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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 5,883 1,950 32.0 30.2-33.9 3,933 68.0 66.1-69.8
RACE
White 4,299 1,299 28.9 26.9-30.9 3,000 71.1 69.1-73.1
African American 1,242 524 40.7 36.6-45.0 718 59.3 55.0-63.4
Asian 23 9 32.4 13.0-60.6 14 67.6 39.4-87.0
Native American 144 63 37.1 25.4-50.5 81 62.9 49.5-74.6
Other Minorities 158 52 42.9 31.1-55.6 106 57.1 44.4-68.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 164 52 40.7 28.6-54.1 112 59.3 45.9-71.4
-English Speaking 81 26 40.1 23.6-59.2 55 59.9 40.8-76.4
-Spanish Speaking 83 26 41.0 25.7-58.3 57 59.0 41.7-74.3
Non-Hispanic 5,712 1,897 31.6 29.8-33.4 3,815 68.4 66.6-70.2
AGE
18-24 357 88 27.0 20.6-34.5 269 73.0 65.5-79.4
25-34 872 253 28.4 24.2-33.0 619 71.6 67.0-75.8
35-44 1,084 293 27.7 23.7-32.1 791 72.3 67.9-76.3
45-54 1,148 388 35.0 31.0-39.2 760 65.0 60.8-69.0
55-64 933 377 41.0 36.3-45.9 556 59.0 54.1-63.7
65-74 799 326 40.5 35.6-45.6 473 59.5 54.4-64.4
75+ 645 212 29.3 24.5-34.7 433 70.7 65.3-75.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 973 403 37.6 32.6-42.9 570 62.4 57.1-67.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,768 619 34.7 31.3-38.3 1,149 65.3 61.7-68.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,521 504 31.4 28.0-35.1 1,017 68.6 64.9-72.0
College Graduate 1,606 418 26.3 23.3-29.4 1,188 73.7 70.6-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 791 330 38.1 33.0-43.4 461 61.9 56.6-67.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,102 405 36.6 32.1-41.3 697 63.4 58.7-67.9
$25,000- 34,999 665 225 33.2 27.6-39.4 440 66.8 60.6-72.4
$35,000- 49,999 710 228 29.8 25.0-35.1 482 70.2 64.9-75.0
$50,000-74,999 570 161 30.1 25.0-35.7 409 69.9 64.3-75.0
$75,000+ 649 173 27.1 22.7-32.0 476 72.9 68.0-77.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 270 89 31.4 25.5-37.9 181 68.6 62.1-74.5
Guilford 280 85 31.3 25.2-38.1 195 68.7 61.9-74.8
Mecklenburg 277 93 31.9 26.1-38.4 184 68.1 61.6-73.9
Orange 281 67 26.3 17.8-37.0 214 73.7 63.0-82.2
Wake 274 89 36.1 29.4-43.3 185 63.9 56.7-70.6
Chatham/Lee 243 82 30.7 24.6-37.6 161 69.3 62.4-75.4
Nash/Wilson 235 86 35.3 28.8-42.5 149 64.7 57.5-71.2
Craven/Pamlico 281 85 30.7 24.4-37.8 196 69.3 62.2-75.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 270 92 32.7 26.6-39.5 178 67.3 60.5-73.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 284 87 27.4 20.8-35.1 197 72.6 64.9-79.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 297 119 38.7 31.8-46.1 178 61.3 53.9-68.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 260 84 27.8 22.2-34.1 176 72.2 65.9-77.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 295 113 36.0 30.1-42.3 182 64.0 57.7-69.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 287 105 34.3 28.5-40.6 182 65.7 59.4-71.5
Northeast NC I 313 122 37.2 31.2-43.6 191 62.8 56.4-68.8
Northeast NC II 323 106 32.5 26.9-38.6 217 67.5 61.4-73.1
Northeastern Partnership 636 228 34.3 30.1-38.7 408 65.7 61.3-69.9
Mountain AHEC 800 259 31.3 27.0-35.8 541 68.7 64.2-73.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,115 734 32.6 29.5-36.0 1,381 67.4 64.0-70.5
Piedmont 2,490 809 32.1 29.5-34.8 1,681 67.9 65.2-70.5
Western NC 1,278 407 30.3 26.7-34.1 871 69.7 65.9-73.3

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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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