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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,835 1,680 92.0 89.7-93.8 64 3.2 2.1- 4.9 91 4.8 3.4- 6.7
GENDER
Male 586 517 88.2 83.2-91.8 29 4.5 2.5- 8.0 40 7.3 4.5-11.7
Female 1,249 1,163 94.9 93.1-96.3 35 2.3 1.3- 3.9 51 2.8 2.0- 4.0
AGE
18-24 138 127 89.5 76.4-95.7 5 4.9 1.4-15.9 6 5.6 1.5-19.0
25-34 282 273 97.8 95.1-99.1 5 1.1 0.3- 3.6 4 1.0 0.3- 3.3
35-44 365 344 92.9 87.0-96.2 7 2.8 0.9- 8.2 14 4.3 2.0- 9.1
45-54 409 392 96.6 93.8-98.1 7 1.0 0.4- 2.3 10 2.4 1.1- 5.2
55-64 284 260 95.0 91.8-97.0 12 2.2 1.1- 4.5 12 2.7 1.3- 5.6
65-74 203 160 81.7 72.1-88.5 17 7.5 3.3-16.1 26 10.8 6.0-18.7
75+ 141 112 68.3 55.2-79.1 11 11.7 5.7-22.5 18 20.0 11.1-33.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 437 355 83.1 77.2-87.8 32 5.5 3.2- 9.4 50 11.4 7.5-16.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 639 593 93.1 89.7-95.5 18 2.6 1.3- 5.1 28 4.2 2.5- 7.1
Some Post-H.S. 426 407 93.2 85.5-96.9 11 3.2 1.1- 8.9 8 3.6 1.1-11.5
College Graduate 328 322 97.6 91.5-99.3 3 2.1 0.5- 8.9 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 347 301 89.2 83.3-93.2 22 2.9 1.8- 4.7 24 7.9 4.3-14.0
$15,000- 24,999 428 396 89.6 82.4-94.1 14 3.2 1.6- 6.4 18 7.2 3.3-14.7
$25,000- 34,999 223 211 96.7 92.9-98.5 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 9 2.8 1.2- 6.8
$35,000- 49,999 195 188 97.4 92.5-99.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.7 4 2.2 0.6- 7.6
$50,000-74,999 117 113 92.1 76.6-97.6 3 6.1 1.4-23.1 1 1.8 0.2-11.5
$75,000+ 94 92 96.8 87.8-99.2 1 1.9 0.3-12.2 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 29 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 115 106 90.8 80.1-96.0 6 5.2 1.6-15.7 3 4.0 1.2-12.7
Mecklenburg 118 112 95.6 90.0-98.1 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4 3 2.4 0.7- 7.8
Orange 48 45 92.2 77.3-97.6 1 1.7 0.2-10.9 2 6.1 1.5-22.0
Wake 85 81 96.9 90.8-99.0 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4
Chatham/Lee 70 64 91.3 75.8-97.2 3 6.3 1.4-24.2 3 2.4 0.7- 8.3
Nash/Wilson 122 118 97.0 91.8-98.9 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1
Craven/Pamlico 89 79 91.2 83.3-95.6 5 4.2 1.7-10.1 5 4.6 1.7-12.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 16 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 9 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 161 149 93.6 87.6-96.8 4 2.7 0.9- 7.9 8 3.7 1.7- 8.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 9 94.4 67.8-99.3 1 5.6 0.7-32.2 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 130 92.6 86.2-96.1 6 3.6 1.4- 9.0 6 3.8 1.5- 9.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 111 92.7 87.2-95.9 7 2.7 1.2- 5.7 8 4.7 2.1- 9.8
Northeast NC I 234 210 90.1 84.7-93.8 11 4.3 2.1- 8.6 13 5.5 3.0-10.1
Northeast NC II 145 129 91.9 86.2-95.3 5 2.9 1.1- 7.5 11 5.2 2.7-10.0
Northeastern Partnership 379 339 91.0 87.3-93.7 16 3.6 2.0- 6.4 24 5.4 3.4- 8.4
Mountain AHEC 50 49 99.8 98.3- 100 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 0 0.0 . - .
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 962 870 91.2 87.0-94.2 38 3.1 1.6- 6.2 54 5.6 3.3- 9.4
Piedmont 801 739 92.2 89.1-94.4 25 3.5 2.1- 5.8 37 4.4 2.8- 6.8
Western NC 72 71 99.9 99.0- 100 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 0 0.0 . - .

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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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