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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,259 6,336 70.0 68.5-71.5 2,923 30.0 28.5-31.5
GENDER
Male 3,388 2,294 70.1 67.7-72.5 1,094 29.9 27.5-32.3
Female 5,871 4,042 69.9 68.1-71.7 1,829 30.1 28.3-31.9
RACE
White 6,819 4,666 69.2 67.4-70.9 2,153 30.8 29.1-32.6
African American 1,817 1,231 70.4 67.1-73.5 586 29.6 26.5-32.9
Asian 45 36 89.6 74.8-96.2 9 10.4 3.8-25.2
Native American 225 148 60.9 48.3-72.3 77 39.1 27.7-51.7
Other Minorities 319 231 76.9 69.3-83.1 88 23.1 16.9-30.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 329 236 74.9 67.0-81.5 93 25.1 18.5-33.0
-English Speaking 132 90 57.4 41.9-71.6 42 42.6 28.4-58.1
-Spanish Speaking 197 146 80.9 72.3-87.3 51 19.1 12.7-27.7
Non-Hispanic 8,920 6,093 69.7 68.2-71.2 2,827 30.3 28.8-31.8
AGE
18-24 566 400 74.2 68.7-79.1 166 25.8 20.9-31.3
25-34 1,391 1,000 72.5 68.7-76.0 391 27.5 24.0-31.3
35-44 1,762 1,260 70.9 67.6-74.0 502 29.1 26.0-32.4
45-54 1,820 1,251 69.9 66.5-73.1 569 30.1 26.9-33.5
55-64 1,507 1,068 70.8 67.3-74.1 439 29.2 25.9-32.7
65-74 1,244 818 66.5 62.6-70.3 426 33.5 29.7-37.4
75+ 909 496 57.2 52.4-61.8 413 42.8 38.2-47.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,553 909 59.9 55.7-64.0 644 40.1 36.0-44.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,767 1,811 67.5 64.7-70.3 956 32.5 29.7-35.3
Some Post-H.S. 2,316 1,618 72.5 69.5-75.3 698 27.5 24.7-30.5
College Graduate 2,601 1,986 76.6 74.2-78.9 615 23.4 21.1-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,086 663 61.6 56.5-66.4 423 38.4 33.6-43.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,703 1,137 69.7 66.0-73.2 566 30.3 26.8-34.0
$25,000- 34,999 1,022 708 70.8 66.2-75.0 314 29.2 25.0-33.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,224 869 70.8 66.7-74.5 355 29.2 25.5-33.3
$50,000-74,999 1,001 739 75.2 71.2-78.9 262 24.8 21.1-28.8
$75,000+ 1,144 887 76.5 72.7-79.9 257 23.5 20.1-27.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 305 67.0 61.6-71.9 143 33.0 28.1-38.4
Guilford 439 302 69.9 64.6-74.7 137 30.1 25.3-35.4
Mecklenburg 443 324 76.1 71.2-80.4 119 23.9 19.6-28.8
Orange 448 345 73.5 66.2-79.7 103 26.5 20.3-33.8
Wake 443 327 73.3 68.0-78.0 116 26.7 22.0-32.0
Chatham/Lee 390 266 65.7 58.8-72.0 124 34.3 28.0-41.2
Nash/Wilson 368 248 67.4 61.3-73.0 120 32.6 27.0-38.7
Craven/Pamlico 447 275 60.2 54.5-65.7 172 39.8 34.3-45.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 287 67.5 62.0-72.6 140 32.5 27.4-38.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 314 71.9 66.5-76.8 138 28.1 23.2-33.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 469 305 70.8 64.3-76.4 164 29.2 23.6-35.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 302 62.6 49.0-74.5 119 37.4 25.5-51.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 466 297 65.3 60.1-70.1 169 34.7 29.9-39.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 258 66.8 61.0-72.1 150 33.2 27.9-39.0
Northeast NC I 448 293 67.6 61.8-72.8 155 32.4 27.2-38.2
Northeast NC II 500 343 68.5 63.2-73.3 157 31.5 26.7-36.8
Northeastern Partnership 948 636 68.2 64.3-71.8 312 31.8 28.2-35.7
Mountain AHEC 1,288 909 67.8 63.1-72.2 379 32.2 27.8-36.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,234 2,132 69.0 66.2-71.6 1,102 31.0 28.4-33.8
Piedmont 3,975 2,772 71.1 69.0-73.1 1,203 28.9 26.9-31.0
Western NC 2,050 1,432 67.9 64.3-71.4 618 32.1 28.6-35.7

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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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