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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,912 4,079 68.4 66.5-70.3 856 14.4 13.0-15.9 977 17.2 15.7-18.8
RACE
White 4,316 3,115 72.0 69.9-74.0 584 13.2 11.7-14.9 617 14.8 13.2-16.5
African American 1,249 773 63.6 59.2-67.7 227 18.0 14.7-21.9 249 18.4 15.3-22.1
Asian 23 11 55.0 27.3-79.9 8 35.6 13.9-65.3 4 9.5 2.2-32.3
Native American 146 102 76.2 65.6-84.4 16 10.9 5.5-20.4 28 12.9 7.9-20.3
Other Minorities 161 67 35.8 25.5-47.5 19 15.3 7.6-28.5 75 48.9 37.0-60.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 166 72 33.5 23.5-45.2 19 12.9 5.5-27.6 75 53.6 41.1-65.6
-English Speaking 81 54 62.8 43.1-79.0 14 15.0 6.2-31.9 13 22.2 9.1-45.0
-Spanish Speaking 85 18 20.7 11.0-35.5 5 12.1 3.4-34.5 62 67.3 49.6-81.1
Non-Hispanic 5,739 4,003 70.1 68.2-71.9 836 14.5 13.1-16.0 900 15.4 14.0-16.9
AGE
18-24 358 246 62.9 54.6-70.4 46 15.0 9.6-22.7 66 22.1 16.1-29.6
25-34 876 653 74.7 70.2-78.7 105 11.0 8.4-14.2 118 14.3 11.0-18.3
35-44 1,090 798 72.0 67.6-76.0 143 14.1 11.0-18.0 149 13.9 11.0-17.3
45-54 1,150 855 73.5 69.5-77.2 147 12.9 10.3-16.2 148 13.5 10.8-16.9
55-64 939 661 71.6 66.9-75.8 122 11.0 8.5-14.1 156 17.4 13.8-21.7
65-74 803 496 62.6 57.6-67.4 150 18.4 14.7-22.8 157 18.9 15.3-23.2
75+ 651 338 48.2 42.6-53.9 135 22.8 18.4-27.8 178 29.0 24.0-34.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 982 505 47.3 42.3-52.4 175 17.8 14.0-22.4 302 34.8 29.9-40.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,779 1,197 68.0 64.5-71.4 277 14.9 12.4-17.8 305 17.1 14.5-20.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,526 1,123 72.1 68.3-75.6 214 15.8 12.9-19.2 189 12.1 9.7-14.9
College Graduate 1,609 1,246 78.1 75.2-80.8 186 10.4 8.5-12.7 177 11.4 9.4-13.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 799 496 60.8 55.3-66.0 132 16.1 12.7-20.2 171 23.1 18.6-28.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,111 711 64.7 60.0-69.1 202 17.3 14.1-21.0 198 18.1 14.5-22.2
$25,000- 34,999 665 493 71.7 65.5-77.2 78 11.8 8.5-16.1 94 16.5 11.8-22.6
$35,000- 49,999 714 535 73.6 68.4-78.3 93 12.6 9.5-16.6 86 13.8 10.2-18.4
$50,000-74,999 572 445 79.1 74.0-83.4 61 9.6 6.6-13.8 66 11.3 8.2-15.4
$75,000+ 650 521 80.4 76.0-84.2 78 12.5 9.4-16.4 51 7.1 4.9-10.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 272 187 69.7 63.3-75.4 43 15.1 11.1-20.3 42 15.2 11.0-20.6
Guilford 279 197 70.3 63.3-76.4 50 17.7 12.8-24.0 32 12.0 8.0-17.6
Mecklenburg 277 202 71.5 65.0-77.1 34 10.5 7.3-14.9 41 18.0 13.2-24.1
Orange 281 195 67.8 56.4-77.3 38 19.1 10.3-32.7 48 13.1 9.3-18.2
Wake 277 200 71.7 64.6-78.0 32 9.2 6.3-13.2 45 19.1 13.5-26.3
Chatham/Lee 245 169 68.5 60.9-75.3 31 10.9 7.4-15.8 45 20.6 14.6-28.3
Nash/Wilson 237 156 64.1 56.8-70.8 39 15.9 11.3-21.8 42 20.0 14.6-26.8
Craven/Pamlico 280 183 65.4 58.2-72.0 45 14.7 10.6-20.1 52 19.9 14.2-27.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 272 195 71.2 64.2-77.4 36 13.3 9.1-19.1 41 15.5 10.8-21.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 226 78.4 71.7-83.9 25 8.2 5.3-12.3 36 13.4 9.1-19.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 190 67.6 60.8-73.8 52 14.4 10.6-19.2 56 18.0 13.2-24.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 263 191 73.2 66.5-79.0 33 11.0 7.5-15.9 39 15.7 11.1-21.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 296 195 65.4 58.9-71.3 41 12.5 9.0-17.2 60 22.1 17.0-28.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 288 195 70.8 64.7-76.3 40 12.4 8.9-17.1 53 16.7 12.5-22.1
Northeast NC I 314 207 69.7 63.8-75.0 55 17.3 13.0-22.6 52 13.0 9.7-17.2
Northeast NC II 325 220 70.0 64.2-75.2 48 13.9 10.3-18.6 57 16.1 12.3-20.8
Northeastern Partnership 639 427 69.9 65.7-73.7 103 15.2 12.3-18.7 109 14.9 12.1-18.2
Mountain AHEC 808 564 68.8 64.4-73.0 126 16.8 13.7-20.6 118 14.3 11.3-17.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,123 1,404 64.2 60.6-67.7 331 17.3 14.5-20.7 388 18.4 15.8-21.4
Piedmont 2,497 1,743 69.7 67.0-72.3 349 12.7 11.0-14.7 405 17.5 15.4-19.9
Western NC 1,292 932 72.0 68.4-75.4 176 14.7 12.0-17.9 184 13.2 10.9-15.9

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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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