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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-AFRICAN AMERICANS

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,821 151 6.4 5.1- 8.2 1,670 93.6 91.8-94.9
GENDER
Male 585 54 7.1 4.7-10.5 531 92.9 89.5-95.3
Female 1,236 97 5.9 4.5- 7.8 1,139 94.1 92.2-95.5
AGE
18-24 138 0 0.0 . - . 138 100 . - .
25-34 280 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 275 99.2 98.0-99.7
35-44 362 6 0.9 0.3- 2.4 356 99.1 97.6-99.7
45-54 408 32 8.6 4.9-14.8 376 91.4 85.2-95.1
55-64 281 44 14.3 9.4-21.2 237 85.7 78.8-90.6
65-74 202 35 20.8 13.3-31.0 167 79.2 69.0-86.7
75+ 138 27 18.1 10.6-29.0 111 81.9 71.0-89.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 434 69 15.2 11.0-20.6 365 84.8 79.4-89.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 633 44 4.9 3.3- 7.3 589 95.1 92.7-96.7
Some Post-H.S. 424 24 4.6 2.1- 9.9 400 95.4 90.1-97.9
College Graduate 325 14 2.6 1.3- 5.3 311 97.4 94.7-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 344 52 14.5 9.7-21.0 292 85.5 79.0-90.3
$15,000- 24,999 425 30 6.0 3.6- 9.6 395 94.0 90.4-96.4
$25,000- 34,999 221 12 4.6 2.2- 9.4 209 95.4 90.6-97.8
$35,000- 49,999 196 8 4.2 1.1-14.8 188 95.8 85.2-98.9
$50,000-74,999 115 5 2.2 0.8- 6.3 110 97.8 93.7-99.2
$75,000+ 93 5 1.7 0.7- 4.5 88 98.3 95.5-99.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 6 13.3 5.7-28.3 23 86.7 71.7-94.3
Guilford 115 8 7.9 3.6-16.4 107 92.1 83.6-96.4
Mecklenburg 117 10 5.5 2.8-10.3 107 94.5 89.7-97.2
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 2 3.0 0.7-11.9 68 97.0 88.1-99.3
Nash/Wilson 119 10 8.8 4.5-16.4 109 91.2 83.6-95.5
Craven/Pamlico 90 10 5.2 2.7- 9.8 80 94.8 90.2-97.3
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 10 3.8 1.7- 8.2 151 96.2 91.8-98.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 0 0.0 . - . 10 100 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 13 11.0 6.0-19.2 129 89.0 80.8-94.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 19 11.7 6.9-19.2 106 88.3 80.8-93.1
Northeast NC I 233 19 8.1 5.0-13.0 214 91.9 87.0-95.0
Northeast NC II 143 15 8.8 4.9-15.2 128 91.2 84.8-95.1
Northeastern Partnership 376 34 8.4 5.8-12.2 342 91.6 87.8-94.2
Mountain AHEC 49 9 16.3 7.5-32.1 40 83.7 67.9-92.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 955 92 6.7 5.0- 8.9 863 93.3 91.1-95.0
Piedmont 795 47 5.3 3.6- 7.6 748 94.7 92.4-96.4
Western NC 71 12 25.7 9.6-53.1 59 74.3 46.9-90.4

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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history 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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