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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease

Why do you take aspirin... To relieve pain?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,742 613 23.9 21.4-26.7 2,129 76.1 73.3-78.6
GENDER
Male 1,163 294 25.9 22.1-30.0 869 74.1 70.0-77.9
Female 1,579 319 21.9 18.6-25.6 1,260 78.1 74.4-81.4
RACE
White 2,169 460 22.2 19.6-25.2 1,709 77.8 74.8-80.4
African American 452 109 23.1 17.8-29.4 343 76.9 70.6-82.2
Asian 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
Native American 72 23 35.8 20.8-54.3 49 64.2 45.7-79.2
Other Minorities 36 17 68.4 44.2-85.6 19 31.6 14.4-55.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 20 69.5 45.8-86.0 22 30.5 14.0-54.2
-English Speaking 27 8 33.3 12.3-63.9 19 66.7 36.1-87.7
-Spanish Speaking 15 12 85.1 49.4-97.1 3 14.9 2.9-50.6
Non-Hispanic 2,700 593 22.5 20.1-25.1 2,107 77.5 74.9-79.9
AGE
35-44 283 107 45.2 36.1-54.6 176 54.8 45.4-63.9
45-54 562 136 22.9 17.8-29.0 426 77.1 71.0-82.2
55-64 688 140 20.7 16.4-25.7 548 79.3 74.3-83.6
65-74 699 130 16.6 13.2-20.7 569 83.4 79.3-86.8
75+ 492 95 20.3 15.4-26.1 397 79.7 73.9-84.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 578 132 26.2 20.0-33.6 446 73.8 66.4-80.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 836 211 27.4 22.8-32.7 625 72.6 67.3-77.2
Some Post-H.S. 628 136 24.6 19.8-30.2 492 75.4 69.8-80.2
College Graduate 687 131 18.4 14.4-23.2 556 81.6 76.8-85.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 379 96 27.6 20.9-35.6 283 72.4 64.4-79.1
$15,000- 24,999 457 106 27.2 20.4-35.1 351 72.8 64.9-79.6
$25,000- 34,999 285 59 22.7 15.9-31.3 226 77.3 68.7-84.1
$35,000- 49,999 341 77 30.0 22.4-38.9 264 70.0 61.1-77.6
$50,000-74,999 266 49 20.3 14.1-28.4 217 79.7 71.6-85.9
$75,000+ 316 60 15.4 10.6-22.0 256 84.6 78.0-89.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 139 23 17.8 11.6-26.3 116 82.2 73.7-88.4
Guilford 126 23 16.2 10.4-24.4 103 83.8 75.6-89.6
Mecklenburg 98 20 22.2 13.7-33.9 78 77.8 66.1-86.3
Orange 117 26 24.9 16.7-35.6 91 75.1 64.4-83.3
Wake 103 20 19.3 11.7-30.1 83 80.7 69.9-88.3
Chatham/Lee 125 23 20.0 13.2-29.3 102 80.0 70.7-86.8
Nash/Wilson 122 36 34.7 25.4-45.4 86 65.3 54.6-74.6
Craven/Pamlico 131 25 20.0 13.3-28.8 106 80.0 71.2-86.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 142 29 17.7 11.7-26.0 113 82.3 74.0-88.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 142 37 26.1 18.9-34.9 105 73.9 65.1-81.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 145 38 28.2 18.5-40.3 107 71.8 59.7-81.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 135 26 34.5 14.0-62.9 109 65.5 37.1-86.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 155 32 20.9 14.7-28.9 123 79.1 71.1-85.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 26 21.2 14.2-30.5 99 78.8 69.5-85.8
Northeast NC I 139 29 21.6 14.8-30.3 110 78.4 69.7-85.2
Northeast NC II 155 50 31.5 24.0-40.3 105 68.5 59.7-76.0
Northeastern Partnership 294 79 28.1 22.5-34.5 215 71.9 65.5-77.5
Mountain AHEC 398 79 25.0 18.8-32.3 319 75.0 67.7-81.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,002 237 26.1 21.5-31.3 765 73.9 68.7-78.5
Piedmont 1,116 241 22.7 19.2-26.6 875 77.3 73.4-80.8
Western NC 624 135 23.9 19.0-29.5 489 76.1 70.5-81.0

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking aspirin regularly.

^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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