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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease

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A stroke

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,988 159 2.8 2.2- 3.5 5,829 97.2 96.5-97.8
Western NC 600 22 2.9 1.9- 4.6 578 97.1 95.4-98.1
GENDER
Male 224 10 3.6 1.9- 6.8 214 96.4 93.2-98.1
Female 376 12 2.3 1.3- 4.3 364 97.7 95.7-98.7
RACE
White 563 18 2.6 1.6- 4.3 545 97.4 95.7-98.4
Other 34 4 8.1 2.7-22.0 30 91.9 78.0-97.3
AGE
18-44 214 3 1.5 0.5- 4.9 211 98.5 95.1-99.5
45+ 382 19 3.9 2.4- 6.2 363 96.1 93.8-97.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 326 14 3.2 1.8- 5.5 312 96.8 94.5-98.2
Some College + 270 8 2.7 1.2- 5.7 262 97.3 94.3-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 397 14 3.0 1.7- 5.3 383 97.0 94.7-98.3
$50,000+ 106 3 1.5 0.5- 4.7 103 98.5 95.3-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 405 8 1.4 0.7- 3.0 397 98.6 97.0-99.3
Cumberland 417 6 1.2 0.5- 3.0 411 98.8 97.0-99.5
Durham 385 10 1.8 0.9- 3.4 375 98.2 96.6-99.1
Forsyth 446 11 1.7 0.9- 3.3 435 98.3 96.7-99.1
Gaston 450 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 437 97.3 95.2-98.5
Guilford 398 14 2.7 1.5- 4.8 384 97.3 95.2-98.5
Mecklenburg 416 6 1.1 0.5- 2.6 410 98.9 97.4-99.5
New Hanover 396 7 1.4 0.6- 3.1 389 98.6 96.9-99.4
Onslow 422 12 2.6 1.2- 5.3 410 97.4 94.7-98.8
Wake 411 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7 406 99.0 97.3-99.6
Western NC 600 22 2.9 1.9- 4.6 578 97.1 95.4-98.1
Piedmont NC 651 21 3.3 2.0- 5.5 630 96.7 94.5-98.0
Eastern NC 591 24 4.1 2.5- 6.6 567 95.9 93.4-97.5

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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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