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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 5,900 2,391 41.9 39.9-43.8 1,808 29.3 27.6-31.1 1,701 28.8 27.1-30.6
RACE
White 4,308 1,629 40.5 38.2-42.7 1,441 31.4 29.4-33.5 1,238 28.1 26.2-30.1
African American 1,246 625 49.8 45.5-54.1 292 23.9 20.2-28.0 329 26.3 22.7-30.2
Asian 23 11 44.1 19.9-71.5 7 32.0 10.3-65.7 5 24.0 7.1-56.5
Native American 146 74 50.3 36.8-63.7 32 22.9 13.4-36.4 40 26.8 17.0-39.5
Other Minorities 160 48 28.2 18.8-40.0 27 20.1 11.5-32.6 85 51.7 39.6-63.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 42 22.2 13.9-33.6 45 23.7 14.4-36.6 78 54.1 41.5-66.1
-English Speaking 81 31 42.4 25.9-60.8 33 37.3 22.1-55.5 17 20.3 9.6-38.0
-Spanish Speaking 84 11 13.4 5.8-27.9 12 17.8 7.6-36.5 61 68.8 51.3-82.2
Non-Hispanic 5,728 2,349 42.9 40.9-44.9 1,759 29.5 27.8-31.3 1,620 27.6 25.9-29.4
AGE
18-24 356 172 51.2 43.3-59.0 99 28.8 22.0-36.7 85 20.0 14.6-26.8
25-34 875 392 43.3 38.6-48.0 243 27.3 23.3-31.8 240 29.4 25.0-34.2
35-44 1,089 444 41.9 37.6-46.4 372 31.4 27.5-35.6 273 26.7 23.0-30.7
45-54 1,148 484 43.4 39.2-47.8 370 29.4 25.8-33.3 294 27.2 23.5-31.2
55-64 938 349 37.6 32.9-42.4 300 30.6 26.5-35.1 289 31.8 27.5-36.4
65-74 802 300 38.1 33.3-43.2 237 29.8 25.5-34.5 265 32.1 27.5-37.0
75+ 647 231 35.7 30.4-41.3 175 26.5 21.7-32.0 241 37.8 32.5-43.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 975 390 39.6 34.7-44.7 207 19.2 15.3-23.9 378 41.2 36.2-46.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,776 786 45.5 41.9-49.1 447 25.1 21.9-28.4 543 29.5 26.3-32.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,525 627 43.9 40.0-47.8 502 31.8 28.3-35.5 396 24.3 21.2-27.6
College Graduate 1,608 584 37.6 34.2-41.2 648 37.7 34.4-41.1 376 24.7 21.8-27.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 795 357 45.1 39.8-50.6 179 20.4 16.6-24.8 259 34.4 29.4-39.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,107 486 42.9 38.3-47.5 289 25.1 21.4-29.4 332 32.0 27.7-36.6
$25,000- 34,999 665 286 43.8 37.8-49.9 195 27.7 22.7-33.4 184 28.5 23.1-34.6
$35,000- 49,999 713 290 43.8 38.3-49.5 259 33.5 28.6-38.7 164 22.7 18.5-27.5
$50,000-74,999 572 198 40.9 35.2-46.8 233 34.2 29.2-39.5 141 24.9 20.4-30.2
$75,000+ 649 224 37.7 32.7-42.9 268 40.6 35.6-45.9 157 21.7 17.8-26.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 271 99 36.4 29.9-43.4 105 38.2 31.9-44.9 67 25.4 20.0-31.8
Guilford 279 109 42.0 35.2-49.1 94 31.5 25.6-38.0 76 26.5 21.0-32.9
Mecklenburg 277 112 42.2 35.8-48.9 85 27.0 21.8-32.9 80 30.8 24.9-37.4
Orange 281 84 34.9 25.6-45.4 121 36.0 27.7-45.2 76 29.1 20.4-39.7
Wake 276 101 38.5 32.0-45.5 104 33.5 27.4-40.1 71 28.0 21.8-35.2
Chatham/Lee 244 107 45.2 38.0-52.7 70 26.3 20.7-32.8 67 28.5 21.9-36.1
Nash/Wilson 236 96 40.1 33.4-47.2 72 29.3 23.2-36.1 68 30.7 24.3-37.8
Craven/Pamlico 280 106 41.2 34.4-48.3 88 30.2 24.4-36.8 86 28.6 23.0-35.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 271 108 38.5 32.0-45.5 82 31.6 25.2-38.7 81 29.9 23.8-36.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 111 40.4 32.5-48.8 73 23.2 17.7-29.8 103 36.4 27.7-46.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 118 38.6 31.9-45.7 102 33.9 27.2-41.3 78 27.5 21.1-35.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 262 105 41.4 34.4-48.8 69 25.5 20.0-31.9 88 33.1 26.9-39.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 296 150 51.7 45.2-58.1 68 19.0 14.8-24.1 78 29.3 23.7-35.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 288 131 46.7 40.2-53.3 69 22.1 17.4-27.7 88 31.2 25.4-37.6
Northeast NC I 313 130 42.8 36.6-49.2 96 30.5 25.0-36.5 87 26.7 21.6-32.6
Northeast NC II 324 147 45.8 39.7-52.1 90 28.0 22.8-33.9 87 26.2 21.2-31.8
Northeastern Partnership 637 277 44.7 40.2-49.3 186 28.9 25.0-33.2 174 26.4 22.7-30.5
Mountain AHEC 805 313 41.6 37.0-46.4 264 32.4 28.3-36.7 228 26.0 22.3-30.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,120 922 44.2 40.7-47.7 594 28.9 25.6-32.3 604 27.0 24.1-30.0
Piedmont 2,493 956 39.7 37.0-42.5 821 29.8 27.3-32.3 716 30.5 28.0-33.2
Western NC 1,287 513 45.6 41.6-49.8 393 28.3 25.1-31.7 381 26.1 22.7-29.7

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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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