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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-FEMALES

Why do you take aspirin... To reduce the chance of a heart attack?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,557 1,392 87.5 84.4-90.0 165 12.5 10.0-15.6
RACE
White 1,221 1,089 88.2 84.8-90.9 132 11.8 9.1-15.2
African American 265 242 88.6 81.4-93.3 23 11.4 6.7-18.6
Asian 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 45 41 76.8 43.1-93.5 4 23.2 6.5-56.9
Other Minorities 19 14 70.4 30.9-92.7 5 29.6 7.3-69.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 23 18 72.5 31.3-93.9 5 27.5 6.1-68.7
-English Speaking 17 15 89.9 64.3-97.8 2 10.1 2.2-35.7
-Spanish Speaking 6 3 65.0 15.6-94.9 3 35.0 5.1-84.4
Non-Hispanic 1,534 1,374 87.9 84.9-90.4 160 12.1 9.6-15.1
AGE
35-44 133 89 66.7 52.1-78.7 44 33.3 21.3-47.9
45-54 301 258 83.9 76.9-89.1 43 16.1 10.9-23.1
55-64 367 336 92.2 86.5-95.7 31 7.8 4.3-13.5
65-74 418 390 91.9 86.3-95.3 28 8.1 4.7-13.7
75+ 321 304 93.9 87.7-97.0 17 6.1 3.0-12.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 351 315 88.1 80.9-92.9 36 11.9 7.1-19.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 488 437 87.4 80.7-92.1 51 12.6 7.9-19.3
Some Post-H.S. 373 329 87.4 81.6-91.5 44 12.6 8.5-18.4
College Graduate 336 303 87.1 80.3-91.8 33 12.9 8.2-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 260 233 84.3 74.2-90.9 27 15.7 9.1-25.8
$15,000- 24,999 271 240 85.9 77.1-91.7 31 14.1 8.3-22.9
$25,000- 34,999 159 146 92.3 85.9-95.9 13 7.7 4.1-14.1
$35,000- 49,999 160 141 82.4 67.1-91.5 19 17.6 8.5-32.9
$50,000-74,999 112 98 89.0 80.3-94.1 14 11.0 5.9-19.7
$75,000+ 146 132 88.3 77.6-94.3 14 11.7 5.7-22.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 72 68 95.0 87.0-98.2 4 5.0 1.8-13.0
Guilford 75 63 85.2 74.7-91.8 12 14.8 8.2-25.3
Mecklenburg 52 45 84.8 70.0-93.0 7 15.2 7.0-30.0
Orange 66 60 93.0 84.1-97.1 6 7.0 2.9-15.9
Wake 56 45 73.6 55.6-86.1 11 26.4 13.9-44.4
Chatham/Lee 73 63 86.0 75.1-92.6 10 14.0 7.4-24.9
Nash/Wilson 68 63 90.6 77.3-96.4 5 9.4 3.6-22.7
Craven/Pamlico 70 63 89.4 78.8-95.0 7 10.6 5.0-21.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 81 75 94.0 86.5-97.4 6 6.0 2.6-13.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 79 71 84.9 70.4-93.0 8 15.1 7.0-29.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 84 70 78.1 62.1-88.6 14 21.9 11.4-37.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 77 73 95.1 87.2-98.2 4 4.9 1.8-12.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 84 79 91.9 81.5-96.7 5 8.1 3.3-18.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 82 74 90.1 80.4-95.3 8 9.9 4.7-19.6
Northeast NC I 81 69 86.4 76.3-92.6 12 13.6 7.4-23.7
Northeast NC II 88 78 84.9 73.1-92.1 10 15.1 7.9-26.9
Northeastern Partnership 169 147 85.4 77.5-90.9 22 14.6 9.1-22.5
Mountain AHEC 223 208 91.9 85.1-95.7 15 8.1 4.3-14.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 577 524 90.3 85.8-93.5 53 9.7 6.5-14.2
Piedmont 630 547 85.6 80.6-89.5 83 14.4 10.5-19.4
Western NC 350 321 88.4 81.6-93.0 29 11.6 7.0-18.4

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking aspirin regularly.

^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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