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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had any of the following:
A stroke?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,284 312 2.6 2.2- 3.0 8,972 97.4 97.0-97.8
-Eastern NC 3,249 120 2.7 2.2- 3.5 3,129 97.3 96.5-97.8
GENDER
Male 1,135 47 2.1 1.5- 3.1 1,088 97.9 96.9-98.5
Female 2,114 73 3.3 2.4- 4.5 2,041 96.7 95.5-97.6
RACE
White 2,036 77 2.7 2.0- 3.7 1,959 97.3 96.3-98.0
African American 956 39 3.5 2.3- 5.2 917 96.5 94.8-97.7
Other Minorities 241 4 1.0 0.3- 3.0 237 99.0 97.0-99.7
AGE
18-24 196 0 0.0 . - . 196 100 . - .
25-34 482 3 0.4 0.1- 1.1 479 99.6 98.9-99.9
35-44 590 4 0.8 0.2- 2.9 586 99.2 97.1-99.8
45-54 636 15 2.0 1.1- 3.7 621 98.0 96.3-98.9
55-64 554 33 3.9 2.6- 5.9 521 96.1 94.1-97.4
65-74 449 34 8.2 5.3-12.6 415 91.8 87.4-94.7
75+ 325 30 11.6 7.3-18.1 295 88.4 81.9-92.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 646 47 4.7 3.2- 7.0 599 95.3 93.0-96.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,086 38 2.9 1.9- 4.4 1,048 97.1 95.6-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 834 24 2.3 1.3- 3.9 810 97.7 96.1-98.7
College Graduate 679 11 1.4 0.7- 3.1 668 98.6 96.9-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 457 34 5.2 3.5- 7.8 423 94.8 92.2-96.5
$15,000- 24,999 647 28 3.5 2.0- 5.8 619 96.5 94.2-98.0
$25,000- 34,999 375 11 3.7 1.9- 7.2 364 96.3 92.8-98.1
$35,000- 49,999 418 9 2.0 0.8- 5.0 409 98.0 95.0-99.2
$50,000-74,999 330 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 327 99.6 98.7-99.9
$75,000+ 289 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 287 99.5 98.1-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 16 2.6 1.5- 4.3 432 97.4 95.7-98.5
Guilford 443 15 3.5 2.0- 6.1 428 96.5 93.9-98.0
Mecklenburg 443 11 1.6 0.8- 2.9 432 98.4 97.1-99.2
Orange 450 7 0.9 0.4- 2.0 443 99.1 98.0-99.6
Wake 444 13 2.6 1.3- 5.1 431 97.4 94.9-98.7
Chatham/Lee 393 17 2.8 1.7- 4.7 376 97.2 95.3-98.3
Nash/Wilson 369 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 356 97.3 95.2-98.5
Craven/Pamlico 447 14 3.2 1.8- 5.7 433 96.8 94.3-98.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 18 3.8 2.3- 6.4 410 96.2 93.6-97.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 14 2.0 1.1- 3.6 437 98.0 96.4-98.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 18 2.1 1.3- 3.5 453 97.9 96.5-98.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 420 9 1.2 0.6- 2.5 411 98.8 97.5-99.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 19 5.0 3.0- 8.0 449 95.0 92.0-97.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 409 12 2.2 1.1- 4.1 397 97.8 95.9-98.9
Northeast NC I 451 18 3.3 2.0- 5.5 433 96.7 94.5-98.0
Northeast NC II 503 27 4.0 2.7- 6.0 476 96.0 94.0-97.3
Northeastern Partnership 954 45 3.8 2.7- 5.2 909 96.2 94.8-97.3
Mountain AHEC 1,289 40 2.8 1.8- 4.4 1,249 97.2 95.6-98.2
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 3,985 127 2.4 1.8- 3.0 3,858 97.6 97.0-98.2
Western NC 2,050 65 2.9 1.9- 4.5 1,985 97.1 95.5-98.1

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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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