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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-FEMALES

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,871 541 7.3 6.4- 8.2 5,330 92.7 91.8-93.6
RACE
White 4,293 415 7.7 6.6- 8.8 3,878 92.3 91.2-93.4
African American 1,236 97 5.9 4.5- 7.8 1,139 94.1 92.2-95.5
Asian 23 2 2.7 0.6-11.2 21 97.3 88.8-99.4
Native American 145 19 11.4 5.6-21.8 126 88.6 78.2-94.4
Other Minorities 157 7 5.8 2.0-16.0 150 94.2 84.0-98.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 163 5 5.9 1.9-16.9 158 94.1 83.1-98.1
-English Speaking 81 3 3.7 1.0-12.8 78 96.3 87.2-99.0
-Spanish Speaking 82 2 6.9 1.7-23.6 80 93.1 76.4-98.3
Non-Hispanic 5,701 536 7.3 6.5- 8.3 5,165 92.7 91.7-93.5
AGE
18-24 356 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 355 99.8 98.5- 100
25-34 873 14 1.6 0.7- 3.5 859 98.4 96.5-99.3
35-44 1,086 30 2.2 1.2- 4.0 1,056 97.8 96.0-98.8
45-54 1,144 67 5.8 4.0- 8.4 1,077 94.2 91.6-96.0
55-64 932 113 12.4 9.6-15.9 819 87.6 84.1-90.4
65-74 795 144 17.3 13.8-21.5 651 82.7 78.5-86.2
75+ 641 167 22.1 17.9-27.1 474 77.9 72.9-82.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 970 180 15.6 12.5-19.4 790 84.4 80.6-87.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,768 158 6.1 4.8- 7.6 1,610 93.9 92.4-95.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,519 125 6.2 4.8- 7.9 1,394 93.8 92.1-95.2
College Graduate 1,599 76 4.2 3.0- 5.8 1,523 95.8 94.2-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 788 127 14.6 11.4-18.6 661 85.4 81.4-88.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,100 99 7.5 5.6-10.0 1,001 92.5 90.0-94.4
$25,000- 34,999 661 53 6.0 4.1- 8.9 608 94.0 91.1-95.9
$35,000- 49,999 711 39 4.5 2.8- 7.1 672 95.5 92.9-97.2
$50,000-74,999 568 24 3.4 1.8- 6.0 544 96.6 94.0-98.2
$75,000+ 650 23 3.0 1.6- 5.7 627 97.0 94.3-98.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 269 27 8.9 6.0-13.0 242 91.1 87.0-94.0
Guilford 279 20 6.2 3.8-10.0 259 93.8 90.0-96.2
Mecklenburg 276 19 5.6 3.4- 9.1 257 94.4 90.9-96.6
Orange 281 15 3.6 2.1- 6.4 266 96.4 93.6-97.9
Wake 275 13 4.1 2.0- 8.2 262 95.9 91.8-98.0
Chatham/Lee 244 25 8.4 5.5-12.6 219 91.6 87.4-94.5
Nash/Wilson 235 22 9.0 5.7-14.0 213 91.0 86.0-94.3
Craven/Pamlico 280 27 8.2 5.4-12.3 253 91.8 87.7-94.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 268 35 11.4 8.0-16.1 233 88.6 83.9-92.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 26 8.2 4.7-14.0 261 91.8 86.0-95.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 35 9.4 5.7-15.3 263 90.6 84.7-94.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 259 29 9.0 6.1-13.2 230 91.0 86.8-93.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 294 27 8.4 5.5-12.7 267 91.6 87.3-94.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 286 34 11.0 7.4-16.0 252 89.0 84.0-92.6
Northeast NC I 312 26 6.5 4.3- 9.7 286 93.5 90.3-95.7
Northeast NC II 321 35 9.5 6.7-13.4 286 90.5 86.6-93.3
Northeastern Partnership 633 61 8.4 6.3-11.0 572 91.6 89.0-93.7
Mountain AHEC 799 85 8.6 6.6-11.3 714 91.4 88.7-93.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,108 205 8.4 6.9-10.3 1,903 91.6 89.7-93.1
Piedmont 2,484 203 6.4 5.2- 7.8 2,281 93.6 92.2-94.8
Western NC 1,279 133 8.2 6.5-10.2 1,146 91.8 89.8-93.5

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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions

^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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