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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 2,952 29.8 28.4-31.3 6,329 70.2 68.7-71.6
GENDER
Male 3,398 1,002 27.5 25.3-29.9 2,396 72.5 70.1-74.7
Female 5,883 1,950 32.0 30.2-33.9 3,933 68.0 66.1-69.8
RACE
White 6,837 2,022 28.0 26.4-29.7 4,815 72.0 70.3-73.6
African American 1,824 723 36.7 33.4-40.2 1,101 63.3 59.8-66.6
Asian 45 14 28.8 13.4-51.4 31 71.2 48.6-86.6
Native American 223 82 25.2 17.5-34.9 141 74.8 65.1-82.5
Other Minorities 318 104 32.6 25.2-41.0 214 67.4 59.0-74.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 331 99 29.4 22.1-37.9 232 70.6 62.1-77.9
-English Speaking 134 39 26.3 15.9-40.2 95 73.7 59.8-84.1
-Spanish Speaking 197 60 30.4 21.6-40.9 137 69.6 59.1-78.4
Non-Hispanic 8,940 2,851 29.8 28.4-31.3 6,089 70.2 68.7-71.6
AGE
18-24 569 122 22.5 17.6-28.2 447 77.5 71.8-82.4
25-34 1,392 344 22.7 19.6-26.2 1,048 77.3 73.8-80.4
35-44 1,760 465 26.1 23.1-29.4 1,295 73.9 70.6-76.9
45-54 1,828 615 35.0 31.6-38.5 1,213 65.0 61.5-68.4
55-64 1,508 607 39.5 35.9-43.2 901 60.5 56.8-64.1
65-74 1,251 486 39.0 35.1-43.1 765 61.0 56.9-64.9
75+ 913 297 31.6 27.4-36.2 616 68.4 63.8-72.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,558 592 32.8 29.0-36.8 966 67.2 63.2-71.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,773 921 30.8 28.2-33.6 1,852 69.2 66.4-71.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,319 738 30.0 27.1-33.1 1,581 70.0 66.9-72.9
College Graduate 2,607 691 26.8 24.4-29.4 1,916 73.2 70.6-75.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,084 439 35.1 30.6-39.9 645 64.9 60.1-69.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,705 589 34.1 30.4-38.1 1,116 65.9 61.9-69.6
$25,000- 34,999 1,027 322 27.1 23.0-31.6 705 72.9 68.4-77.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,227 392 29.8 26.2-33.7 835 70.2 66.3-73.8
$50,000-74,999 1,002 275 28.6 24.4-33.1 727 71.4 66.9-75.6
$75,000+ 1,147 331 30.6 26.7-34.7 816 69.4 65.3-73.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 138 27.2 22.8-32.0 310 72.8 68.0-77.2
Guilford 442 133 30.7 25.9-36.1 309 69.3 63.9-74.1
Mecklenburg 444 154 30.0 25.3-35.3 290 70.0 64.7-74.7
Orange 450 104 24.0 18.2-31.0 346 76.0 69.0-81.8
Wake 442 138 32.4 27.2-38.1 304 67.6 61.9-72.8
Chatham/Lee 392 125 30.4 24.6-36.8 267 69.6 63.2-75.4
Nash/Wilson 370 130 35.8 30.0-42.1 240 64.2 57.9-70.0
Craven/Pamlico 448 129 27.0 22.4-32.2 319 73.0 67.8-77.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 140 31.9 26.3-38.1 288 68.1 61.9-73.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 120 22.9 18.3-28.3 329 77.1 71.7-81.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 469 168 31.7 25.5-38.6 301 68.3 61.4-74.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 131 28.7 19.6-40.0 290 71.3 60.0-80.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 167 31.7 27.2-36.5 301 68.3 63.5-72.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 409 147 33.6 28.0-39.6 262 66.4 60.4-72.0
Northeast NC I 452 172 34.1 28.8-39.8 280 65.9 60.2-71.2
Northeast NC II 503 167 29.9 25.5-34.6 336 70.1 65.4-74.5
Northeastern Partnership 955 339 31.3 27.9-35.0 616 68.7 65.0-72.1
Mountain AHEC 1,288 403 29.4 25.8-33.2 885 70.6 66.8-74.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,248 1,094 29.8 27.3-32.4 2,154 70.2 67.6-72.7
Piedmont 3,986 1,240 30.2 28.1-32.3 2,746 69.8 67.7-71.9
Western NC 2,047 618 28.5 25.5-31.7 1,429 71.5 68.3-74.5

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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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