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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,668 1,593 32.2 30.2-34.3 3,075 67.8 65.7-69.8
RACE
White 3,497 1,245 33.8 31.5-36.1 2,252 66.2 63.9-68.5
African American 955 275 25.8 22.1-29.9 680 74.2 70.1-77.9
Asian 16 3 7.8 2.1-24.9 13 92.2 75.1-97.9
Native American 107 47 45.1 30.9-60.1 60 54.9 39.9-69.1
Other Minorities 82 19 27.7 13.0-49.7 63 72.3 50.3-87.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 86 23 29.9 13.8-53.3 63 70.1 46.7-86.2
-English Speaking 54 17 26.3 14.0-43.7 37 73.7 56.3-86.0
-Spanish Speaking 32 6 31.9 10.5-65.1 26 68.1 34.9-89.5
Non-Hispanic 4,577 1,570 32.3 30.3-34.3 3,007 67.7 65.7-69.7
AGE
35-44 1,087 135 13.9 10.6-18.0 952 86.1 82.0-89.4
45-54 1,147 304 27.2 23.5-31.3 843 72.8 68.7-76.5
55-64 935 371 41.3 36.6-46.2 564 58.7 53.8-63.4
65-74 802 429 50.4 45.4-55.5 373 49.6 44.5-54.6
75+ 653 337 48.6 42.9-54.2 316 51.4 45.8-57.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 841 365 42.2 36.8-47.8 476 57.8 52.2-63.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,444 500 33.0 29.4-36.7 944 67.0 63.3-70.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,151 378 29.8 26.2-33.7 773 70.2 66.3-73.8
College Graduate 1,217 341 26.1 22.7-29.8 876 73.9 70.2-77.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 639 269 44.2 38.4-50.2 370 55.8 49.8-61.6
$15,000- 24,999 824 275 32.5 27.7-37.8 549 67.5 62.2-72.3
$25,000- 34,999 485 162 27.5 22.1-33.6 323 72.5 66.4-77.9
$35,000- 49,999 530 161 31.9 25.9-38.6 369 68.1 61.4-74.1
$50,000-74,999 443 112 27.8 22.0-34.3 331 72.2 65.7-78.0
$75,000+ 554 147 24.7 20.2-29.9 407 75.3 70.1-79.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 220 73 31.0 24.7-38.1 147 69.0 61.9-75.3
Guilford 231 76 35.1 28.3-42.5 155 64.9 57.5-71.7
Mecklenburg 219 55 23.6 18.0-30.4 164 76.4 69.6-82.0
Orange 194 66 30.4 20.9-42.1 128 69.6 57.9-79.1
Wake 198 56 29.2 22.4-37.1 142 70.8 62.9-77.6
Chatham/Lee 205 75 34.2 27.5-41.5 130 65.8 58.5-72.5
Nash/Wilson 190 70 39.5 32.0-47.6 120 60.5 52.4-68.0
Craven/Pamlico 212 71 31.3 24.8-38.6 141 68.7 61.4-75.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 225 85 37.8 30.5-45.6 140 62.2 54.4-69.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 216 81 35.9 28.4-44.2 135 64.1 55.8-71.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 240 87 33.7 26.3-41.9 153 66.3 58.1-73.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 210 78 34.5 27.6-42.0 132 65.5 58.0-72.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 219 87 39.1 32.2-46.5 132 60.9 53.5-67.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 236 84 32.0 25.9-38.7 152 68.0 61.3-74.1
Northeast NC I 253 82 30.2 24.1-37.1 171 69.8 62.9-75.9
Northeast NC II 271 90 32.1 26.1-38.6 181 67.9 61.4-73.9
Northeastern Partnership 524 172 31.4 26.9-36.2 352 68.6 63.8-73.1
Mountain AHEC 669 226 32.2 27.7-37.1 443 67.8 62.9-72.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,676 589 33.9 30.3-37.7 1,087 66.1 62.3-69.7
Piedmont 1,957 647 31.5 28.7-34.4 1,310 68.5 65.6-71.3
Western NC 1,035 357 31.4 27.7-35.4 678 68.6 64.6-72.3

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 35 or older.

^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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