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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 9,161 6,667 71.4 69.8-72.9 2,494 28.6 27.1-30.2
GENDER
Male 3,331 2,230 66.5 63.9-69.0 1,101 33.5 31.0-36.1
Female 5,830 4,437 75.9 74.2-77.6 1,393 24.1 22.4-25.8
RACE
White 6,768 4,969 71.8 70.1-73.6 1,799 28.2 26.4-29.9
African American 1,782 1,300 71.9 68.4-75.1 482 28.1 24.9-31.6
Asian 46 24 61.4 39.7-79.3 22 38.6 20.7-60.3
Native American 217 148 68.5 56.4-78.5 69 31.5 21.5-43.6
Other Minorities 314 205 68.2 60.0-75.3 109 31.8 24.7-40.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 324 215 68.6 60.3-75.8 109 31.4 24.2-39.7
-English Speaking 130 92 70.2 55.3-81.8 38 29.8 18.2-44.7
-Spanish Speaking 194 123 68.1 58.0-76.7 71 31.9 23.3-42.0
Non-Hispanic 8,827 6,444 71.6 70.0-73.1 2,383 28.4 26.9-30.0
AGE
18-24 555 324 61.5 55.2-67.5 231 38.5 32.5-44.8
25-34 1,372 903 66.7 62.7-70.4 469 33.3 29.6-37.3
35-44 1,747 1,245 72.1 68.8-75.1 502 27.9 24.9-31.2
45-54 1,810 1,397 75.2 71.7-78.4 413 24.8 21.6-28.3
55-64 1,492 1,176 79.4 76.2-82.4 316 20.6 17.6-23.8
65-74 1,235 945 76.5 72.8-79.8 290 23.5 20.2-27.2
75+ 890 630 68.3 63.6-72.6 260 31.7 27.4-36.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,515 985 62.1 57.8-66.2 530 37.9 33.8-42.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,726 1,923 70.0 67.1-72.7 803 30.0 27.3-32.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,300 1,715 72.6 69.4-75.6 585 27.4 24.4-30.6
College Graduate 2,597 2,031 77.2 74.7-79.5 566 22.8 20.5-25.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,059 750 70.2 65.6-74.5 309 29.8 25.5-34.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,676 1,164 65.8 61.8-69.6 512 34.2 30.4-38.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,013 743 72.1 67.5-76.3 270 27.9 23.7-32.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,218 902 72.0 68.0-75.7 316 28.0 24.3-32.0
$50,000-74,999 997 768 77.1 72.8-80.9 229 22.9 19.1-27.2
$75,000+ 1,143 904 78.3 74.2-81.8 239 21.7 18.2-25.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 443 321 70.1 64.6-75.0 122 29.9 25.0-35.4
Guilford 439 328 72.7 67.2-77.6 111 27.3 22.4-32.8
Mecklenburg 442 326 70.4 64.0-76.0 116 29.6 24.0-36.0
Orange 449 329 62.2 53.9-69.9 120 37.8 30.1-46.1
Wake 439 339 77.1 72.1-81.4 100 22.9 18.6-27.9
Chatham/Lee 390 285 67.9 60.8-74.2 105 32.1 25.8-39.2
Nash/Wilson 366 256 68.0 61.7-73.6 110 32.0 26.4-38.3
Craven/Pamlico 443 313 67.6 61.9-72.9 130 32.4 27.1-38.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 420 307 72.7 67.3-77.5 113 27.3 22.5-32.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 321 67.3 60.3-73.7 128 32.7 26.3-39.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 464 328 71.7 65.0-77.5 136 28.3 22.5-35.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 413 305 62.0 48.3-74.0 108 38.0 26.0-51.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 458 325 69.3 64.0-74.1 133 30.7 25.9-36.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 401 277 65.8 59.7-71.5 124 34.2 28.5-40.3
Northeast NC I 441 310 65.4 58.1-72.1 131 34.6 27.9-41.9
Northeast NC II 495 370 71.5 66.2-76.3 125 28.5 23.7-33.8
Northeastern Partnership 936 680 69.4 65.1-73.4 256 30.6 26.6-34.9
Mountain AHEC 1,270 948 71.6 66.7-76.0 322 28.4 24.0-33.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,192 2,273 68.6 65.7-71.4 919 31.4 28.6-34.3
Piedmont 3,947 2,894 72.9 70.8-74.8 1,053 27.1 25.2-29.2
Western NC 2,022 1,500 71.3 67.5-74.8 522 28.7 25.2-32.5

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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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