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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 3,397 1,084 30.1 27.7-32.6 2,313 69.9 67.4-72.3
RACE
White 2,536 795 29.9 27.1-32.8 1,741 70.1 67.2-72.9
African American 582 205 33.8 28.2-39.9 377 66.2 60.1-71.8
Asian 22 7 32.7 12.1-63.3 15 67.3 36.7-87.9
Native American 80 25 20.5 10.9-35.3 55 79.5 64.7-89.1
Other Minorities 160 47 25.4 17.1-36.0 113 74.6 64.0-82.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 43 22.5 14.7-32.9 124 77.5 67.1-85.3
-English Speaking 53 11 13.5 5.0-31.8 42 86.5 68.2-95.0
-Spanish Speaking 114 32 25.1 15.7-37.7 82 74.9 62.3-84.3
Non-Hispanic 3,227 1,040 30.7 28.2-33.3 2,187 69.3 66.7-71.8
AGE
18-24 213 31 21.0 13.5-31.1 182 79.0 68.9-86.5
25-34 520 97 17.6 12.9-23.4 423 82.4 76.6-87.1
35-44 677 187 29.7 24.9-35.0 490 70.3 65.0-75.1
45-54 678 249 37.5 32.0-43.3 429 62.5 56.7-68.0
55-64 575 262 44.4 38.8-50.3 313 55.6 49.7-61.2
65-74 450 165 36.0 29.9-42.6 285 64.0 57.4-70.1
75+ 269 89 33.0 25.7-41.3 180 67.0 58.7-74.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 583 200 31.8 25.7-38.6 383 68.2 61.4-74.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,004 303 27.0 23.1-31.4 701 73.0 68.6-76.9
Some Post-H.S. 799 249 30.5 25.4-36.1 550 69.5 63.9-74.6
College Graduate 1,002 329 32.1 28.1-36.4 673 67.9 63.6-71.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 293 116 31.6 23.5-40.9 177 68.4 59.1-76.5
$15,000- 24,999 602 183 31.5 25.8-37.8 419 68.5 62.2-74.2
$25,000- 34,999 361 102 19.7 14.6-26.0 259 80.3 74.0-85.4
$35,000- 49,999 517 180 31.3 26.0-37.2 337 68.7 62.8-74.0
$50,000-74,999 432 136 31.3 24.8-38.6 296 68.7 61.4-75.2
$75,000+ 498 187 37.5 31.5-44.0 311 62.5 56.0-68.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 48 22.2 16.5-29.3 130 77.8 70.7-83.5
Guilford 163 54 33.6 25.8-42.5 109 66.4 57.5-74.2
Mecklenburg 167 66 30.5 23.2-39.1 101 69.5 60.9-76.8
Orange 169 45 24.3 17.3-33.1 124 75.7 66.9-82.7
Wake 168 55 33.1 25.1-42.3 113 66.9 57.7-74.9
Chatham/Lee 149 50 33.4 23.8-44.7 99 66.6 55.3-76.2
Nash/Wilson 135 50 38.2 28.7-48.6 85 61.8 51.4-71.3
Craven/Pamlico 166 51 26.4 19.6-34.6 115 73.6 65.4-80.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 58 36.1 26.5-46.9 100 63.9 53.1-73.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 43 22.3 16.0-30.2 122 77.7 69.8-84.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 172 54 31.7 21.1-44.5 118 68.3 55.5-78.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 46 28.4 14.3-48.7 115 71.6 51.3-85.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 55 28.9 22.2-36.8 118 71.1 63.2-77.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 122 45 35.4 25.4-46.8 77 64.6 53.2-74.6
Northeast NC I 136 51 28.5 20.4-38.4 85 71.5 61.6-79.6
Northeast NC II 180 61 27.6 21.2-35.2 119 72.4 64.8-78.8
Northeastern Partnership 316 112 27.9 22.7-33.8 204 72.1 66.2-77.3
Mountain AHEC 488 147 32.3 25.0-40.5 341 67.7 59.5-75.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,131 374 27.5 23.5-32.0 757 72.5 68.0-76.5
Piedmont 1,498 481 31.3 28.0-34.8 1,017 68.7 65.2-72.0
Western NC 768 229 30.3 24.7-36.5 539 69.7 63.5-75.3

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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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