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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,817 1,231 70.4 67.1-73.5 586 29.6 26.5-32.9
GENDER
Male 581 404 75.6 70.2-80.3 177 24.4 19.7-29.8
Female 1,236 827 66.4 62.2-70.4 409 33.6 29.6-37.8
AGE
18-24 137 99 79.1 68.6-86.8 38 20.9 13.2-31.4
25-34 280 198 72.1 63.6-79.2 82 27.9 20.8-36.4
35-44 364 256 69.3 61.6-76.1 108 30.7 23.9-38.4
45-54 406 267 68.6 61.3-75.2 139 31.4 24.8-38.7
55-64 281 197 70.1 61.7-77.4 84 29.9 22.6-38.3
65-74 202 129 69.6 60.1-77.6 73 30.4 22.4-39.9
75+ 134 77 54.9 42.3-66.8 57 45.1 33.2-57.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 430 257 54.6 47.0-62.0 173 45.4 38.0-53.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 631 413 68.6 62.7-74.0 218 31.4 26.0-37.3
Some Post-H.S. 425 312 76.7 69.6-82.5 113 23.3 17.5-30.4
College Graduate 327 247 81.8 76.2-86.3 80 18.2 13.7-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 227 65.3 56.4-73.3 116 34.7 26.7-43.6
$15,000- 24,999 426 281 72.0 65.1-78.1 145 28.0 21.9-34.9
$25,000- 34,999 222 154 66.6 56.4-75.4 68 33.4 24.6-43.6
$35,000- 49,999 195 149 81.0 71.9-87.6 46 19.0 12.4-28.1
$50,000-74,999 117 86 73.8 61.4-83.3 31 26.2 16.7-38.6
$75,000+ 92 77 82.7 71.0-90.3 15 17.3 9.7-29.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 20 66.1 43.3-83.2 9 33.9 16.8-56.7
Guilford 114 77 70.5 59.8-79.3 37 29.5 20.7-40.2
Mecklenburg 118 88 75.6 65.9-83.2 30 24.4 16.8-34.1
Orange 48 34 72.1 57.0-83.5 14 27.9 16.5-43.0
Wake 83 63 76.4 64.3-85.4 20 23.6 14.6-35.7
Chatham/Lee 69 56 70.5 46.6-86.8 13 29.5 13.2-53.4
Nash/Wilson 119 87 70.6 60.4-79.0 32 29.4 21.0-39.6
Craven/Pamlico 90 54 62.4 49.5-73.7 36 37.6 26.3-50.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 13 88.8 65.9-97.0 3 11.2 3.0-34.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 8 91.9 58.1-98.9 1 8.1 1.1-41.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 160 105 75.6 63.7-84.5 55 24.4 15.5-36.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 6 52.9 23.2-80.6 4 47.1 19.4-76.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 140 85 57.5 47.6-66.9 55 42.5 33.1-52.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 124 78 68.4 57.1-77.9 46 31.6 22.1-42.9
Northeast NC I 233 149 66.5 59.1-73.2 84 33.5 26.8-40.9
Northeast NC II 143 93 67.9 58.0-76.5 50 32.1 23.5-42.0
Northeastern Partnership 376 242 67.3 61.1-72.8 134 32.7 27.2-38.9
Mountain AHEC 49 34 72.2 53.8-85.3 15 27.8 14.7-46.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 952 619 68.7 63.9-73.2 333 31.3 26.8-36.1
Piedmont 794 561 72.3 67.6-76.6 233 27.7 23.4-32.4
Western NC 71 51 56.5 34.2-76.4 20 43.5 23.6-65.8

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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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