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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 3,394 233 4.7 3.9- 5.7 3,161 95.3 94.3-96.1
RACE
White 2,530 207 5.6 4.6- 6.8 2,323 94.4 93.2-95.4
African American 584 17 2.8 1.3- 6.0 567 97.2 94.0-98.7
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 80 8 9.0 3.2-22.7 72 91.0 77.3-96.8
Other Minorities 160 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 159 99.3 94.9-99.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 3 0.9 0.2- 4.3 165 99.1 95.7-99.8
-English Speaking 53 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 51 99.3 97.0-99.8
-Spanish Speaking 115 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 114 99.1 93.7-99.9
Non-Hispanic 3,223 230 5.1 4.2- 6.1 2,993 94.9 93.9-95.8
AGE
18-24 213 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 212 99.6 97.2-99.9
25-34 521 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 519 99.9 99.5- 100
35-44 676 6 0.5 0.2- 1.6 670 99.5 98.4-99.8
45-54 679 43 5.3 3.3- 8.3 636 94.7 91.7-96.7
55-64 574 62 11.4 8.1-15.8 512 88.6 84.2-91.9
65-74 449 67 13.2 9.4-18.1 382 86.8 81.9-90.6
75+ 267 52 19.4 13.7-26.9 215 80.6 73.1-86.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 585 53 6.3 4.2- 9.4 532 93.7 90.6-95.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 66 4.2 2.9- 5.9 939 95.8 94.1-97.1
Some Post-H.S. 795 55 5.1 3.5- 7.4 740 94.9 92.6-96.5
College Graduate 1,000 59 4.2 2.9- 6.0 941 95.8 94.0-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 291 35 7.3 4.3-12.1 256 92.7 87.9-95.7
$15,000- 24,999 602 44 4.7 3.1- 7.0 558 95.3 93.0-96.9
$25,000- 34,999 361 30 6.6 4.0-10.8 331 93.4 89.2-96.0
$35,000- 49,999 516 36 7.0 4.3-11.2 480 93.0 88.8-95.7
$50,000-74,999 432 26 3.4 2.1- 5.6 406 96.6 94.4-97.9
$75,000+ 497 22 3.8 2.1- 6.6 475 96.2 93.4-97.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 20 9.2 5.8-14.5 157 90.8 85.5-94.2
Guilford 164 8 4.3 2.0- 8.7 156 95.7 91.3-98.0
Mecklenburg 167 13 5.3 3.0- 9.2 154 94.7 90.8-97.0
Orange 169 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3 162 97.1 93.7-98.7
Wake 167 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 165 99.1 96.4-99.8
Chatham/Lee 147 5 1.9 0.7- 5.2 142 98.1 94.8-99.3
Nash/Wilson 134 9 4.0 2.0- 7.8 125 96.0 92.2-98.0
Craven/Pamlico 167 16 6.7 3.9-11.3 151 93.3 88.7-96.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 157 13 7.1 3.9-12.7 144 92.9 87.3-96.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 163 14 5.8 3.3-10.0 149 94.2 90.0-96.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 172 10 3.4 1.7- 6.8 162 96.6 93.2-98.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 11 3.9 1.9- 7.6 150 96.1 92.4-98.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 17 7.6 4.6-12.4 156 92.4 87.6-95.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 122 10 9.6 4.1-21.0 112 90.4 79.0-95.9
Northeast NC I 138 8 4.6 2.2- 9.5 130 95.4 90.5-97.8
Northeast NC II 180 15 4.6 2.7- 7.7 165 95.4 92.3-97.3
Northeastern Partnership 318 23 4.6 2.9- 7.0 295 95.4 93.0-97.1
Mountain AHEC 488 43 7.7 5.1-11.4 445 92.3 88.6-94.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,133 88 4.7 3.4- 6.3 1,045 95.3 93.7-96.6
Piedmont 1,495 75 4.0 3.0- 5.4 1,420 96.0 94.6-97.0
Western NC 766 70 7.9 5.4-11.3 696 92.1 88.7-94.6

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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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