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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 5,883 189 2.6 2.1- 3.2 5,694 97.4 96.8-97.9
RACE
White 4,301 146 2.5 1.9- 3.2 4,155 97.5 96.8-98.1
African American 1,239 34 2.8 1.8- 4.3 1,205 97.2 95.7-98.2
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 145 6 5.9 1.9-17.0 139 94.1 83.0-98.1
Other Minorities 158 3 3.2 0.8-12.0 155 96.8 88.0-99.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 163 2 2.4 0.4-13.9 161 97.6 86.1-99.6
-English Speaking 81 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 80 99.7 97.6- 100
-Spanish Speaking 82 1 3.3 0.5-19.9 81 96.7 80.1-99.5
Non-Hispanic 5,713 187 2.6 2.1- 3.2 5,526 97.4 96.8-97.9
AGE
18-24 356 0 0.0 . - . 356 100 . - .
25-34 873 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7 869 99.8 99.3-99.9
35-44 1,086 11 0.7 0.3- 1.6 1,075 99.3 98.4-99.7
45-54 1,143 19 1.4 0.8- 2.7 1,124 98.6 97.3-99.2
55-64 933 49 5.7 3.7- 8.6 884 94.3 91.4-96.3
65-74 798 45 5.4 3.6- 8.1 753 94.6 91.9-96.4
75+ 650 60 9.3 6.4-13.4 590 90.7 86.6-93.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 973 71 5.5 3.7- 8.0 902 94.5 92.0-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,771 57 2.4 1.7- 3.5 1,714 97.6 96.5-98.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,522 40 2.1 1.4- 3.3 1,482 97.9 96.7-98.6
College Graduate 1,602 21 1.6 0.9- 2.7 1,581 98.4 97.3-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 790 46 5.4 3.4- 8.6 744 94.6 91.4-96.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,102 30 2.8 1.7- 4.7 1,072 97.2 95.3-98.3
$25,000- 34,999 663 23 3.2 1.9- 5.3 640 96.8 94.7-98.1
$35,000- 49,999 712 17 2.0 1.0- 4.1 695 98.0 95.9-99.0
$50,000-74,999 569 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2 562 99.5 98.8-99.8
$75,000+ 649 4 0.4 0.1- 1.0 645 99.6 99.0-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 270 9 2.5 1.2- 5.1 261 97.5 94.9-98.8
Guilford 280 5 1.4 0.6- 3.6 275 98.6 96.4-99.4
Mecklenburg 277 8 2.0 1.0- 4.0 269 98.0 96.0-99.0
Orange 281 5 0.9 0.3- 2.1 276 99.1 97.9-99.7
Wake 276 9 3.1 1.3- 7.2 267 96.9 92.8-98.7
Chatham/Lee 244 12 3.5 2.0- 6.3 232 96.5 93.7-98.0
Nash/Wilson 234 9 3.7 1.8- 7.4 225 96.3 92.6-98.2
Craven/Pamlico 280 6 2.7 1.1- 6.4 274 97.3 93.6-98.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 270 11 3.5 1.8- 6.7 259 96.5 93.3-98.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 286 8 1.7 0.8- 3.6 278 98.3 96.4-99.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 13 2.6 1.5- 4.7 285 97.4 95.3-98.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 260 6 1.5 0.7- 3.5 254 98.5 96.5-99.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 296 8 3.6 1.7- 7.7 288 96.4 92.3-98.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 288 10 2.7 1.3- 5.4 278 97.3 94.6-98.7
Northeast NC I 312 9 2.0 1.0- 4.2 303 98.0 95.8-99.0
Northeast NC II 322 18 4.7 2.9- 7.6 304 95.3 92.4-97.1
Northeastern Partnership 634 27 3.7 2.4- 5.6 607 96.3 94.4-97.6
Mountain AHEC 801 22 2.2 1.2- 3.7 779 97.8 96.3-98.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,114 73 3.3 2.4- 4.5 2,041 96.7 95.5-97.6
Piedmont 2,488 80 2.4 1.7- 3.3 2,408 97.6 96.7-98.3
Western NC 1,281 36 2.1 1.3- 3.2 1,245 97.9 96.8-98.7

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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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