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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 5,884 2,061 33.9 32.1-35.8 3,823 66.1 64.2-67.9
RACE
White 4,299 1,407 31.9 29.9-34.0 2,892 68.1 66.0-70.1
African American 1,242 532 40.3 36.2-44.5 710 59.7 55.5-63.8
Asian 23 6 23.9 8.1-52.7 17 76.1 47.3-91.9
Native American 145 62 39.7 27.3-53.6 83 60.3 46.4-72.7
Other Minorities 158 50 37.9 26.5-50.9 108 62.1 49.1-73.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 164 48 37.1 25.3-50.7 116 62.9 49.3-74.7
-English Speaking 81 23 31.6 16.8-51.4 58 68.4 48.6-83.2
-Spanish Speaking 83 25 39.5 24.4-56.9 58 60.5 43.1-75.6
Non-Hispanic 5,713 2,012 33.8 31.9-35.6 3,701 66.2 64.4-68.1
AGE
18-24 357 84 26.4 20.0-34.0 273 73.6 66.0-80.0
25-34 873 256 27.7 23.6-32.2 617 72.3 67.8-76.4
35-44 1,087 340 31.7 27.6-36.2 747 68.3 63.8-72.4
45-54 1,149 438 39.4 35.3-43.7 711 60.6 56.3-64.7
55-64 931 412 45.7 41.0-50.6 519 54.3 49.4-59.0
65-74 798 335 42.2 37.3-47.3 463 57.8 52.7-62.7
75+ 644 179 25.3 20.8-30.4 465 74.7 69.6-79.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 972 375 34.7 29.9-40.0 597 65.3 60.0-70.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,766 648 36.3 32.9-39.9 1,118 63.7 60.1-67.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,524 546 34.2 30.7-37.9 978 65.8 62.1-69.3
College Graduate 1,607 487 30.6 27.5-33.9 1,120 69.4 66.1-72.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 791 320 38.2 33.1-43.5 471 61.8 56.5-66.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,101 417 36.8 32.3-41.6 684 63.2 58.4-67.7
$25,000- 34,999 664 239 32.3 26.9-38.3 425 67.7 61.7-73.1
$35,000- 49,999 713 270 38.2 33.0-43.8 443 61.8 56.2-67.0
$50,000-74,999 572 190 31.9 26.9-37.4 382 68.1 62.6-73.1
$75,000+ 650 196 31.9 27.2-37.0 454 68.1 63.0-72.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 270 96 32.9 27.0-39.4 174 67.1 60.6-73.0
Guilford 280 103 35.1 28.9-41.9 177 64.9 58.1-71.1
Mecklenburg 277 96 33.2 27.3-39.7 181 66.8 60.3-72.7
Orange 281 69 26.4 17.1-38.4 212 73.6 61.6-82.9
Wake 275 96 38.8 32.0-46.1 179 61.2 53.9-68.0
Chatham/Lee 243 83 33.0 26.5-40.2 160 67.0 59.8-73.5
Nash/Wilson 235 93 39.8 33.0-47.0 142 60.2 53.0-67.0
Craven/Pamlico 281 93 30.5 24.9-36.8 188 69.5 63.2-75.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 269 100 37.3 30.8-44.2 169 62.7 55.8-69.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 286 89 27.8 21.2-35.5 197 72.2 64.5-78.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 122 38.4 31.7-45.6 176 61.6 54.4-68.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 260 87 26.6 21.3-32.6 173 73.4 67.4-78.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 295 111 35.6 29.7-41.9 184 64.4 58.1-70.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 288 102 33.4 27.6-39.7 186 66.6 60.3-72.4
Northeast NC I 313 113 34.5 28.7-40.7 200 65.5 59.3-71.3
Northeast NC II 322 117 33.6 28.1-39.7 205 66.4 60.3-71.9
Northeastern Partnership 635 230 33.9 29.8-38.3 405 66.1 61.7-70.2
Mountain AHEC 801 279 33.8 29.5-38.4 522 66.2 61.6-70.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,116 758 33.2 30.0-36.6 1,358 66.8 63.4-70.0
Piedmont 2,488 871 34.9 32.3-37.6 1,617 65.1 62.4-67.7
Western NC 1,280 432 31.6 28.0-35.4 848 68.4 64.6-72.0

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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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