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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 5,963 1,113 17.8 16.4-19.3 4,850 82.2 80.7-83.6
RACE
White 4,349 941 20.4 18.7-22.2 3,408 79.6 77.8-81.3
African American 1,262 138 11.0 8.7-13.8 1,124 89.0 86.2-91.3
Asian 25 5 24.4 5.9-62.3 20 75.6 37.7-94.1
Native American 147 14 11.4 4.5-25.8 133 88.6 74.2-95.5
Other Minorities 161 12 8.2 3.9-16.6 149 91.8 83.4-96.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 18 8.8 4.3-17.2 149 91.2 82.8-95.7
-English Speaking 83 16 16.6 8.0-31.3 67 83.4 68.7-92.0
-Spanish Speaking 84 2 5.2 1.2-19.4 82 94.8 80.6-98.8
Non-Hispanic 5,789 1,092 18.2 16.8-19.7 4,697 81.8 80.3-83.2
AGE
18-24 361 50 13.3 8.8-19.7 311 86.7 80.3-91.2
25-34 882 147 16.0 12.8-19.7 735 84.0 80.3-87.2
35-44 1,099 237 20.7 17.6-24.3 862 79.3 75.7-82.4
45-54 1,158 263 21.7 18.5-25.3 895 78.3 74.7-81.5
55-64 950 202 21.4 17.9-25.5 748 78.6 74.5-82.1
65-74 811 149 18.9 15.4-23.0 662 81.1 77.0-84.6
75+ 653 60 8.7 5.8-12.8 593 91.3 87.2-94.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 991 76 6.7 4.6- 9.6 915 93.3 90.4-95.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,801 239 13.6 11.4-16.2 1,562 86.4 83.8-88.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,538 314 19.5 16.6-22.7 1,224 80.5 77.3-83.4
College Graduate 1,617 483 27.8 24.9-31.0 1,134 72.2 69.0-75.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 805 81 8.6 6.3-11.7 724 91.4 88.3-93.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,115 156 14.1 11.2-17.7 959 85.9 82.3-88.8
$25,000- 34,999 672 125 16.4 12.6-21.2 547 83.6 78.8-87.4
$35,000- 49,999 716 183 23.2 19.1-27.8 533 76.8 72.2-80.9
$50,000-74,999 575 154 22.0 18.0-26.7 421 78.0 73.3-82.0
$75,000+ 653 210 31.8 27.1-36.8 443 68.2 63.2-72.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 274 67 22.6 17.7-28.4 207 77.4 71.6-82.3
Guilford 280 63 22.1 17.0-28.2 217 77.9 71.8-83.0
Mecklenburg 279 60 18.6 14.3-23.9 219 81.4 76.1-85.7
Orange 281 81 23.7 16.7-32.4 200 76.3 67.6-83.3
Wake 276 65 20.9 16.0-26.8 211 79.1 73.2-84.0
Chatham/Lee 248 39 13.0 9.3-17.7 209 87.0 82.3-90.7
Nash/Wilson 238 49 18.1 13.5-23.8 189 81.9 76.2-86.5
Craven/Pamlico 285 49 16.5 12.0-22.1 236 83.5 77.9-88.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 51 21.0 15.4-27.9 225 79.0 72.1-84.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 43 13.0 9.2-18.2 244 87.0 81.8-90.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 56 17.1 12.3-23.2 245 82.9 76.8-87.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 43 15.1 10.9-20.6 221 84.9 79.4-89.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 299 36 9.0 6.3-12.6 263 91.0 87.4-93.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 293 40 12.9 9.3-17.6 253 87.1 82.4-90.7
Northeast NC I 315 50 16.5 12.4-21.6 265 83.5 78.4-87.6
Northeast NC II 328 58 19.0 14.5-24.4 270 81.0 75.6-85.5
Northeastern Partnership 643 108 18.0 14.8-21.8 535 82.0 78.2-85.2
Mountain AHEC 813 163 19.3 16.1-23.0 650 80.7 77.0-83.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,148 353 16.4 14.0-19.2 1,795 83.6 80.8-86.0
Piedmont 2,516 515 18.7 16.7-20.9 2,001 81.3 79.1-83.3
Western NC 1,299 245 17.3 14.8-20.1 1,054 82.7 79.9-85.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the all six stroke 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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