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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease

After you left the hospital following your heart attack or stroke,did you go to any kind of outpatient rehabilitation? This is sometimes called 'rehab'*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 707 194 31.3 26.3-36.9 513 68.7 63.1-73.7
-Eastern NC 252 64 28.0 20.8-36.5 188 72.0 63.5-79.2
GENDER
Male 120 37 32.3 22.0-44.8 83 67.7 55.2-78.0
Female 132 27 23.8 14.7-36.1 105 76.2 63.9-85.3
RACE
White 177 48 31.3 22.3-41.9 129 68.7 58.1-77.7
African American 64 15 20.8 11.7-34.3 49 79.2 65.7-88.3
Other Minorities 11 1 9.7 1.2-48.3 10 90.3 51.7-98.8
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 4 1 8.3 0.8-51.1 3 91.7 48.9-99.2
35-44 8 1 6.4 0.8-38.1 7 93.6 61.9-99.2
45-54 38 12 27.7 13.6-48.4 26 72.3 51.6-86.4
55-64 64 17 30.7 18.2-46.8 47 69.3 53.2-81.8
65-74 75 17 26.0 14.1-42.9 58 74.0 57.1-85.9
75+ 61 16 35.7 20.2-55.0 45 64.3 45.0-79.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 98 22 21.8 13.6-33.2 76 78.2 66.8-86.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 83 24 32.0 19.2-48.3 59 68.0 51.7-80.8
Some Post-H.S. 42 9 27.3 12.5-49.8 33 72.7 50.2-87.5
College Graduate 29 9 33.2 14.2-59.8 20 66.8 40.2-85.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 63 15 36.2 20.5-55.5 48 63.8 44.5-79.5
$15,000- 24,999 56 17 26.0 14.5-42.1 39 74.0 57.9-85.5
$25,000- 34,999 26 3 6.8 1.8-22.3 23 93.2 77.7-98.2
$35,000- 49,999 26 11 55.1 30.3-77.6 15 44.9 22.4-69.7
$50,000-74,999 13 1 6.3 0.8-34.8 12 93.7 65.2-99.2
$75,000+ 4 2 56.9 14.3-91.3 2 43.1 8.7-85.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 47 13 32.4 19.0-49.3 34 67.6 50.7-81.0
Guilford 38 11 25.9 13.6-43.8 27 74.1 56.2-86.4
Mecklenburg 32 7 31.0 15.0-53.5 25 69.0 46.5-85.0
Orange 16 2 13.9 3.3-43.2 14 86.1 56.8-96.7
Wake 22 7 35.4 15.0-63.1 15 64.6 36.9-85.0
Chatham/Lee 28 6 22.2 9.5-43.7 22 77.8 56.3-90.5
Nash/Wilson 27 7 18.6 8.5-36.0 20 81.4 64.0-91.5
Craven/Pamlico 32 5 21.0 8.6-42.9 27 79.0 57.1-91.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 47 14 27.7 15.9-43.7 33 72.3 56.3-84.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 36 13 38.5 23.4-56.2 23 61.5 43.8-76.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 38 9 28.5 15.0-47.3 29 71.5 52.7-85.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 32 8 24.9 12.3-44.0 24 75.1 56.0-87.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 43 14 36.8 22.7-53.5 29 63.2 46.5-77.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 32 7 19.5 8.6-38.4 25 80.5 61.6-91.4
Northeast NC I 31 7 25.6 11.9-46.6 24 74.4 53.4-88.1
Northeast NC II 50 12 27.6 15.9-43.4 38 72.4 56.6-84.1
Northeastern Partnership 81 19 27.0 17.3-39.6 62 73.0 60.4-82.7
Mountain AHEC 111 33 33.9 23.0-47.0 78 66.1 53.0-77.0
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 273 72 31.0 23.8-39.3 201 69.0 60.7-76.2
Western NC 182 58 37.5 25.6-51.1 124 62.5 48.9-74.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported having had a heart attack or stroke.

^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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