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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 9,264 6,969 73.6 72.1-75.0 2,295 26.4 25.0-27.9
-Eastern NC 3,240 2,399 72.4 69.6-75.0 841 27.6 25.0-30.4
GENDER
Male 1,124 761 68.2 63.6-72.5 363 31.8 27.5-36.4
Female 2,116 1,638 76.1 72.8-79.1 478 23.9 20.9-27.2
RACE
White 2,029 1,482 70.4 66.9-73.7 547 29.6 26.3-33.1
African American 954 714 73.2 68.0-77.8 240 26.8 22.2-32.0
Other Minorities 241 189 83.5 72.8-90.5 52 16.5 9.5-27.2
AGE
18-24 195 135 68.2 57.0-77.7 60 31.8 22.3-43.0
25-34 479 327 71.0 64.6-76.7 152 29.0 23.3-35.4
35-44 591 420 67.7 61.0-73.7 171 32.3 26.3-39.0
45-54 634 481 74.2 68.0-79.6 153 25.8 20.4-32.0
55-64 552 445 78.6 72.2-83.9 107 21.4 16.1-27.8
65-74 452 345 78.0 71.6-83.3 107 22.0 16.7-28.4
75+ 320 232 73.1 65.1-79.8 88 26.9 20.2-34.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 643 470 72.2 66.1-77.6 173 27.8 22.4-33.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,083 772 67.8 62.6-72.6 311 32.2 27.4-37.4
Some Post-H.S. 831 609 71.0 65.1-76.3 222 29.0 23.7-34.9
College Graduate 679 545 81.1 76.2-85.2 134 18.9 14.8-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 458 337 62.3 53.1-70.7 121 37.7 29.3-46.9
$15,000- 24,999 648 464 72.0 65.6-77.6 184 28.0 22.4-34.4
$25,000- 34,999 374 279 70.6 62.4-77.8 95 29.4 22.2-37.6
$35,000- 49,999 417 315 73.7 66.3-80.0 102 26.3 20.0-33.7
$50,000-74,999 331 246 75.3 67.0-82.0 85 24.7 18.0-33.0
$75,000+ 286 226 77.0 68.6-83.7 60 23.0 16.3-31.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 340 75.7 70.6-80.1 106 24.3 19.9-29.4
Guilford 442 327 71.6 66.0-76.7 115 28.4 23.3-34.0
Mecklenburg 444 348 76.7 71.0-81.6 96 23.3 18.4-29.0
Orange 450 338 66.1 57.5-73.8 112 33.9 26.2-42.5
Wake 441 347 78.3 73.4-82.5 94 21.7 17.5-26.6
Chatham/Lee 393 299 69.4 62.2-75.7 94 30.6 24.3-37.8
Nash/Wilson 371 273 71.1 64.9-76.6 98 28.9 23.4-35.1
Craven/Pamlico 446 321 70.6 64.9-75.6 125 29.4 24.4-35.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 320 72.8 67.3-77.7 108 27.2 22.3-32.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 333 73.2 67.6-78.1 118 26.8 21.9-32.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 468 339 64.0 54.0-72.9 129 36.0 27.1-46.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 325 73.1 61.3-82.3 94 26.9 17.7-38.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 350 76.6 71.9-80.7 117 23.4 19.3-28.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 300 71.9 66.1-77.0 108 28.1 23.0-33.9
Northeast NC I 451 338 73.7 68.0-78.6 113 26.3 21.4-32.0
Northeast NC II 500 382 75.5 70.4-80.0 118 24.5 20.0-29.6
Northeastern Partnership 951 720 74.9 71.1-78.3 231 25.1 21.7-28.9
Mountain AHEC 1,282 1,010 77.7 73.0-81.8 272 22.3 18.2-27.0
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 3,980 2,988 73.4 71.3-75.5 992 26.6 24.5-28.7
Western NC 2,044 1,582 76.6 73.1-79.8 462 23.4 20.2-26.9

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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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