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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 3,398 1,002 27.5 25.3-29.9 2,396 72.5 70.1-74.7
RACE
White 2,538 723 27.2 24.6-29.9 1,815 72.8 70.1-75.4
African American 582 199 31.5 26.2-37.4 383 68.5 62.6-73.8
Asian 22 5 27.0 8.7-58.9 17 73.0 41.1-91.3
Native American 79 19 13.3 6.4-25.5 60 86.7 74.5-93.6
Other Minorities 160 52 25.5 17.2-36.1 108 74.5 63.9-82.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 47 22.3 14.5-32.7 120 77.7 67.3-85.5
-English Speaking 53 13 14.5 5.7-32.6 40 85.5 67.4-94.3
-Spanish Speaking 114 34 24.5 15.2-37.2 80 75.5 62.8-84.8
Non-Hispanic 3,228 954 27.9 25.6-30.4 2,274 72.1 69.6-74.4
AGE
18-24 212 34 18.4 11.8-27.4 178 81.6 72.6-88.2
25-34 520 91 17.2 13.0-22.5 429 82.8 77.5-87.0
35-44 676 172 24.5 20.1-29.4 504 75.5 70.6-79.9
45-54 680 227 35.0 29.6-40.8 453 65.0 59.2-70.4
55-64 575 230 37.8 32.4-43.6 345 62.2 56.4-67.6
65-74 452 160 37.2 31.0-43.8 292 62.8 56.2-69.0
75+ 268 85 35.9 28.2-44.4 183 64.1 55.6-71.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 585 189 27.4 22.0-33.6 396 72.6 66.4-78.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 302 26.8 22.9-31.2 703 73.2 68.8-77.1
Some Post-H.S. 798 234 28.4 23.7-33.6 564 71.6 66.4-76.3
College Graduate 1,001 273 27.4 23.6-31.6 728 72.6 68.4-76.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 293 109 30.1 22.2-39.5 184 69.9 60.5-77.8
$15,000- 24,999 603 184 31.7 25.9-38.0 419 68.3 62.0-74.1
$25,000- 34,999 362 97 20.0 14.6-26.7 265 80.0 73.3-85.4
$35,000- 49,999 517 164 29.8 24.6-35.7 353 70.2 64.3-75.4
$50,000-74,999 432 114 27.2 21.0-34.4 318 72.8 65.6-79.0
$75,000+ 498 158 33.5 27.6-39.9 340 66.5 60.1-72.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 49 23.2 17.3-30.3 129 76.8 69.7-82.7
Guilford 162 48 30.2 22.7-38.9 114 69.8 61.1-77.3
Mecklenburg 167 61 28.2 21.2-36.6 106 71.8 63.4-78.8
Orange 169 37 21.1 14.5-29.8 132 78.9 70.2-85.5
Wake 168 49 28.3 20.7-37.3 119 71.7 62.7-79.3
Chatham/Lee 149 43 30.0 20.6-41.3 106 70.0 58.7-79.4
Nash/Wilson 135 44 36.3 26.9-46.9 91 63.7 53.1-73.1
Craven/Pamlico 167 44 22.8 16.5-30.7 123 77.2 69.3-83.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 48 31.0 21.6-42.3 110 69.0 57.7-78.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 33 17.2 11.7-24.5 132 82.8 75.5-88.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 172 49 24.8 16.2-35.9 123 75.2 64.1-83.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 47 29.5 15.2-49.5 114 70.5 50.5-84.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 54 26.7 20.3-34.3 119 73.3 65.7-79.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 122 42 32.6 22.9-44.0 80 67.4 56.0-77.1
Northeast NC I 139 50 29.6 21.2-39.7 89 70.4 60.3-78.8
Northeast NC II 180 61 27.1 20.8-34.6 119 72.9 65.4-79.2
Northeastern Partnership 319 111 27.9 22.7-33.8 208 72.1 66.2-77.3
Mountain AHEC 488 144 27.4 22.0-33.6 344 72.6 66.4-78.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,133 360 26.7 22.9-30.8 773 73.3 69.2-77.1
Piedmont 1,496 431 28.2 25.0-31.6 1,065 71.8 68.4-75.0
Western NC 769 211 26.6 21.9-31.9 558 73.4 68.1-78.1

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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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