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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 5,909 2,009 35.8 33.9-37.7 1,958 31.4 29.6-33.2 1,942 32.8 31.0-34.7
RACE
White 4,314 1,434 35.0 32.8-37.2 1,500 32.7 30.6-34.8 1,380 32.4 30.3-34.5
African American 1,248 468 39.9 35.8-44.2 375 30.6 26.7-34.8 405 29.5 25.8-33.4
Asian 23 5 22.6 6.9-53.4 11 51.8 24.8-77.9 7 25.6 9.3-53.5
Native American 146 52 37.6 25.6-51.4 39 28.5 17.6-42.7 55 33.9 22.2-47.9
Other Minorities 161 44 31.1 20.9-43.5 27 14.8 7.7-26.6 90 54.1 41.8-65.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 166 43 28.4 18.6-40.7 36 15.3 7.8-27.8 87 56.3 43.6-68.2
-English Speaking 81 27 48.7 31.3-66.5 28 22.8 12.6-37.7 26 28.5 15.8-45.8
-Spanish Speaking 85 16 19.5 9.8-35.0 8 12.1 3.8-32.3 61 68.4 50.9-81.9
Non-Hispanic 5,736 1,965 36.1 34.2-38.0 1,919 32.2 30.4-34.1 1,852 31.7 29.9-33.6
AGE
18-24 358 161 46.3 38.6-54.2 84 23.8 17.7-31.1 113 30.0 23.3-37.6
25-34 875 338 39.0 34.5-43.8 243 25.8 21.9-30.2 294 35.1 30.7-39.9
35-44 1,090 421 38.9 34.7-43.3 342 29.9 26.0-34.1 327 31.2 27.2-35.5
45-54 1,150 389 34.1 30.1-38.2 413 35.5 31.6-39.7 348 30.4 26.5-34.6
55-64 939 318 34.0 29.7-38.6 299 30.5 26.4-35.1 322 35.5 30.9-40.4
65-74 802 242 32.3 27.6-37.4 300 35.8 31.1-40.7 260 31.9 27.5-36.7
75+ 650 123 18.7 14.7-23.6 266 43.7 38.1-49.4 261 37.6 32.4-43.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 980 256 23.5 19.6-27.9 305 30.5 26.0-35.4 419 46.0 40.9-51.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,778 571 34.1 30.8-37.7 582 31.2 27.9-34.7 625 34.7 31.3-38.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,526 585 41.0 37.1-44.9 503 31.5 28.1-35.2 438 27.5 24.2-31.0
College Graduate 1,609 595 39.9 36.5-43.5 562 32.1 29.0-35.4 452 27.9 24.9-31.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 798 263 30.4 25.7-35.6 264 31.1 26.6-36.0 271 38.5 33.2-44.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,110 377 33.0 28.8-37.5 336 30.4 26.2-34.9 397 36.6 32.2-41.2
$25,000- 34,999 665 237 35.8 30.2-41.7 218 26.8 22.1-32.0 210 37.4 31.4-43.9
$35,000- 49,999 714 259 35.7 30.5-41.2 246 34.7 29.6-40.0 209 29.7 24.8-35.1
$50,000-74,999 572 196 40.0 34.4-45.8 204 32.6 27.4-38.1 172 27.4 22.7-32.7
$75,000+ 650 241 39.5 34.5-44.7 243 36.6 31.6-41.8 166 24.0 19.9-28.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 272 90 36.6 30.2-43.6 109 37.4 31.3-43.9 73 26.0 20.7-32.1
Guilford 279 90 33.5 27.1-40.5 106 39.5 32.8-46.5 83 27.1 21.6-33.3
Mecklenburg 277 113 43.7 37.2-50.4 76 25.3 20.1-31.2 88 31.0 25.3-37.5
Orange 281 94 35.2 26.8-44.6 107 34.5 24.9-45.4 80 30.4 22.2-40.0
Wake 277 98 34.1 27.9-40.9 83 29.2 23.4-35.9 96 36.6 30.1-43.7
Chatham/Lee 245 83 35.0 28.2-42.3 81 30.9 24.8-37.8 81 34.1 27.2-41.8
Nash/Wilson 237 81 33.8 27.5-40.7 84 34.4 28.0-41.5 72 31.8 25.4-38.9
Craven/Pamlico 280 95 36.2 29.9-43.1 95 30.5 24.9-36.8 90 33.3 26.8-40.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 271 77 28.4 22.4-35.2 96 39.3 32.4-46.6 98 32.3 26.5-38.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 102 36.7 28.0-46.5 83 26.9 20.9-34.0 102 36.4 28.8-44.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 97 32.5 26.0-39.7 106 32.6 26.2-39.7 95 34.9 28.1-42.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 263 90 37.6 30.6-45.1 85 30.2 24.3-36.7 88 32.2 26.1-39.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 296 107 37.2 31.2-43.6 78 24.5 19.4-30.4 111 38.3 32.2-44.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 287 105 39.0 32.7-45.6 91 29.2 23.7-35.4 91 31.8 26.0-38.2
Northeast NC I 314 101 36.2 30.2-42.7 104 31.8 26.3-37.9 109 32.0 26.5-38.0
Northeast NC II 325 108 31.3 25.9-37.2 117 40.2 34.1-46.5 100 28.6 23.5-34.3
Northeastern Partnership 639 209 33.1 29.0-37.5 221 37.0 32.6-41.6 209 29.9 26.0-34.0
Mountain AHEC 808 258 32.8 28.5-37.4 300 36.8 32.5-41.4 250 30.4 26.3-34.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,122 735 35.4 32.1-38.7 669 30.6 27.4-34.0 718 34.0 30.8-37.4
Piedmont 2,496 850 36.1 33.4-38.9 842 31.0 28.6-33.6 804 32.9 30.3-35.6
Western NC 1,291 424 35.2 31.2-39.3 447 34.6 30.9-38.6 420 30.2 26.8-33.8

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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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