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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,869 102 5.7 4.3- 7.6 1,767 94.3 92.4-95.7
GENDER
Male 606 24 3.9 2.3- 6.5 582 96.1 93.5-97.7
Female 1,263 78 7.1 5.1- 9.9 1,185 92.9 90.1-94.9
AGE
18-24 146 4 3.2 0.9-10.9 142 96.8 89.1-99.1
25-34 285 22 6.7 3.7-11.8 263 93.3 88.2-96.3
35-44 372 26 7.2 4.0-12.8 346 92.8 87.2-96.0
45-54 414 27 6.8 4.2-10.9 387 93.2 89.1-95.8
55-64 287 13 5.3 2.6-10.8 274 94.7 89.2-97.4
65-74 208 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8 205 99.2 97.2-99.8
75+ 142 7 7.8 2.3-23.0 135 92.2 77.0-97.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 446 17 4.7 2.2- 9.7 429 95.3 90.3-97.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 652 28 4.0 2.2- 7.2 624 96.0 92.8-97.8
Some Post-H.S. 432 26 7.5 4.4-12.4 406 92.5 87.6-95.6
College Graduate 332 31 7.8 4.8-12.3 301 92.2 87.7-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 351 11 3.3 1.5- 7.2 340 96.7 92.8-98.5
$15,000- 24,999 433 20 5.0 2.4- 9.8 413 95.0 90.2-97.6
$25,000- 34,999 227 13 4.7 2.3- 9.4 214 95.3 90.6-97.7
$35,000- 49,999 198 17 9.4 4.8-17.5 181 90.6 82.5-95.2
$50,000-74,999 118 11 4.6 2.3- 9.2 107 95.4 90.8-97.7
$75,000+ 94 11 13.3 6.7-24.7 83 86.7 75.3-93.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 0 0.0 . - . 29 100 . - .
Guilford 116 7 7.9 3.5-16.8 109 92.1 83.2-96.5
Mecklenburg 120 9 6.7 3.3-13.3 111 93.3 86.7-96.7
Orange 48 2 2.4 0.6- 9.9 46 97.6 90.1-99.4
Wake 86 6 8.7 3.7-19.1 80 91.3 80.9-96.3
Chatham/Lee 70 8 13.5 6.3-26.4 62 86.5 73.6-93.7
Nash/Wilson 125 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 123 98.9 95.8-99.7
Craven/Pamlico 91 6 4.7 1.9-11.0 85 95.3 89.0-98.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 1 3.9 0.5-24.7 15 96.1 75.3-99.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 1 8.1 1.1-41.9 8 91.9 58.1-98.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 166 11 4.4 2.1- 9.1 155 95.6 90.9-97.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 3 29.8 9.6-63.0 7 70.2 37.0-90.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 145 6 4.6 1.7-11.7 139 95.4 88.3-98.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 128 7 5.9 2.4-13.8 121 94.1 86.2-97.6
Northeast NC I 236 7 3.1 1.3- 7.5 229 96.9 92.5-98.7
Northeast NC II 148 9 6.1 3.0-11.8 139 93.9 88.2-97.0
Northeastern Partnership 384 16 4.6 2.7- 7.9 368 95.4 92.1-97.3
Mountain AHEC 51 3 1.3 0.4- 4.0 48 98.7 96.0-99.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 979 41 3.4 2.2- 5.2 938 96.6 94.8-97.8
Piedmont 816 55 7.1 4.9-10.0 761 92.9 90.0-95.1
Western NC 74 6 11.8 2.3-43.2 68 88.2 56.8-97.7

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Data in this table were derived from the all six heart attack symptoms questions..

^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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