 94.1-97.8 |
| Western NC | 598 | 66 | 9.3 | 7.2-12.0 | 532 | 90.7 | 88.0-92.8 |
| Piedmont NC | 650 | 67 | 10.9 | 8.3-14.1 | 583 | 89.1 | 85.9-91.7 |
| Eastern NC | 592 | 61 | 9.9 | 7.4-13.1 | 531 | 90.1 | 86.9-92.6 |
*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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