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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 9,284 312 2.6 2.2- 3.0 8,972 97.4 97.0-97.8
GENDER
Male 3,401 123 2.5 1.9- 3.2 3,278 97.5 96.8-98.1
Female 5,883 189 2.6 2.1- 3.2 5,694 97.4 96.8-97.9
RACE
White 6,838 236 2.5 2.0- 3.0 6,602 97.5 97.0-98.0
African American 1,823 64 3.4 2.4- 4.9 1,759 96.6 95.1-97.6
Asian 46 0 0.0 . - . 46 100 . - .
Native American 224 7 3.2 1.1- 9.0 217 96.8 91.0-98.9
Other Minorities 319 5 1.4 0.4- 5.0 314 98.6 95.0-99.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 331 2 0.9 0.1- 5.6 329 99.1 94.4-99.9
-English Speaking 134 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 133 99.8 98.9- 100
-Spanish Speaking 197 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8 196 98.8 92.2-99.8
Non-Hispanic 8,943 310 2.7 2.3- 3.1 8,633 97.3 96.9-97.7
AGE
18-24 568 0 0.0 . - . 568 100 . - .
25-34 1,394 6 0.2 0.1- 0.4 1,388 99.8 99.6-99.9
35-44 1,763 15 0.6 0.3- 1.1 1,748 99.4 98.9-99.7
45-54 1,823 41 2.9 1.8- 4.6 1,782 97.1 95.4-98.2
55-64 1,509 85 4.9 3.6- 6.7 1,424 95.1 93.3-96.4
65-74 1,249 76 6.1 4.5- 8.3 1,173 93.9 91.7-95.5
75+ 919 88 9.1 6.8-12.2 831 90.9 87.8-93.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,559 115 4.8 3.6- 6.3 1,444 95.2 93.7-96.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,777 98 2.7 2.0- 3.6 2,679 97.3 96.4-98.0
Some Post-H.S. 2,321 62 2.1 1.4- 3.1 2,259 97.9 96.9-98.6
College Graduate 2,603 37 1.6 1.0- 2.4 2,566 98.4 97.6-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,083 83 6.4 4.6- 8.8 1,000 93.6 91.2-95.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,704 59 3.0 2.0- 4.4 1,645 97.0 95.6-98.0
$25,000- 34,999 1,025 36 3.0 2.0- 4.4 989 97.0 95.6-98.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,228 28 2.3 1.2- 4.1 1,200 97.7 95.9-98.8
$50,000-74,999 1,001 15 1.5 0.8- 3.0 986 98.5 97.0-99.2
$75,000+ 1,147 9 0.4 0.2- 1.0 1,138 99.6 99.0-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 16 2.6 1.5- 4.3 432 97.4 95.7-98.5
Guilford 443 15 3.5 2.0- 6.1 428 96.5 93.9-98.0
Mecklenburg 443 11 1.6 0.8- 2.9 432 98.4 97.1-99.2
Orange 450 7 0.9 0.4- 2.0 443 99.1 98.0-99.6
Wake 444 13 2.6 1.3- 5.1 431 97.4 94.9-98.7
Chatham/Lee 393 17 2.8 1.7- 4.7 376 97.2 95.3-98.3
Nash/Wilson 369 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 356 97.3 95.2-98.5
Craven/Pamlico 447 14 3.2 1.8- 5.7 433 96.8 94.3-98.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 18 3.8 2.3- 6.4 410 96.2 93.6-97.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 14 2.0 1.1- 3.6 437 98.0 96.4-98.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 18 2.1 1.3- 3.5 453 97.9 96.5-98.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 420 9 1.2 0.6- 2.5 411 98.8 97.5-99.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 19 5.0 3.0- 8.0 449 95.0 92.0-97.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 409 12 2.2 1.1- 4.1 397 97.8 95.9-98.9
Northeast NC I 451 18 3.3 2.0- 5.5 433 96.7 94.5-98.0
Northeast NC II 503 27 4.0 2.7- 6.0 476 96.0 94.0-97.3
Northeastern Partnership 954 45 3.8 2.7- 5.2 909 96.2 94.8-97.3
Mountain AHEC 1,289 40 2.8 1.8- 4.4 1,249 97.2 95.6-98.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,249 120 2.7 2.2- 3.5 3,129 97.3 96.5-97.8
Piedmont 3,985 127 2.4 1.8- 3.0 3,858 97.6 97.0-98.2
Western NC 2,050 65 2.9 1.9- 4.5 1,985 97.1 95.5-98.1

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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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