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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,161 6,667 71.4 69.8-72.9 2,494 28.6 27.1-30.2
-Eastern NC 3,192 2,273 68.6 65.7-71.4 919 31.4 28.6-34.3
GENDER
Male 1,105 718 63.2 58.3-67.9 387 36.8 32.1-41.7
Female 2,087 1,555 73.5 70.1-76.6 532 26.5 23.4-29.9
RACE
White 2,006 1,442 69.2 65.5-72.6 564 30.8 27.4-34.5
African American 936 667 68.5 63.1-73.5 269 31.5 26.5-36.9
Other Minorities 234 155 68.5 56.9-78.1 79 31.5 21.9-43.1
AGE
18-24 192 107 53.9 42.4-64.9 85 46.1 35.1-57.6
25-34 472 298 65.4 58.3-71.8 174 34.6 28.2-41.7
35-44 585 412 72.5 66.6-77.7 173 27.5 22.3-33.4
45-54 626 466 70.3 63.3-76.4 160 29.7 23.6-36.7
55-64 542 429 76.8 70.3-82.3 113 23.2 17.7-29.7
65-74 443 325 75.4 68.6-81.2 118 24.6 18.8-31.4
75+ 314 220 64.9 56.4-72.6 94 35.1 27.4-43.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 629 414 62.5 55.5-69.0 215 37.5 31.0-44.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,057 730 66.9 61.8-71.6 327 33.1 28.4-38.2
Some Post-H.S. 826 602 69.0 62.8-74.7 224 31.0 25.3-37.2
College Graduate 676 524 75.6 69.7-80.6 152 24.4 19.4-30.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 448 311 64.9 56.5-72.4 137 35.1 27.6-43.5
$15,000- 24,999 635 435 66.2 59.1-72.6 200 33.8 27.4-40.9
$25,000- 34,999 365 257 66.7 58.3-74.2 108 33.3 25.8-41.7
$35,000- 49,999 414 298 65.5 57.7-72.6 116 34.5 27.4-42.3
$50,000-74,999 329 252 77.9 67.6-85.7 77 22.1 14.3-32.4
$75,000+ 287 229 74.1 63.8-82.3 58 25.9 17.7-36.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 443 321 70.1 64.6-75.0 122 29.9 25.0-35.4
Guilford 439 328 72.7 67.2-77.6 111 27.3 22.4-32.8
Mecklenburg 442 326 70.4 64.0-76.0 116 29.6 24.0-36.0
Orange 449 329 62.2 53.9-69.9 120 37.8 30.1-46.1
Wake 439 339 77.1 72.1-81.4 100 22.9 18.6-27.9
Chatham/Lee 390 285 67.9 60.8-74.2 105 32.1 25.8-39.2
Nash/Wilson 366 256 68.0 61.7-73.6 110 32.0 26.4-38.3
Craven/Pamlico 443 313 67.6 61.9-72.9 130 32.4 27.1-38.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 420 307 72.7 67.3-77.5 113 27.3 22.5-32.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 321 67.3 60.3-73.7 128 32.7 26.3-39.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 464 328 71.7 65.0-77.5 136 28.3 22.5-35.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 413 305 62.0 48.3-74.0 108 38.0 26.0-51.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 458 325 69.3 64.0-74.1 133 30.7 25.9-36.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 401 277 65.8 59.7-71.5 124 34.2 28.5-40.3
Northeast NC I 441 310 65.4 58.1-72.1 131 34.6 27.9-41.9
Northeast NC II 495 370 71.5 66.2-76.3 125 28.5 23.7-33.8
Northeastern Partnership 936 680 69.4 65.1-73.4 256 30.6 26.6-34.9
Mountain AHEC 1,270 948 71.6 66.7-76.0 322 28.4 24.0-33.3
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 3,947 2,894 72.9 70.8-74.8 1,053 27.1 25.2-29.2
Western NC 2,022 1,500 71.3 67.5-74.8 522 28.7 25.2-32.5

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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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