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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had any of the following?
Angina or coronary heart disease

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,973 280 4.5 3.8- 5.3 5,693 95.5 94.7-96.2
Western NC 597 34 4.4 3.1- 6.4 563 95.6 93.6-96.9
GENDER
Male 224 10 3.4 1.7- 6.5 214 96.6 93.5-98.3
Female 373 24 5.4 3.5- 8.4 349 94.6 91.6-96.5
RACE
White 561 33 4.7 3.2- 6.8 528 95.3 93.2-96.8
Other 33 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7 32 98.6 90.3-99.8
AGE
18-44 214 2 0.8 0.2- 3.7 212 99.2 96.3-99.8
45+ 379 31 6.7 4.5- 9.7 348 93.3 90.3-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 323 25 6.5 4.3- 9.9 298 93.5 90.1-95.7
Some College + 270 9 1.9 0.9- 3.9 261 98.1 96.1-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 396 24 5.0 3.2- 7.7 372 95.0 92.3-96.8
$50,000+ 106 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 105 99.1 94.1-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 404 12 3.1 1.7- 5.6 392 96.9 94.4-98.3
Cumberland 417 21 5.2 3.1- 8.5 396 94.8 91.5-96.9
Durham 386 18 3.5 2.1- 5.8 368 96.5 94.2-97.9
Forsyth 444 20 3.8 2.4- 6.1 424 96.2 93.9-97.6
Gaston 449 27 5.3 3.5- 7.9 422 94.7 92.1-96.5
Guilford 397 15 3.7 2.1- 6.4 382 96.3 93.6-97.9
Mecklenburg 417 15 3.4 2.0- 5.6 402 96.6 94.4-98.0
New Hanover 396 24 4.9 3.2- 7.5 372 95.1 92.5-96.8
Onslow 418 19 3.4 2.0- 5.8 399 96.6 94.2-98.0
Wake 411 10 2.1 1.1- 4.1 401 97.9 95.9-98.9
Western NC 597 34 4.4 3.1- 6.4 563 95.6 93.6-96.9
Piedmont NC 649 38 6.2 4.4- 8.6 611 93.8 91.4-95.6
Eastern NC 588 27 4.1 2.7- 6.3 561 95.9 93.7-97.3

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#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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