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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease

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 9,268 969 8.1 7.4- 8.9 8,299 91.9 91.1-92.6
GENDER
Male 3,397 428 9.0 7.8-10.3 2,969 91.0 89.7-92.2
Female 5,871 541 7.3 6.4- 8.2 5,330 92.7 91.8-93.6
RACE
White 6,825 776 9.0 8.1-10.0 6,049 91.0 90.0-91.9
African American 1,821 151 6.4 5.1- 8.2 1,670 93.6 91.8-94.9
Asian 46 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 44 99.1 96.3-99.8
Native American 224 29 11.3 6.4-19.1 195 88.7 80.9-93.6
Other Minorities 318 10 2.9 1.1- 7.2 308 97.1 92.8-98.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 331 10 3.6 1.5- 8.2 321 96.4 91.8-98.5
-English Speaking 134 7 5.1 1.5-15.7 127 94.9 84.3-98.5
-Spanish Speaking 197 3 3.0 0.9- 9.4 194 97.0 90.6-99.1
Non-Hispanic 8,927 959 8.4 7.7- 9.2 7,968 91.6 90.8-92.3
AGE
18-24 567 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 565 99.7 98.6-99.9
25-34 1,394 19 1.0 0.5- 1.9 1,375 99.0 98.1-99.5
35-44 1,762 46 1.9 1.3- 2.9 1,716 98.1 97.1-98.7
45-54 1,824 144 8.7 6.7-11.1 1,680 91.3 88.9-93.3
55-64 1,507 226 14.8 12.4-17.6 1,281 85.2 82.4-87.6
65-74 1,245 274 22.0 18.8-25.6 971 78.0 74.4-81.2
75+ 910 253 26.4 22.4-30.8 657 73.6 69.2-77.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,554 299 14.3 12.0-16.9 1,255 85.7 83.1-88.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,774 288 7.5 6.2- 8.9 2,486 92.5 91.1-93.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,316 209 6.8 5.5- 8.3 2,107 93.2 91.7-94.5
College Graduate 2,600 170 6.0 4.8- 7.4 2,430 94.0 92.6-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,080 203 16.1 13.1-19.6 877 83.9 80.4-86.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,702 185 8.6 6.8-10.7 1,517 91.4 89.3-93.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,023 103 7.9 5.9-10.3 920 92.1 89.7-94.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,226 103 7.7 5.8-10.1 1,123 92.3 89.9-94.2
$50,000-74,999 1,000 60 4.5 3.2- 6.4 940 95.5 93.6-96.8
$75,000+ 1,147 55 4.0 2.7- 5.9 1,092 96.0 94.1-97.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 447 60 12.2 9.3-15.9 387 87.8 84.1-90.7
Guilford 442 46 10.5 7.6-14.4 396 89.5 85.6-92.4
Mecklenburg 443 41 7.4 5.2-10.2 402 92.6 89.8-94.8
Orange 450 26 4.0 2.6- 6.1 424 96.0 93.9-97.4
Wake 443 25 4.4 2.8- 7.1 418 95.6 92.9-97.2
Chatham/Lee 392 36 6.4 4.5- 9.2 356 93.6 90.8-95.5
Nash/Wilson 370 38 8.7 6.1-12.2 332 91.3 87.8-93.9
Craven/Pamlico 447 50 8.8 6.4-11.8 397 91.2 88.2-93.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 425 63 13.4 10.2-17.3 362 86.6 82.7-89.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 450 48 8.8 6.1-12.4 402 91.2 87.6-93.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 53 7.8 5.3-11.4 418 92.2 88.6-94.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 46 7.4 5.1-10.5 373 92.6 89.5-94.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 466 59 12.2 9.3-15.9 407 87.8 84.1-90.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 52 12.8 8.9-18.0 356 87.2 82.0-91.1
Northeast NC I 450 44 8.3 5.9-11.4 406 91.7 88.6-94.1
Northeast NC II 502 64 10.1 7.7-13.1 438 89.9 86.9-92.3
Northeastern Partnership 952 108 9.4 7.6-11.6 844 90.6 88.4-92.4
Mountain AHEC 1,287 155 10.5 8.5-12.9 1,132 89.5 87.1-91.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,243 362 8.4 7.2- 9.7 2,881 91.6 90.3-92.8
Piedmont 3,980 359 7.3 6.3- 8.4 3,621 92.7 91.6-93.7
Western NC 2,045 248 10.7 8.8-13.1 1,797 89.3 86.9-91.2

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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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