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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Bladen/Columbus/Sampson Counties

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 9,265 517 4.2 3.6- 4.7 8,748 95.8 95.3-96.4
-Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 28 7.4 4.4-12.3 380 92.6 87.7-95.6
GENDER
Male 122 10 9.6 4.1-21.0 112 90.4 79.0-95.9
Female 286 18 5.7 3.5- 9.2 268 94.3 90.8-96.5
RACE
White 255 18 6.4 3.9-10.5 237 93.6 89.5-96.1
Other 153 10 8.9 3.4-21.3 143 91.1 78.7-96.6
AGE
18-44 146 1 3.7 0.5-21.8 145 96.3 78.2-99.5
45+ 261 27 10.3 6.8-15.4 234 89.7 84.6-93.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 21 9.5 5.1-17.1 235 90.5 82.9-94.9
Some College + 152 7 3.9 1.7- 8.8 145 96.1 91.2-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 20 8.7 4.6-16.0 251 91.3 84.0-95.4
$50,000+ 59 2 4.0 0.9-16.1 57 96.0 83.9-99.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 443 32 6.9 4.8-10.0 411 93.1 90.0-95.2
Guilford 443 18 3.8 2.3- 6.2 425 96.2 93.8-97.7
Mecklenburg 442 23 4.3 2.8- 6.7 419 95.7 93.3-97.2
Orange 450 12 2.1 1.2- 3.8 438 97.9 96.2-98.8
Wake 442 7 1.0 0.5- 2.3 435 99.0 97.7-99.5
Chatham/Lee 390 14 2.6 1.4- 4.7 376 97.4 95.3-98.6
Nash/Wilson 369 25 5.0 3.3- 7.6 344 95.0 92.4-96.7
Craven/Pamlico 447 33 5.5 3.8- 8.0 414 94.5 92.0-96.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 425 34 7.0 4.8-10.0 391 93.0 90.0-95.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 448 25 5.2 3.1- 8.7 423 94.8 91.3-96.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 32 4.8 2.8- 8.2 438 95.2 91.8-97.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 422 30 4.7 3.0- 7.1 392 95.3 92.9-97.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 32 5.6 3.8- 8.0 435 94.4 92.0-96.2
Northeast NC I 450 20 3.7 2.3- 6.0 430 96.3 94.0-97.7
Northeast NC II 503 31 4.6 3.1- 6.7 472 95.4 93.3-96.9
Northeastern Partnership 953 51 4.3 3.2- 5.8 902 95.7 94.2-96.8
Mountain AHEC 1,286 95 6.5 4.9- 8.5 1,191 93.5 91.5-95.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,246 198 4.4 3.6- 5.4 3,048 95.6 94.6-96.4
Piedmont 3,976 171 3.5 2.8- 4.3 3,805 96.5 95.7-97.2
Western NC 2,043 148 6.4 4.9- 8.1 1,895 93.6 91.9-95.1

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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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