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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 2,952 29.8 28.4-31.3 6,329 70.2 68.7-71.6
-Eastern NC 3,248 1,094 29.8 27.3-32.4 2,154 70.2 67.6-72.7
GENDER
Male 1,133 360 26.7 22.9-30.8 773 73.3 69.2-77.1
Female 2,115 734 32.6 29.5-36.0 1,381 67.4 64.0-70.5
RACE
White 2,036 622 27.6 24.6-30.7 1,414 72.4 69.3-75.4
African American 956 388 35.3 30.6-40.3 568 64.7 59.7-69.4
Other Minorities 240 83 33.6 23.3-45.8 157 66.4 54.2-76.7
AGE
18-24 196 47 16.0 10.4-23.8 149 84.0 76.2-89.6
25-34 481 118 22.3 16.9-28.8 363 77.7 71.2-83.1
35-44 587 163 28.1 22.4-34.6 424 71.9 65.4-77.6
45-54 636 214 32.5 26.6-39.0 422 67.5 61.0-73.4
55-64 555 253 41.8 35.8-48.0 302 58.2 52.0-64.2
65-74 452 179 43.9 37.0-51.0 273 56.1 49.0-63.0
75+ 323 114 33.4 26.1-41.7 209 66.6 58.3-73.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 645 258 35.1 29.0-41.8 387 64.9 58.2-71.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,087 370 29.8 25.7-34.3 717 70.2 65.7-74.3
Some Post-H.S. 833 267 28.5 23.9-33.6 566 71.5 66.4-76.1
College Graduate 679 198 27.1 22.0-32.9 481 72.9 67.1-78.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 458 212 41.2 33.8-49.0 246 58.8 51.0-66.2
$15,000- 24,999 649 218 28.0 22.6-34.1 431 72.0 65.9-77.4
$25,000- 34,999 375 126 32.1 24.9-40.2 249 67.9 59.8-75.1
$35,000- 49,999 417 135 27.2 21.5-33.7 282 72.8 66.3-78.5
$50,000-74,999 330 94 29.1 21.9-37.7 236 70.9 62.3-78.1
$75,000+ 289 84 29.6 21.5-39.1 205 70.4 60.9-78.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 138 27.2 22.8-32.0 310 72.8 68.0-77.2
Guilford 442 133 30.7 25.9-36.1 309 69.3 63.9-74.1
Mecklenburg 444 154 30.0 25.3-35.3 290 70.0 64.7-74.7
Orange 450 104 24.0 18.2-31.0 346 76.0 69.0-81.8
Wake 442 138 32.4 27.2-38.1 304 67.6 61.9-72.8
Chatham/Lee 392 125 30.4 24.6-36.8 267 69.6 63.2-75.4
Nash/Wilson 370 130 35.8 30.0-42.1 240 64.2 57.9-70.0
Craven/Pamlico 448 129 27.0 22.4-32.2 319 73.0 67.8-77.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 140 31.9 26.3-38.1 288 68.1 61.9-73.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 120 22.9 18.3-28.3 329 77.1 71.7-81.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 469 168 31.7 25.5-38.6 301 68.3 61.4-74.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 131 28.7 19.6-40.0 290 71.3 60.0-80.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 167 31.7 27.2-36.5 301 68.3 63.5-72.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 409 147 33.6 28.0-39.6 262 66.4 60.4-72.0
Northeast NC I 452 172 34.1 28.8-39.8 280 65.9 60.2-71.2
Northeast NC II 503 167 29.9 25.5-34.6 336 70.1 65.4-74.5
Northeastern Partnership 955 339 31.3 27.9-35.0 616 68.7 65.0-72.1
Mountain AHEC 1,288 403 29.4 25.8-33.2 885 70.6 66.8-74.2
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 3,986 1,240 30.2 28.1-32.3 2,746 69.8 67.7-71.9
Western NC 2,047 618 28.5 25.5-31.7 1,429 71.5 68.3-74.5

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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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