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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 3,247 1,132 30.5 27.9-33.2 2,115 69.5 66.8-72.1
GENDER
Male 1,131 374 27.5 23.5-32.0 757 72.5 68.0-76.5
Female 2,116 758 33.2 30.0-36.6 1,358 66.8 63.4-70.0
RACE
White 2,034 658 29.2 26.0-32.6 1,376 70.8 67.4-74.0
African American 956 385 34.1 29.5-39.0 571 65.9 61.0-70.5
Other Minorities 241 88 33.2 23.3-45.0 153 66.8 55.0-76.7
AGE
18-24 197 47 19.6 11.8-30.8 150 80.4 69.2-88.2
25-34 481 118 18.3 13.9-23.7 363 81.7 76.3-86.1
35-44 591 186 31.7 25.7-38.3 405 68.3 61.7-74.3
45-54 635 227 33.4 27.5-39.9 408 66.6 60.1-72.5
55-64 553 264 46.1 39.9-52.5 289 53.9 47.5-60.1
65-74 450 184 44.1 37.2-51.3 266 55.9 48.7-62.8
75+ 322 97 25.2 19.0-32.6 225 74.8 67.4-81.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 643 248 30.6 25.0-36.8 395 69.4 63.2-75.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,086 379 31.5 27.2-36.1 707 68.5 63.9-72.8
Some Post-H.S. 834 282 29.8 24.5-35.7 552 70.2 64.3-75.5
College Graduate 680 222 29.9 24.7-35.7 458 70.1 64.3-75.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 457 203 39.0 31.8-46.7 254 61.0 53.3-68.2
$15,000- 24,999 648 212 25.8 20.9-31.5 436 74.2 68.5-79.1
$25,000- 34,999 374 132 31.9 24.7-40.1 242 68.1 59.9-75.3
$35,000- 49,999 418 159 31.2 25.1-38.0 259 68.8 62.0-74.9
$50,000-74,999 331 102 27.9 20.9-36.2 229 72.1 63.8-79.1
$75,000+ 289 93 32.8 24.6-42.3 196 67.2 57.7-75.4
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
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 132 25.4 20.6-30.8 319 74.6 69.2-79.4
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***
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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