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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Appalachian/Wilkes Counties

Cardiovascular Disease

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Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,281 3,145 32.1 30.6-33.6 6,136 67.9 66.4-69.4
-Appalachian/Wilkes 451 132 25.4 20.6-30.8 319 74.6 69.2-79.4
GENDER
Male 165 43 22.3 16.0-30.2 122 77.7 69.8-84.0
Female 286 89 27.8 21.2-35.5 197 72.2 64.5-78.8
RACE
White 430 128 25.7 20.7-31.3 302 74.3 68.7-79.3
Other 21 4 17.7 5.6-43.8 17 82.3 56.2-94.4
AGE
18-44 183 36 15.5 10.7-22.0 147 84.5 78.0-89.3
45+ 265 95 34.8 27.3-43.1 170 65.2 56.9-72.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 224 70 25.0 19.0-32.2 154 75.0 67.8-81.0
Some College + 225 60 23.6 17.3-31.5 165 76.4 68.5-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 77 21.9 16.6-28.3 195 78.1 71.7-83.4
$50,000+ 89 31 36.8 25.5-49.8 58 63.2 50.2-74.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 144 27.4 23.1-32.2 304 72.6 67.8-76.9
Guilford 443 157 34.4 29.4-39.8 286 65.6 60.2-70.6
Mecklenburg 444 162 31.8 27.0-37.2 282 68.2 62.8-73.0
Orange 450 114 25.5 19.1-33.1 336 74.5 66.9-80.9
Wake 443 151 36.1 30.8-41.9 292 63.9 58.1-69.2
Chatham/Lee 392 133 33.2 27.3-39.7 259 66.8 60.3-72.7
Nash/Wilson 370 143 39.0 33.1-45.2 227 61.0 54.8-66.9
Craven/Pamlico 447 144 28.6 24.1-33.6 303 71.4 66.4-75.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 158 36.7 30.9-42.9 269 63.3 57.1-69.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 176 35.0 28.3-42.4 294 65.0 57.6-71.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 133 27.6 18.6-38.9 288 72.4 61.1-81.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 166 32.5 27.9-37.4 302 67.5 62.6-72.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 147 34.2 28.7-40.3 263 65.8 59.7-71.3
Northeast NC I 449 164 32.0 27.0-37.5 285 68.0 62.5-73.0
Northeast NC II 502 178 30.7 26.3-35.5 324 69.3 64.5-73.7
Northeastern Partnership 951 342 31.2 27.8-34.8 609 68.8 65.2-72.2
Mountain AHEC 1,289 426 33.0 28.7-37.7 863 67.0 62.3-71.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,247 1,132 30.5 27.9-33.2 2,115 69.5 66.8-72.1
Piedmont 3,986 1,352 33.2 31.0-35.3 2,634 66.8 64.7-69.0
Western NC 2,048 661 30.9 27.6-34.5 1,387 69.1 65.5-72.4

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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