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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 1,823 64 3.4 2.4- 4.9 1,759 96.6 95.1-97.6
GENDER
Male 584 30 4.3 2.4- 7.3 554 95.7 92.7-97.6
Female 1,239 34 2.8 1.8- 4.3 1,205 97.2 95.7-98.2
AGE
18-24 138 0 0.0 . - . 138 100 . - .
25-34 280 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7 277 99.5 98.3-99.8
35-44 362 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 359 99.3 97.7-99.8
45-54 408 10 4.8 1.9-11.8 398 95.2 88.2-98.1
55-64 282 20 6.7 4.0-11.2 262 93.3 88.8-96.0
65-74 202 15 9.6 4.8-18.2 187 90.4 81.8-95.2
75+ 139 12 11.9 5.7-23.3 127 88.1 76.7-94.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 435 37 8.4 5.4-13.0 398 91.6 87.0-94.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 633 20 3.0 1.7- 5.1 613 97.0 94.9-98.3
Some Post-H.S. 425 5 2.1 0.5- 8.4 420 97.9 91.6-99.5
College Graduate 325 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 323 99.1 95.7-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 344 26 6.8 4.2-10.9 318 93.2 89.1-95.8
$15,000- 24,999 426 16 4.1 2.2- 7.8 410 95.9 92.2-97.8
$25,000- 34,999 221 5 3.5 1.4- 8.5 216 96.5 91.5-98.6
$35,000- 49,999 196 5 3.8 0.9-15.3 191 96.2 84.7-99.1
$50,000-74,999 116 0 0.0 . - . 116 100 . - .
$75,000+ 93 0 0.0 . - . 93 100 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 2 5.3 1.3-19.3 27 94.7 80.7-98.7
Guilford 115 3 4.1 1.3-12.4 112 95.9 87.6-98.7
Mecklenburg 118 4 2.4 0.8- 6.7 114 97.6 93.3-99.2
Orange 48 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 47 97.7 85.4-99.7
Wake 83 4 3.0 1.1- 8.2 79 97.0 91.8-98.9
Chatham/Lee 70 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 69 98.8 92.1-99.8
Nash/Wilson 119 4 2.9 1.0- 8.1 115 97.1 91.9-99.0
Craven/Pamlico 90 3 1.8 0.6- 5.6 87 98.2 94.4-99.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 1 11.6 1.6-51.9 15 88.4 48.1-98.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 1 8.1 1.1-41.9 8 91.9 58.1-98.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 161 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 159 99.3 97.2-99.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 0 0.0 . - . 10 100 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 9 8.4 4.1-16.5 133 91.6 83.5-95.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 4 2.3 0.7- 6.7 121 97.7 93.3-99.3
Northeast NC I 233 7 3.6 1.6- 7.6 226 96.4 92.4-98.4
Northeast NC II 143 8 4.4 2.1- 9.1 135 95.6 90.9-97.9
Northeastern Partnership 376 15 4.0 2.3- 6.8 361 96.0 93.2-97.7
Mountain AHEC 49 2 3.2 0.8-12.3 47 96.8 87.7-99.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 956 39 3.5 2.3- 5.2 917 96.5 94.8-97.7
Piedmont 796 20 2.7 1.6- 4.5 776 97.3 95.5-98.4
Western NC 71 5 18.0 4.3-51.7 66 82.0 48.3-95.7

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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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