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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 3,401 123 2.5 1.9- 3.2 3,278 97.5 96.8-98.1
RACE
White 2,537 90 2.5 1.8- 3.3 2,447 97.5 96.7-98.2
African American 584 30 4.3 2.4- 7.3 554 95.7 92.7-97.6
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 79 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 78 99.5 96.4-99.9
Other Minorities 161 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 159 99.8 99.3- 100
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 0 0.0 . - . 168 100 . - .
-English Speaking 53 0 0.0 . - . 53 100 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 115 0 0.0 . - . 115 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,230 123 2.7 2.1- 3.5 3,107 97.3 96.5-97.9
AGE
18-24 212 0 0.0 . - . 212 100 . - .
25-34 521 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 519 99.9 99.5- 100
35-44 677 4 0.5 0.2- 1.3 673 99.5 98.7-99.8
45-54 680 22 4.3 2.4- 7.7 658 95.7 92.3-97.6
55-64 576 36 4.1 2.7- 6.2 540 95.9 93.8-97.3
65-74 451 31 7.0 4.4-10.9 420 93.0 89.1-95.6
75+ 269 28 8.8 5.3-14.4 241 91.2 85.6-94.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 586 44 4.0 2.6- 6.0 542 96.0 94.0-97.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,006 41 2.9 1.9- 4.5 965 97.1 95.5-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 799 22 2.1 1.1- 4.0 777 97.9 96.0-98.9
College Graduate 1,001 16 1.6 0.9- 2.9 985 98.4 97.1-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 293 37 8.0 5.1-12.3 256 92.0 87.7-94.9
$15,000- 24,999 602 29 3.1 1.7- 5.5 573 96.9 94.5-98.3
$25,000- 34,999 362 13 2.7 1.3- 5.2 349 97.3 94.8-98.7
$35,000- 49,999 516 11 2.5 1.0- 6.1 505 97.5 93.9-99.0
$50,000-74,999 432 8 2.4 1.1- 5.2 424 97.6 94.8-98.9
$75,000+ 498 5 0.5 0.2- 1.5 493 99.5 98.5-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 7 2.6 1.2- 5.6 171 97.4 94.4-98.8
Guilford 163 10 5.7 2.9-11.0 153 94.3 89.0-97.1
Mecklenburg 166 3 1.1 0.4- 3.6 163 98.9 96.4-99.6
Orange 169 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 167 99.1 96.3-99.8
Wake 168 4 2.1 0.7- 6.0 164 97.9 94.0-99.3
Chatham/Lee 149 5 2.1 0.8- 5.3 144 97.9 94.7-99.2
Nash/Wilson 135 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6 131 98.3 95.4-99.4
Craven/Pamlico 167 8 3.8 1.8- 8.0 159 96.2 92.0-98.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 7 4.2 1.8- 9.2 151 95.8 90.8-98.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 6 2.5 1.0- 5.8 159 97.5 94.2-99.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 168 98.4 95.9-99.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 160 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4 157 99.0 96.6-99.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 172 11 6.5 3.4-12.0 161 93.5 88.0-96.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 121 2 1.5 0.4- 5.7 119 98.5 94.3-99.6
Northeast NC I 139 9 5.1 2.5-10.2 130 94.9 89.8-97.5
Northeast NC II 181 9 3.3 1.6- 6.5 172 96.7 93.5-98.4
Northeastern Partnership 320 18 3.9 2.4- 6.3 302 96.1 93.7-97.6
Mountain AHEC 488 18 3.5 1.9- 6.5 470 96.5 93.5-98.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,135 47 2.1 1.5- 3.1 1,088 97.9 96.9-98.5
Piedmont 1,497 47 2.3 1.6- 3.4 1,450 97.7 96.6-98.4
Western NC 769 29 3.9 2.1- 7.1 740 96.1 92.9-97.9

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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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