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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 9,281 3,145 32.1 30.6-33.6 6,136 67.9 66.4-69.4
GENDER
Male 3,397 1,084 30.1 27.7-32.6 2,313 69.9 67.4-72.3
Female 5,884 2,061 33.9 32.1-35.8 3,823 66.1 64.2-67.9
RACE
White 6,835 2,202 30.9 29.2-32.7 4,633 69.1 67.3-70.8
African American 1,824 737 37.5 34.1-41.0 1,087 62.5 59.0-65.9
Asian 45 13 29.8 14.0-52.5 32 70.2 47.5-86.0
Native American 225 87 30.0 21.2-40.7 138 70.0 59.3-78.8
Other Minorities 318 97 30.5 23.3-38.8 221 69.5 61.2-76.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 331 91 28.1 21.0-36.5 240 71.9 63.5-79.0
-English Speaking 134 34 21.9 12.5-35.3 100 78.1 64.7-87.5
-Spanish Speaking 197 57 30.3 21.6-40.7 140 69.7 59.3-78.4
Non-Hispanic 8,940 3,052 32.3 30.8-33.9 5,888 67.7 66.1-69.2
AGE
18-24 570 115 23.5 18.3-29.7 455 76.5 70.3-81.7
25-34 1,393 353 22.6 19.3-26.1 1,040 77.4 73.9-80.7
35-44 1,764 527 30.7 27.5-34.1 1,237 69.3 65.9-72.5
45-54 1,827 687 38.5 35.0-42.0 1,140 61.5 58.0-65.0
55-64 1,506 674 45.1 41.4-48.9 832 54.9 51.1-58.6
65-74 1,248 500 39.4 35.5-43.5 748 60.6 56.5-64.5
75+ 913 268 28.0 24.0-32.4 645 72.0 67.6-76.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,555 575 33.3 29.4-37.5 980 66.7 62.5-70.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,770 951 31.7 29.1-34.5 1,819 68.3 65.5-70.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,323 795 32.4 29.4-35.7 1,528 67.6 64.3-70.6
College Graduate 2,609 816 31.3 28.8-34.0 1,793 68.7 66.0-71.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,084 436 35.7 31.1-40.5 648 64.3 59.5-68.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,703 600 34.2 30.5-38.1 1,103 65.8 61.9-69.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,025 341 26.5 22.5-30.8 684 73.5 69.2-77.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,230 450 34.7 30.9-38.8 780 65.3 61.2-69.1
$50,000-74,999 1,004 326 31.6 27.4-36.2 678 68.4 63.8-72.6
$75,000+ 1,148 383 34.9 31.0-39.1 765 65.1 60.9-69.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 144 27.4 23.1-32.2 304 72.6 67.8-76.9
Guilford 443 157 34.4 29.4-39.8 286 65.6 60.2-70.6
Mecklenburg 444 162 31.8 27.0-37.2 282 68.2 62.8-73.0
Orange 450 114 25.5 19.1-33.1 336 74.5 66.9-80.9
Wake 443 151 36.1 30.8-41.9 292 63.9 58.1-69.2
Chatham/Lee 392 133 33.2 27.3-39.7 259 66.8 60.3-72.7
Nash/Wilson 370 143 39.0 33.1-45.2 227 61.0 54.8-66.9
Craven/Pamlico 447 144 28.6 24.1-33.6 303 71.4 66.4-75.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 158 36.7 30.9-42.9 269 63.3 57.1-69.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 132 25.4 20.6-30.8 319 74.6 69.2-79.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 176 35.0 28.3-42.4 294 65.0 57.6-71.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 133 27.6 18.6-38.9 288 72.4 61.1-81.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 166 32.5 27.9-37.4 302 67.5 62.6-72.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 147 34.2 28.7-40.3 263 65.8 59.7-71.3
Northeast NC I 449 164 32.0 27.0-37.5 285 68.0 62.5-73.0
Northeast NC II 502 178 30.7 26.3-35.5 324 69.3 64.5-73.7
Northeastern Partnership 951 342 31.2 27.8-34.8 609 68.8 65.2-72.2
Mountain AHEC 1,289 426 33.0 28.7-37.7 863 67.0 62.3-71.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,247 1,132 30.5 27.9-33.2 2,115 69.5 66.8-72.1
Piedmont 3,986 1,352 33.2 31.0-35.3 2,634 66.8 64.7-69.0
Western NC 2,048 661 30.9 27.6-34.5 1,387 69.1 65.5-72.4

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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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