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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-MALES

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,397 428 9.0 7.8-10.3 2,969 91.0 89.7-92.2
RACE
White 2,532 361 10.4 9.0-12.1 2,171 89.6 87.9-91.0
African American 585 54 7.1 4.7-10.5 531 92.9 89.5-95.3
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 79 10 11.2 4.5-24.9 69 88.8 75.1-95.5
Other Minorities 161 3 0.9 0.2- 4.5 158 99.1 95.5-99.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 5 2.1 0.6- 7.5 163 97.9 92.5-99.4
-English Speaking 53 4 6.3 1.2-28.0 49 93.7 72.0-98.8
-Spanish Speaking 115 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 114 99.1 93.7-99.9
Non-Hispanic 3,226 423 9.6 8.4-11.0 2,803 90.4 89.0-91.6
AGE
18-24 211 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 210 99.6 97.2-99.9
25-34 521 5 0.4 0.1- 1.0 516 99.6 99.0-99.9
35-44 676 16 1.6 0.9- 2.9 660 98.4 97.1-99.1
45-54 680 77 11.7 8.4-16.0 603 88.3 84.0-91.6
55-64 575 113 17.4 13.5-22.1 462 82.6 77.9-86.5
65-74 450 130 27.8 22.4-34.0 320 72.2 66.0-77.6
75+ 269 86 34.2 26.7-42.6 183 65.8 57.4-73.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 584 119 12.8 9.8-16.7 465 87.2 83.3-90.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,006 130 8.9 6.9-11.6 876 91.1 88.4-93.1
Some Post-H.S. 797 84 7.5 5.5-10.1 713 92.5 89.9-94.5
College Graduate 1,001 94 7.9 6.0-10.3 907 92.1 89.7-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 292 76 18.5 13.1-25.5 216 81.5 74.5-86.9
$15,000- 24,999 602 86 9.7 6.9-13.4 516 90.3 86.6-93.1
$25,000- 34,999 362 50 9.9 6.7-14.5 312 90.1 85.5-93.3
$35,000- 49,999 515 64 10.7 7.5-15.1 451 89.3 84.9-92.5
$50,000-74,999 432 36 5.6 3.6- 8.5 396 94.4 91.5-96.4
$75,000+ 497 32 4.8 3.0- 7.7 465 95.2 92.3-97.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 33 15.3 10.7-21.6 145 84.7 78.4-89.3
Guilford 163 26 15.3 10.0-22.6 137 84.7 77.4-90.0
Mecklenburg 167 22 9.0 5.7-14.0 145 91.0 86.0-94.3
Orange 169 11 4.5 2.4- 8.3 158 95.5 91.7-97.6
Wake 168 12 4.8 2.6- 8.9 156 95.2 91.1-97.4
Chatham/Lee 148 11 4.4 2.3- 8.4 137 95.6 91.6-97.7
Nash/Wilson 135 16 8.3 4.9-13.8 119 91.7 86.2-95.1
Craven/Pamlico 167 23 9.3 5.9-14.4 144 90.7 85.6-94.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 157 28 15.7 10.5-22.8 129 84.3 77.2-89.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 163 22 9.4 6.0-14.6 141 90.6 85.4-94.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 18 6.3 3.6-10.7 155 93.7 89.3-96.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 160 17 6.0 3.3-10.9 143 94.0 89.1-96.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 172 32 16.5 11.5-23.2 140 83.5 76.8-88.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 122 18 15.0 8.2-25.9 104 85.0 74.1-91.8
Northeast NC I 138 18 10.7 6.4-17.4 120 89.3 82.6-93.6
Northeast NC II 181 29 10.7 7.1-15.7 152 89.3 84.3-92.9
Northeastern Partnership 319 47 10.7 7.8-14.5 272 89.3 85.5-92.2
Mountain AHEC 488 70 12.4 9.0-16.7 418 87.6 83.3-91.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,135 157 8.3 6.6-10.4 978 91.7 89.6-93.4
Piedmont 1,496 156 8.2 6.7-10.1 1,340 91.8 89.9-93.3
Western NC 766 115 13.4 10.0-17.9 651 86.6 82.1-90.0

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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions

^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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