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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 5,871 284 3.6 3.0- 4.3 5,587 96.4 95.7-97.0
RACE
White 4,291 219 4.0 3.3- 4.9 4,072 96.0 95.1-96.7
African American 1,238 48 2.3 1.6- 3.3 1,190 97.7 96.7-98.4
Asian 23 2 2.7 0.6-11.2 21 97.3 88.8-99.4
Native American 145 12 5.7 2.4-12.8 133 94.3 87.2-97.6
Other Minorities 157 2 2.4 0.4-14.3 155 97.6 85.7-99.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 162 3 3.5 0.8-13.6 159 96.5 86.4-99.2
-English Speaking 80 2 3.4 0.8-13.0 78 96.6 87.0-99.2
-Spanish Speaking 82 1 3.6 0.5-21.4 81 96.4 78.6-99.5
Non-Hispanic 5,702 281 3.6 3.0- 4.3 5,421 96.4 95.7-97.0
AGE
18-24 356 0 0.0 . - . 356 100 . - .
25-34 873 7 0.9 0.3- 2.5 866 99.1 97.5-99.7
35-44 1,087 16 1.5 0.7- 3.2 1,071 98.5 96.8-99.3
45-54 1,146 41 3.6 2.1- 5.8 1,105 96.4 94.2-97.9
55-64 933 59 5.6 3.9- 7.8 874 94.4 92.2-96.1
65-74 795 83 9.5 6.9-13.0 712 90.5 87.0-93.1
75+ 637 74 8.4 6.0-11.7 563 91.6 88.3-94.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 964 89 7.7 5.5-10.6 875 92.3 89.4-94.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,768 82 2.9 2.1- 4.0 1,686 97.1 96.0-97.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,521 69 3.3 2.3- 4.6 1,452 96.7 95.4-97.7
College Graduate 1,603 42 1.9 1.2- 2.9 1,561 98.1 97.1-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 785 69 6.4 4.6- 8.8 716 93.6 91.2-95.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,100 52 3.6 2.3- 5.5 1,048 96.4 94.5-97.7
$25,000- 34,999 664 31 2.6 1.5- 4.6 633 97.4 95.4-98.5
$35,000- 49,999 712 23 2.5 1.4- 4.4 689 97.5 95.6-98.6
$50,000-74,999 570 15 2.7 1.3- 5.4 555 97.3 94.6-98.7
$75,000+ 650 15 2.1 1.0- 4.5 635 97.9 95.5-99.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 266 12 4.5 2.4- 8.1 254 95.5 91.9-97.6
Guilford 279 10 3.4 1.8- 6.4 269 96.6 93.6-98.2
Mecklenburg 275 10 3.3 1.6- 6.6 265 96.7 93.4-98.4
Orange 281 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8 276 98.5 96.2-99.4
Wake 275 5 1.2 0.5- 3.0 270 98.8 97.0-99.5
Chatham/Lee 243 9 3.3 1.6- 6.6 234 96.7 93.4-98.4
Nash/Wilson 235 16 6.0 3.5-10.0 219 94.0 90.0-96.5
Craven/Pamlico 280 17 4.5 2.7- 7.3 263 95.5 92.7-97.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 268 21 6.9 4.3-10.7 247 93.1 89.3-95.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 285 11 4.7 1.9-11.1 274 95.3 88.9-98.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 22 6.3 3.1-12.5 276 93.7 87.5-96.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 261 19 5.7 3.5- 9.1 242 94.3 90.9-96.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 294 15 3.8 2.2- 6.4 279 96.2 93.6-97.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 286 18 5.7 3.5- 9.2 268 94.3 90.8-96.5
Northeast NC I 312 12 3.1 1.6- 5.7 300 96.9 94.3-98.4
Northeast NC II 323 16 4.6 2.7- 7.8 307 95.4 92.2-97.3
Northeastern Partnership 635 28 4.0 2.7- 6.1 607 96.0 93.9-97.3
Mountain AHEC 798 52 5.4 3.8- 7.5 746 94.6 92.5-96.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,113 110 4.1 3.1- 5.5 2,003 95.9 94.5-96.9
Piedmont 2,481 96 3.0 2.2- 4.0 2,385 97.0 96.0-97.8
Western NC 1,277 78 4.9 3.7- 6.6 1,199 95.1 93.4-96.3

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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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