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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 5,830 4,437 75.9 74.2-77.6 1,393 24.1 22.4-25.8
RACE
White 4,273 3,298 76.9 74.9-78.8 975 23.1 21.2-25.1
African American 1,214 901 72.0 67.7-75.8 313 28.0 24.2-32.3
Asian 23 13 68.2 39.3-87.7 10 31.8 12.3-60.7
Native American 143 100 69.3 56.8-79.6 43 30.7 20.4-43.2
Other Minorities 160 113 80.2 70.7-87.2 47 19.8 12.8-29.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 163 119 80.4 70.4-87.7 44 19.6 12.3-29.6
-English Speaking 79 60 79.8 61.4-90.8 19 20.2 9.2-38.6
-Spanish Speaking 84 59 80.7 68.0-89.2 25 19.3 10.8-32.0
Non-Hispanic 5,660 4,313 75.7 73.9-77.4 1,347 24.3 22.6-26.1
AGE
18-24 353 222 65.6 58.0-72.4 131 34.4 27.6-42.0
25-34 861 602 72.5 68.1-76.5 259 27.5 23.5-31.9
35-44 1,078 797 75.2 71.3-78.8 281 24.8 21.2-28.7
45-54 1,137 915 80.7 76.9-83.9 222 19.3 16.1-23.1
55-64 927 774 84.8 80.7-88.2 153 15.2 11.8-19.3
65-74 795 627 80.5 76.2-84.1 168 19.5 15.9-23.8
75+ 634 464 70.6 64.9-75.7 170 29.4 24.3-35.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 954 654 67.0 62.0-71.6 300 33.0 28.4-38.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,746 1,295 73.6 70.1-76.8 451 26.4 23.2-29.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,515 1,182 79.6 76.4-82.4 333 20.4 17.6-23.6
College Graduate 1,600 1,297 80.2 77.2-82.9 303 19.8 17.1-22.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 781 573 71.1 65.7-76.0 208 28.9 24.0-34.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,089 806 73.4 69.0-77.3 283 26.6 22.7-31.0
$25,000- 34,999 658 510 75.9 70.1-80.8 148 24.1 19.2-29.9
$35,000- 49,999 708 555 76.3 71.2-80.8 153 23.7 19.2-28.8
$50,000-74,999 569 452 80.4 75.5-84.6 117 19.6 15.4-24.5
$75,000+ 648 535 83.6 79.2-87.2 113 16.4 12.8-20.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 269 206 76.3 70.1-81.6 63 23.7 18.4-29.9
Guilford 278 208 70.2 63.0-76.6 70 29.8 23.4-37.0
Mecklenburg 276 211 77.8 71.8-82.8 65 22.2 17.2-28.2
Orange 280 220 68.8 57.0-78.7 60 31.2 21.3-43.0
Wake 273 220 81.1 75.2-85.9 53 18.9 14.1-24.8
Chatham/Lee 242 197 81.0 73.6-86.7 45 19.0 13.3-26.4
Nash/Wilson 234 164 66.9 59.6-73.4 70 33.1 26.6-40.4
Craven/Pamlico 280 209 74.5 68.1-79.9 71 25.5 20.1-31.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 268 205 77.0 70.6-82.4 63 23.0 17.6-29.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 284 210 66.1 55.8-75.1 74 33.9 24.9-44.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 293 218 77.0 70.9-82.1 75 23.0 17.9-29.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 259 189 71.4 64.6-77.4 70 28.6 22.6-35.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 291 214 72.3 66.1-77.8 77 27.7 22.2-33.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 283 208 72.2 65.7-77.8 75 27.8 22.2-34.3
Northeast NC I 305 222 70.4 63.9-76.2 83 29.6 23.8-36.1
Northeast NC II 317 246 76.0 69.8-81.2 71 24.0 18.8-30.2
Northeastern Partnership 622 468 73.8 69.4-77.9 154 26.2 22.1-30.6
Mountain AHEC 797 621 80.6 76.8-84.0 176 19.4 16.0-23.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,087 1,555 73.5 70.1-76.6 532 26.5 23.4-29.9
Piedmont 2,471 1,900 76.6 74.1-78.8 571 23.4 21.2-25.9
Western NC 1,272 982 78.5 75.1-81.6 290 21.5 18.4-24.9

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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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