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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,413 1,252 36.9 34.4-39.5 1,166 33.1 30.7-35.7 995 30.0 27.5-32.5
RACE
White 2,546 933 37.2 34.2-40.2 909 35.3 32.4-38.2 704 27.6 24.9-30.4
African American 586 232 43.0 37.0-49.3 178 29.6 24.3-35.5 176 27.3 22.1-33.2
Asian 24 8 30.0 10.8-60.1 9 45.9 19.7-74.7 7 24.1 7.7-54.7
Native American 80 29 39.9 21.7-61.5 30 26.9 15.1-43.3 21 33.1 17.4-53.9
Other Minorities 160 43 21.7 13.8-32.3 36 18.8 11.8-28.7 81 59.5 48.0-70.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 41 18.6 11.4-28.8 42 21.7 14.1-31.8 84 59.8 48.4-70.2
-English Speaking 53 14 16.5 6.9-34.5 24 38.1 20.3-59.8 15 45.4 24.8-67.7
-Spanish Speaking 114 27 19.2 10.7-31.8 18 16.8 9.2-28.6 69 64.1 50.6-75.6
Non-Hispanic 3,243 1,208 38.4 35.8-41.1 1,124 34.1 31.6-36.7 911 27.5 25.1-30.0
AGE
18-24 213 98 42.3 33.0-52.1 58 28.9 20.8-38.8 57 28.8 20.5-38.7
25-34 523 212 36.6 30.7-42.9 152 28.4 23.1-34.3 159 35.1 28.9-41.7
35-44 678 256 38.4 33.2-43.9 228 33.4 28.6-38.6 194 28.2 23.6-33.2
45-54 679 252 38.6 33.2-44.4 251 38.2 32.7-44.1 176 23.1 18.7-28.2
55-64 578 210 36.4 30.9-42.2 192 32.8 27.7-38.4 176 30.8 25.6-36.6
65-74 454 137 28.7 23.2-35.0 181 39.8 33.5-46.5 136 31.5 25.5-38.1
75+ 272 80 25.2 18.9-32.7 100 35.1 27.6-43.5 92 39.7 31.8-48.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 595 143 20.0 15.5-25.4 190 28.7 23.4-34.6 262 51.3 44.6-57.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,007 391 39.2 34.4-44.2 320 30.6 26.4-35.2 296 30.2 25.9-34.9
Some Post-H.S. 800 330 41.6 36.2-47.3 271 32.1 26.9-37.7 199 26.3 21.6-31.6
College Graduate 1,002 386 40.2 35.9-44.6 381 39.6 35.3-44.1 235 20.2 17.1-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 298 105 29.3 21.5-38.6 87 29.9 21.9-39.3 106 40.8 31.3-51.0
$15,000- 24,999 605 203 38.0 31.8-44.7 186 26.4 21.4-32.1 216 35.6 29.6-42.1
$25,000- 34,999 363 127 36.0 28.5-44.2 138 33.5 26.7-41.1 98 30.5 23.4-38.7
$35,000- 49,999 517 198 38.0 32.0-44.3 187 37.6 31.7-43.9 132 24.4 19.7-29.9
$50,000-74,999 432 175 38.7 32.1-45.8 156 36.5 29.7-44.0 101 24.7 18.9-31.6
$75,000+ 500 192 36.2 30.2-42.6 184 42.0 35.7-48.7 124 21.8 17.3-27.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 69 40.4 32.1-49.2 59 29.6 22.7-37.5 50 30.1 22.6-38.8
Guilford 164 61 37.5 29.2-46.7 61 38.0 29.6-47.0 42 24.5 17.9-32.5
Mecklenburg 166 61 34.0 25.1-44.1 65 36.4 27.7-46.1 40 29.6 21.1-39.6
Orange 169 63 39.9 30.2-50.4 54 24.6 17.7-33.1 52 35.5 24.3-48.6
Wake 171 56 30.5 23.1-39.1 66 41.6 33.0-50.8 49 27.8 20.2-37.0
Chatham/Lee 149 47 29.5 21.4-39.2 57 36.7 27.4-47.0 45 33.8 23.9-45.4
Nash/Wilson 136 56 45.5 35.8-55.5 47 29.3 21.8-38.0 33 25.2 17.7-34.6
Craven/Pamlico 166 64 43.5 34.6-52.9 57 29.1 22.1-37.4 45 27.3 19.9-36.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 58 32.0 24.3-40.7 53 37.9 28.1-48.8 47 30.1 22.2-39.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 166 60 36.5 27.6-46.4 51 30.0 20.3-42.0 55 33.5 25.0-43.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 62 28.6 19.8-39.4 55 29.8 20.0-42.0 56 41.6 26.8-58.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 58 30.8 21.2-42.4 52 30.3 20.5-42.3 51 38.9 24.1-56.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 66 38.6 30.5-47.3 63 37.3 29.3-46.0 44 24.1 17.5-32.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 51 47.0 35.5-58.8 37 26.4 18.3-36.3 35 26.7 18.4-36.9
Northeast NC I 139 46 32.8 23.3-44.1 54 36.1 26.2-47.3 39 31.1 18.9-46.7
Northeast NC II 182 60 35.2 27.2-44.1 69 37.9 29.9-46.6 53 26.9 20.1-34.9
Northeastern Partnership 321 106 34.5 28.1-41.5 123 37.3 30.9-44.2 92 28.2 21.9-35.5
Mountain AHEC 488 178 32.1 26.6-38.3 158 28.8 23.4-34.9 152 39.1 31.6-47.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,139 434 39.1 34.5-44.0 390 31.2 26.9-35.8 315 29.7 25.3-34.4
Piedmont 1,505 535 36.6 33.1-40.3 534 35.1 31.7-38.7 436 28.3 25.1-31.7
Western NC 769 283 33.4 28.5-38.6 242 29.2 24.3-34.6 244 37.4 31.6-43.7

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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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