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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,468 627 16.0 14.3-17.9 2,841 84.0 82.1-85.7
RACE
White 2,574 541 19.5 17.3-21.8 2,033 80.5 78.2-82.7
African American 606 55 8.2 5.3-12.6 551 91.8 87.4-94.7
Asian 26 5 14.7 3.3-46.8 21 85.3 53.2-96.7
Native American 83 13 4.6 2.3- 8.9 70 95.4 91.1-97.7
Other Minorities 161 10 1.9 0.8- 4.1 151 98.1 95.9-99.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 14 2.1 1.1- 4.3 154 97.9 95.7-98.9
-English Speaking 54 8 3.9 1.6- 8.9 46 96.1 91.1-98.4
-Spanish Speaking 114 6 1.6 0.6- 4.6 108 98.4 95.4-99.4
Non-Hispanic 3,297 610 17.1 15.2-19.1 2,687 82.9 80.9-84.8
AGE
18-24 218 24 11.9 6.8-20.0 194 88.1 80.0-93.2
25-34 533 92 12.2 9.0-16.2 441 87.8 83.8-91.0
35-44 688 146 19.3 15.6-23.6 542 80.7 76.4-84.4
45-54 684 147 19.3 15.3-24.0 537 80.7 76.0-84.7
55-64 585 108 18.6 14.6-23.5 477 81.4 76.5-85.4
65-74 462 67 15.7 11.4-21.2 395 84.3 78.8-88.6
75+ 277 34 9.9 6.6-14.5 243 90.1 85.5-93.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 606 43 4.7 3.0- 7.4 563 95.3 92.6-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,028 126 10.2 7.9-13.1 902 89.8 86.9-92.1
Some Post-H.S. 809 159 17.5 13.6-22.2 650 82.5 77.8-86.4
College Graduate 1,013 298 27.7 24.0-31.7 715 72.3 68.3-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 299 33 7.3 4.4-11.9 266 92.7 88.1-95.6
$15,000- 24,999 613 64 10.1 6.9-14.4 549 89.9 85.6-93.1
$25,000- 34,999 367 66 12.3 8.7-17.2 301 87.7 82.8-91.3
$35,000- 49,999 525 100 17.4 13.0-22.9 425 82.6 77.1-87.0
$50,000-74,999 436 96 19.3 14.7-24.9 340 80.7 75.1-85.3
$75,000+ 502 146 24.7 19.8-30.3 356 75.3 69.7-80.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 32 16.1 11.0-23.0 146 83.9 77.0-89.0
Guilford 164 34 19.2 13.4-26.5 130 80.8 73.5-86.6
Mecklenburg 168 32 16.3 10.2-25.1 136 83.7 74.9-89.8
Orange 170 51 26.3 18.8-35.6 119 73.7 64.4-81.2
Wake 175 38 24.0 17.2-32.5 137 76.0 67.5-82.8
Chatham/Lee 152 21 10.3 6.3-16.3 131 89.7 83.7-93.7
Nash/Wilson 140 20 12.5 7.8-19.6 120 87.5 80.4-92.2
Craven/Pamlico 169 34 18.1 12.7-25.2 135 81.9 74.8-87.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 161 25 21.1 12.3-33.6 136 78.9 66.4-87.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 169 32 14.7 10.0-21.1 137 85.3 78.9-90.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 178 33 12.9 8.2-19.8 145 87.1 80.2-91.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 34 20.5 12.8-31.1 127 79.5 68.9-87.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 177 26 14.5 9.4-21.7 151 85.5 78.3-90.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 19 12.1 7.4-19.1 107 87.9 80.9-92.6
Northeast NC I 144 24 13.7 8.5-21.2 120 86.3 78.8-91.5
Northeast NC II 186 33 14.3 10.0-20.0 153 85.7 80.0-90.0
Northeastern Partnership 330 57 14.1 10.6-18.5 273 85.9 81.5-89.4
Mountain AHEC 490 95 17.1 13.2-22.0 395 82.9 78.0-86.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,165 181 12.5 9.9-15.7 984 87.5 84.3-90.1
Piedmont 1,528 302 17.7 15.2-20.5 1,226 82.3 79.5-84.8
Western NC 775 144 16.3 12.9-20.3 631 83.7 79.7-87.1

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*Data in this table were derived from the all six stroke symptoms 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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