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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 1,782 1,300 71.9 68.4-75.1 482 28.1 24.9-31.6
GENDER
Male 568 399 71.7 65.7-77.0 169 28.3 23.0-34.3
Female 1,214 901 72.0 67.7-75.8 313 28.0 24.2-32.3
AGE
18-24 132 76 60.8 47.8-72.5 56 39.2 27.5-52.2
25-34 270 181 69.8 61.7-76.9 89 30.2 23.1-38.3
35-44 358 258 70.1 62.3-76.8 100 29.9 23.2-37.7
45-54 401 316 78.1 70.7-84.0 85 21.9 16.0-29.3
55-64 278 222 83.3 76.8-88.3 56 16.7 11.7-23.2
65-74 200 146 76.1 65.9-84.0 54 23.9 16.0-34.1
75+ 130 90 62.3 49.6-73.5 40 37.7 26.5-50.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 420 279 63.6 55.9-70.5 141 36.4 29.5-44.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 618 434 71.4 65.4-76.8 184 28.6 23.2-34.6
Some Post-H.S. 416 320 71.9 63.8-78.7 96 28.1 21.3-36.2
College Graduate 325 266 81.1 74.6-86.2 59 18.9 13.8-25.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 334 247 75.0 68.1-80.9 87 25.0 19.1-31.9
$15,000- 24,999 414 287 70.9 63.7-77.1 127 29.1 22.9-36.3
$25,000- 34,999 218 165 73.0 62.8-81.2 53 27.0 18.8-37.2
$35,000- 49,999 193 147 75.2 65.0-83.1 46 24.8 16.9-35.0
$50,000-74,999 117 94 72.3 58.5-82.9 23 27.7 17.1-41.5
$75,000+ 92 81 84.1 71.6-91.7 11 15.9 8.3-28.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 20 63.4 39.8-82.0 7 36.6 18.0-60.2
Guilford 112 83 72.7 61.4-81.7 29 27.3 18.3-38.6
Mecklenburg 118 89 74.2 64.0-82.4 29 25.8 17.6-36.0
Orange 48 31 66.6 51.0-79.3 17 33.4 20.7-49.0
Wake 82 65 80.7 68.9-88.7 17 19.3 11.3-31.1
Chatham/Lee 69 55 71.0 47.2-87.0 14 29.0 13.0-52.8
Nash/Wilson 118 81 70.8 60.9-79.0 37 29.2 21.0-39.1
Craven/Pamlico 89 62 68.7 55.8-79.2 27 31.3 20.8-44.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 15 12 89.8 68.5-97.3 3 10.2 2.7-31.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 8 84.0 39.1-97.7 1 16.0 2.3-60.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 156 116 76.5 64.1-85.6 40 23.5 14.4-35.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 9 5 56.3 24.5-83.7 4 43.7 16.3-75.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 140 100 65.5 55.0-74.6 40 34.5 25.4-45.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 93 76.2 65.6-84.2 30 23.8 15.8-34.4
Northeast NC I 226 160 68.2 60.4-75.0 66 31.8 25.0-39.6
Northeast NC II 141 108 76.7 67.3-84.1 33 23.3 15.9-32.7
Northeastern Partnership 367 268 72.6 66.6-77.8 99 27.4 22.2-33.4
Mountain AHEC 46 33 70.1 50.8-84.2 13 29.9 15.8-49.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 936 667 68.5 63.1-73.5 269 31.5 26.5-36.9
Piedmont 778 582 74.6 69.9-78.8 196 25.4 21.2-30.1
Western NC 68 51 66.6 41.8-84.7 17 33.4 15.3-58.2

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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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