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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,966 728 11.6 10.4-12.9 5,238 88.4 87.1-89.6
RACE
White 4,350 627 13.5 12.1-15.1 3,723 86.5 84.9-87.9
African American 1,263 78 7.1 5.1- 9.9 1,185 92.9 90.1-94.9
Asian 25 3 21.1 4.1-62.6 22 78.9 37.4-95.9
Native American 147 13 5.4 2.9-10.1 134 94.6 89.9-97.1
Other Minorities 162 7 2.8 1.2- 6.6 155 97.2 93.4-98.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 12 4.0 1.7- 9.2 156 96.0 90.8-98.3
-English Speaking 83 10 10.1 3.8-24.1 73 89.9 75.9-96.2
-Spanish Speaking 85 2 1.3 0.2- 7.1 83 98.7 92.9-99.8
Non-Hispanic 5,791 715 12.0 10.8-13.3 5,076 88.0 86.7-89.2
AGE
18-24 363 22 6.5 3.6-11.5 341 93.5 88.5-96.4
25-34 881 86 10.3 7.7-13.6 795 89.7 86.4-92.3
35-44 1,099 139 12.6 10.1-15.8 960 87.4 84.2-89.9
45-54 1,158 187 16.1 13.3-19.5 971 83.9 80.5-86.7
55-64 950 124 11.7 9.0-15.1 826 88.3 84.9-91.0
65-74 811 98 11.2 8.5-14.8 713 88.8 85.2-91.5
75+ 655 67 10.2 7.1-14.4 588 89.8 85.6-92.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 993 69 6.8 4.7- 9.8 924 93.2 90.2-95.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,801 197 10.3 8.3-12.6 1,604 89.7 87.4-91.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,538 194 12.3 10.0-15.0 1,344 87.7 85.0-90.0
College Graduate 1,617 266 15.4 13.0-18.0 1,351 84.6 82.0-87.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 807 59 6.2 4.3- 8.8 748 93.8 91.2-95.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,115 111 11.0 8.2-14.4 1,004 89.0 85.6-91.8
$25,000- 34,999 672 80 11.2 8.0-15.6 592 88.8 84.4-92.0
$35,000- 49,999 716 91 12.7 9.5-16.7 625 87.3 83.3-90.5
$50,000-74,999 575 103 15.8 12.1-20.2 472 84.2 79.8-87.9
$75,000+ 653 131 19.9 15.9-24.6 522 80.1 75.4-84.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 274 39 12.5 8.9-17.2 235 87.5 82.8-91.1
Guilford 280 38 12.6 8.9-17.5 242 87.4 82.5-91.1
Mecklenburg 280 30 10.0 6.8-14.4 250 90.0 85.6-93.2
Orange 282 50 11.1 7.9-15.5 232 88.9 84.5-92.1
Wake 277 37 15.8 11.2-21.9 240 84.2 78.1-88.8
Chatham/Lee 248 32 12.8 8.9-18.2 216 87.2 81.8-91.1
Nash/Wilson 239 28 11.1 7.4-16.5 211 88.9 83.5-92.6
Craven/Pamlico 285 39 12.0 8.7-16.4 246 88.0 83.6-91.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 42 14.3 10.4-19.3 234 85.7 80.7-89.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 43 14.0 9.8-19.7 244 86.0 80.3-90.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 32 10.1 6.3-15.8 269 89.9 84.2-93.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 42 15.2 11.0-20.6 222 84.8 79.4-89.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 299 24 7.6 4.9-11.6 275 92.4 88.4-95.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 292 26 8.1 5.2-12.4 266 91.9 87.6-94.8
Northeast NC I 315 23 6.4 4.0-10.0 292 93.6 90.0-96.0
Northeast NC II 328 43 15.0 11.0-20.0 285 85.0 80.0-89.0
Northeastern Partnership 643 66 11.7 9.0-15.1 577 88.3 84.9-91.0
Mountain AHEC 813 115 11.4 9.1-14.2 698 88.6 85.8-90.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,148 217 9.6 7.9-11.6 1,931 90.4 88.4-92.1
Piedmont 2,519 327 12.5 10.8-14.5 2,192 87.5 85.5-89.2
Western NC 1,299 184 12.1 9.8-14.8 1,115 87.9 85.2-90.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the all six heart attack symptoms 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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