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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 3,409 1,496 44.6 41.9-47.3 1,078 28.5 26.2-30.9 835 26.9 24.6-29.4
RACE
White 2,543 1,087 44.6 41.6-47.8 873 32.0 29.3-34.9 583 23.3 20.8-26.0
African American 585 313 55.6 49.4-61.7 137 21.1 16.3-26.8 135 23.3 18.5-28.9
Asian 24 8 56.9 29.0-81.0 9 29.9 11.0-59.5 7 13.2 4.6-32.3
Native American 80 39 40.4 24.4-58.6 24 15.7 8.3-27.8 17 43.9 24.5-65.3
Other Minorities 160 40 18.7 12.2-27.5 30 12.1 6.8-20.8 90 69.2 58.7-78.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 43 17.9 11.6-26.6 35 10.5 5.7-18.6 89 71.6 61.4-79.9
-English Speaking 53 24 29.0 14.9-48.9 15 12.9 4.8-30.4 14 58.0 37.1-76.4
-Spanish Speaking 114 19 14.6 8.2-24.7 20 9.8 4.5-19.9 75 75.6 63.7-84.5
Non-Hispanic 3,239 1,453 46.9 44.1-49.6 1,040 30.0 27.6-32.4 746 23.2 21.0-25.6
AGE
18-24 212 104 44.7 35.2-54.6 49 23.1 15.7-32.6 59 32.2 23.7-42.0
25-34 523 213 43.6 37.3-50.2 153 23.8 19.2-29.3 157 32.5 26.6-39.0
35-44 678 288 44.4 39.0-49.8 240 30.9 26.3-35.8 150 24.8 20.3-29.9
45-54 678 307 46.4 40.7-52.3 232 32.4 27.4-38.0 139 21.1 16.7-26.3
55-64 578 264 44.8 39.1-50.7 174 31.3 26.1-36.9 140 23.9 19.2-29.3
65-74 453 193 42.0 35.6-48.7 138 30.7 24.9-37.1 122 27.4 21.7-33.8
75+ 271 125 46.7 38.5-55.0 82 26.2 19.8-33.7 64 27.2 20.2-35.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 593 254 41.5 35.0-48.3 124 16.5 12.7-21.1 215 42.1 35.5-48.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,008 500 48.5 43.6-53.5 244 21.8 18.1-25.9 264 29.7 25.2-34.6
Some Post-H.S. 798 380 49.6 44.0-55.3 262 29.6 24.7-35.1 156 20.8 16.5-25.8
College Graduate 1,001 358 37.2 32.9-41.7 446 42.1 37.8-46.5 197 20.7 17.4-24.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 297 142 43.0 33.8-52.6 69 21.2 14.6-29.6 86 35.9 26.5-46.5
$15,000- 24,999 605 290 48.0 41.5-54.5 136 19.5 15.2-24.6 179 32.5 26.6-39.1
$25,000- 34,999 363 157 42.8 35.2-50.8 104 24.9 18.9-32.1 102 32.3 24.8-40.8
$35,000- 49,999 517 238 47.2 41.0-53.5 168 30.2 24.7-36.3 111 22.5 17.6-28.3
$50,000-74,999 432 192 45.6 38.6-52.9 161 34.6 28.0-41.9 79 19.8 14.4-26.6
$75,000+ 498 180 39.3 33.1-46.0 222 39.8 33.8-46.2 96 20.9 15.9-26.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 78 42.6 34.4-51.3 52 28.2 21.2-36.4 48 29.2 21.7-38.1
Guilford 164 69 44.2 35.4-53.3 62 34.4 26.7-43.1 33 21.4 15.1-29.4
Mecklenburg 166 73 42.3 33.0-52.3 48 24.2 17.1-33.2 45 33.4 24.5-43.8
Orange 169 53 28.8 21.1-37.9 71 37.8 28.5-48.0 45 33.5 22.2-47.0
Wake 170 60 28.9 21.9-36.9 67 41.6 32.9-50.8 43 29.6 21.4-39.3
Chatham/Lee 149 70 46.0 35.8-56.5 45 29.8 20.5-41.1 34 24.2 16.6-34.0
Nash/Wilson 135 61 47.8 38.1-57.8 40 24.9 17.9-33.4 34 27.3 19.4-36.9
Craven/Pamlico 166 78 50.2 41.1-59.2 61 33.6 25.8-42.5 27 16.2 10.7-23.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 61 35.1 27.0-44.2 49 35.0 25.3-46.0 48 29.9 21.9-39.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 166 63 36.3 27.5-46.0 56 35.7 25.5-47.5 47 28.0 20.4-37.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 84 54.3 40.5-67.5 48 19.4 13.0-28.0 41 26.2 16.8-38.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 75 41.0 29.0-54.2 53 30.2 20.5-42.1 33 28.7 14.2-49.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 82 50.1 41.6-58.7 51 29.9 22.4-38.5 40 20.0 14.2-27.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 59 52.3 40.9-63.4 35 24.2 16.6-34.0 29 23.5 15.7-33.7
Northeast NC I 139 59 48.9 36.6-61.3 49 31.7 22.6-42.5 31 19.4 12.7-28.4
Northeast NC II 181 80 48.4 39.8-57.1 59 30.4 23.3-38.6 42 21.2 15.2-28.9
Northeastern Partnership 320 139 48.5 41.4-55.7 108 30.8 25.0-37.3 73 20.7 15.8-26.5
Mountain AHEC 488 213 42.5 35.3-50.0 151 28.8 23.3-34.9 124 28.7 22.9-35.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,137 537 49.4 44.5-54.3 342 24.9 21.2-28.9 258 25.7 21.4-30.6
Piedmont 1,502 645 43.6 40.0-47.3 495 30.1 26.9-33.5 362 26.3 23.1-29.7
Western NC 770 314 38.5 32.8-44.6 241 29.5 24.7-34.7 215 32.0 26.8-37.7

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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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