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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*

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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
Western NC 598 66 9.3 7.2-12.0 532 90.7 88.0-92.8
GENDER
Male 224 28 10.0 6.7-14.5 196 90.0 85.5-93.3
Female 374 38 8.7 6.2-12.2 336 91.3 87.8-93.8
RACE
White 561 60 9.3 7.1-12.1 501 90.7 87.9-92.9
Other 34 6 10.5 4.2-24.0 28 89.5 76.0-95.8
AGE
18-44 214 6 2.7 1.2- 6.3 208 97.3 93.7-98.8
45+ 380 59 13.5 10.3-17.5 321 86.5 82.5-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 324 44 12.0 8.8-16.1 280 88.0 83.9-91.2
Some College + 270 22 6.1 3.8- 9.6 248 93.9 90.4-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 396 45 10.0 7.3-13.5 351 90.0 86.5-92.7
$50,000+ 106 6 4.7 2.0-10.6 100 95.3 89.4-98.0
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
Gaston 450 50 10.0 7.5-13.2 400 90.0 86.8-92.5
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

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*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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