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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 1,824 723 36.7 33.4-40.2 1,101 63.3 59.8-66.6
GENDER
Male 582 199 31.5 26.2-37.4 383 68.5 62.6-73.8
Female 1,242 524 40.7 36.6-45.0 718 59.3 55.0-63.4
AGE
18-24 138 41 32.0 21.9-44.1 97 68.0 55.9-78.1
25-34 280 89 26.6 20.1-34.3 191 73.4 65.7-79.9
35-44 364 118 29.5 23.0-36.8 246 70.5 63.2-77.0
45-54 408 164 44.7 37.3-52.2 244 55.3 47.8-62.7
55-64 281 150 47.7 39.3-56.2 131 52.3 43.8-60.7
65-74 203 93 50.7 40.2-61.1 110 49.3 38.9-59.8
75+ 137 61 43.5 31.6-56.1 76 56.5 43.9-68.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 432 196 38.9 32.0-46.3 236 61.1 53.7-68.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 634 251 39.8 34.0-46.0 383 60.2 54.0-66.0
Some Post-H.S. 425 166 35.5 28.7-43.0 259 64.5 57.0-71.3
College Graduate 328 108 30.2 23.8-37.5 220 69.8 62.5-76.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 344 164 42.6 34.6-50.9 180 57.4 49.1-65.4
$15,000- 24,999 426 166 34.5 27.5-42.3 260 65.5 57.7-72.5
$25,000- 34,999 222 88 41.9 32.5-51.9 134 58.1 48.1-67.5
$35,000- 49,999 196 80 35.1 26.2-45.3 116 64.9 54.7-73.8
$50,000-74,999 117 41 36.2 25.0-49.1 76 63.8 50.9-75.0
$75,000+ 93 40 46.5 33.4-60.0 53 53.5 40.0-66.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 14 40.2 22.6-60.7 15 59.8 39.3-77.4
Guilford 115 38 39.1 28.5-50.9 77 60.9 49.1-71.5
Mecklenburg 118 52 43.1 33.3-53.3 66 56.9 46.7-66.7
Orange 48 17 38.6 24.4-55.0 31 61.4 45.0-75.6
Wake 83 31 35.3 24.2-48.4 52 64.7 51.6-75.8
Chatham/Lee 70 24 39.7 23.1-59.1 46 60.3 40.9-76.9
Nash/Wilson 120 44 36.2 26.8-46.8 76 63.8 53.2-73.2
Craven/Pamlico 90 35 39.6 27.3-53.5 55 60.4 46.5-72.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 4 22.2 6.3-54.6 12 77.8 45.4-93.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 3 33.3 9.9-69.5 6 66.7 30.5-90.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 160 62 31.4 19.8-46.1 98 68.6 53.9-80.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 1 8.2 1.1-41.7 9 91.8 58.3-98.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 56 29.3 22.0-37.8 86 70.7 62.2-78.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 58 39.4 28.6-51.4 67 60.6 48.6-71.4
Northeast NC I 233 111 44.2 36.9-51.8 122 55.8 48.2-63.1
Northeast NC II 143 51 31.8 23.5-41.5 92 68.2 58.5-76.5
Northeastern Partnership 376 162 37.9 32.1-44.1 214 62.1 55.9-67.9
Mountain AHEC 49 18 33.0 19.2-50.6 31 67.0 49.4-80.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 956 388 35.3 30.6-40.3 568 64.7 59.7-69.4
Piedmont 797 307 37.0 32.3-41.9 490 63.0 58.1-67.7
Western NC 71 28 52.6 32.9-71.5 43 47.4 28.5-67.1

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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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