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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 1,824 737 37.5 34.1-41.0 1,087 62.5 59.0-65.9
GENDER
Male 582 205 33.8 28.2-39.9 377 66.2 60.1-71.8
Female 1,242 532 40.3 36.2-44.5 710 59.7 55.5-63.8
AGE
18-24 138 38 31.0 20.5-43.8 100 69.0 56.2-79.5
25-34 280 96 27.5 20.9-35.3 184 72.5 64.7-79.1
35-44 364 131 33.1 26.3-40.6 233 66.9 59.4-73.7
45-54 408 181 48.0 40.6-55.5 227 52.0 44.5-59.4
55-64 281 150 50.9 42.4-59.4 131 49.1 40.6-57.6
65-74 203 83 43.5 33.4-54.1 120 56.5 45.9-66.6
75+ 137 50 34.2 23.4-46.8 87 65.8 53.2-76.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 432 187 39.1 32.2-46.4 245 60.9 53.6-67.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 634 248 37.9 32.1-44.0 386 62.1 56.0-67.9
Some Post-H.S. 425 172 36.6 29.6-44.3 253 63.4 55.7-70.4
College Graduate 328 129 36.3 29.3-43.9 199 63.7 56.1-70.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 344 161 42.9 34.9-51.2 183 57.1 48.8-65.1
$15,000- 24,999 426 170 36.1 28.9-43.9 256 63.9 56.1-71.1
$25,000- 34,999 222 91 35.6 27.0-45.3 131 64.4 54.7-73.0
$35,000- 49,999 196 92 40.5 31.1-50.6 104 59.5 49.4-68.9
$50,000-74,999 117 43 38.9 27.5-51.8 74 61.1 48.2-72.5
$75,000+ 93 45 53.6 40.2-66.4 48 46.4 33.6-59.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 15 46.1 26.9-66.4 14 53.9 33.6-73.1
Guilford 115 39 37.7 27.3-49.5 76 62.3 50.5-72.7
Mecklenburg 118 53 43.3 33.6-53.6 65 56.7 46.4-66.4
Orange 48 22 50.1 34.8-65.4 26 49.9 34.6-65.2
Wake 83 31 36.2 24.9-49.2 52 63.8 50.8-75.1
Chatham/Lee 70 26 43.5 26.8-61.8 44 56.5 38.2-73.2
Nash/Wilson 120 51 41.6 31.8-52.1 69 58.4 47.9-68.2
Craven/Pamlico 90 35 34.6 24.1-46.9 55 65.4 53.1-75.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 6 30.9 10.7-62.5 10 69.1 37.5-89.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 2 13.0 3.0-42.4 7 87.0 57.6-97.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 160 68 36.2 23.0-51.8 92 63.8 48.2-77.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 2 13.8 3.2-43.9 8 86.2 56.1-96.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 51 30.1 22.4-39.2 91 69.9 60.8-77.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 59 38.6 28.0-50.5 66 61.4 49.5-72.0
Northeast NC I 233 92 36.0 29.3-43.4 141 64.0 56.6-70.7
Northeast NC II 143 61 36.3 27.5-46.0 82 63.7 54.0-72.5
Northeastern Partnership 376 153 36.1 30.5-42.2 223 63.9 57.8-69.5
Mountain AHEC 49 22 39.9 24.4-57.7 27 60.1 42.3-75.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 956 385 34.1 29.5-39.0 571 65.9 61.0-70.5
Piedmont 797 321 39.1 34.2-44.1 476 60.9 55.9-65.8
Western NC 71 31 55.7 36.2-73.5 40 44.3 26.5-63.8

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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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