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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,670 1,170 39.8 37.0-42.5 1,500 60.2 57.5-63.0
RACE
White 2,049 940 41.7 38.6-44.9 1,109 58.3 55.1-61.4
African American 455 181 35.9 29.6-42.7 274 64.1 57.3-70.4
Asian 14 1 4.1 0.5-26.4 13 95.9 73.6-99.5
Native American 60 26 38.9 23.7-56.6 34 61.1 43.4-76.3
Other Minorities 78 17 25.2 13.4-42.3 61 74.8 57.7-86.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 83 19 28.7 16.0-45.9 64 71.3 54.1-84.0
-English Speaking 33 10 37.3 15.6-65.6 23 62.7 34.4-84.4
-Spanish Speaking 50 9 26.1 12.1-47.4 41 73.9 52.6-87.9
Non-Hispanic 2,584 1,151 40.4 37.6-43.2 1,433 59.6 56.8-62.4
AGE
35-44 678 152 21.0 16.9-25.8 526 79.0 74.2-83.1
45-54 681 259 38.2 32.7-44.1 422 61.8 55.9-67.3
55-64 576 322 53.6 47.7-59.4 254 46.4 40.6-52.3
65-74 452 275 59.5 52.7-65.9 177 40.5 34.1-47.3
75+ 268 161 56.8 48.3-65.0 107 43.2 35.0-51.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 489 220 37.9 31.4-44.9 269 62.1 55.1-68.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 783 346 37.9 33.0-43.0 437 62.1 57.0-67.0
Some Post-H.S. 568 251 41.0 35.3-46.9 317 59.0 53.1-64.7
College Graduate 821 349 41.4 36.7-46.3 472 58.6 53.7-63.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 238 114 35.2 26.5-44.9 124 64.8 55.1-73.5
$15,000- 24,999 439 187 35.5 28.8-42.8 252 64.5 57.2-71.2
$25,000- 34,999 268 126 45.6 37.1-54.5 142 54.4 45.5-62.9
$35,000- 49,999 410 181 40.5 33.9-47.5 229 59.5 52.5-66.1
$50,000-74,999 344 154 40.3 33.2-47.7 190 59.7 52.3-66.8
$75,000+ 424 169 39.6 33.0-46.6 255 60.4 53.4-67.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 141 66 45.3 36.7-54.2 75 54.7 45.8-63.3
Guilford 134 51 36.6 28.0-46.1 83 63.4 53.9-72.0
Mecklenburg 119 44 35.8 26.7-46.1 75 64.2 53.9-73.3
Orange 125 51 33.8 23.5-45.9 74 66.2 54.1-76.5
Wake 120 47 31.4 23.1-41.1 73 68.6 58.9-76.9
Chatham/Lee 122 51 41.3 29.7-53.9 71 58.7 46.1-70.3
Nash/Wilson 110 54 46.5 36.4-56.9 56 53.5 43.1-63.6
Craven/Pamlico 138 61 45.1 36.2-54.4 77 54.9 45.6-63.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 127 59 44.8 33.4-56.7 68 55.2 43.3-66.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 125 63 45.1 33.6-57.1 62 54.9 42.9-66.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 139 59 40.9 31.5-51.1 80 59.1 48.9-68.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 122 58 46.0 24.1-69.6 64 54.0 30.4-75.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 137 69 46.5 37.3-55.9 68 53.5 44.1-62.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 103 43 35.7 25.5-47.4 60 64.3 52.6-74.5
Northeast NC I 116 57 46.6 36.6-56.9 59 53.4 43.1-63.4
Northeast NC II 141 67 44.0 34.9-53.4 74 56.0 46.6-65.1
Northeastern Partnership 257 124 44.8 37.8-52.1 133 55.2 47.9-62.2
Mountain AHEC 386 173 39.2 32.8-46.0 213 60.8 54.0-67.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 899 423 44.5 39.4-49.7 476 55.5 50.3-60.6
Piedmont 1,170 476 38.0 34.3-41.9 694 62.0 58.1-65.7
Western NC 601 271 37.6 32.0-43.6 330 62.4 56.4-68.0

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 35 or older.

^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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