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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 2,282 65.1 62.4-67.6 382 11.7 10.1-13.6 745 23.2 21.0-25.6
RACE
White 2,543 1,790 69.7 66.8-72.5 270 10.8 9.0-12.9 483 19.5 17.2-22.1
African American 585 373 63.5 57.2-69.3 68 12.9 9.0-18.3 144 23.6 18.8-29.2
Asian 24 15 64.3 32.6-87.1 9 35.7 12.9-67.4 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 80 46 52.7 33.4-71.3 14 19.0 9.3-35.0 20 28.3 13.8-49.3
Other Minorities 160 51 28.5 19.2-40.0 20 12.1 6.2-22.2 89 59.5 47.7-70.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 59 31.0 21.5-42.4 16 9.7 4.5-19.7 92 59.3 47.7-70.0
-English Speaking 53 28 52.6 31.3-73.0 6 9.3 2.5-29.2 19 38.1 20.0-60.2
-Spanish Speaking 114 31 24.6 15.0-37.5 10 9.8 3.9-22.6 73 65.7 52.0-77.2
Non-Hispanic 3,239 2,220 67.9 65.3-70.4 366 11.9 10.2-13.8 653 20.2 18.1-22.5
AGE
18-24 212 128 63.4 53.6-72.2 28 10.7 6.4-17.3 56 25.9 18.3-35.4
25-34 523 320 56.4 49.8-62.7 60 13.8 9.4-19.7 143 29.8 24.3-36.1
35-44 678 456 66.7 61.3-71.6 85 13.2 9.9-17.4 137 20.1 16.1-24.9
45-54 678 478 67.5 61.7-72.9 78 12.7 9.1-17.3 122 19.8 15.4-25.1
55-64 578 415 72.6 67.1-77.5 42 5.5 3.7- 8.1 121 21.9 17.3-27.2
65-74 453 303 71.1 64.7-76.7 52 11.3 7.8-16.2 98 17.6 13.1-23.2
75+ 271 169 59.1 50.6-67.1 37 14.1 8.9-21.5 65 26.8 20.0-35.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 593 305 46.2 39.6-52.9 68 12.3 8.6-17.3 220 41.5 35.0-48.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,008 637 60.5 55.5-65.2 145 16.1 12.6-20.5 226 23.4 19.5-27.8
Some Post-H.S. 798 576 72.3 67.0-77.1 79 8.7 6.3-11.9 143 19.0 14.8-24.1
College Graduate 1,001 759 74.4 70.2-78.3 89 9.5 7.0-12.8 153 16.1 13.0-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 297 163 51.2 41.4-60.9 42 14.6 8.9-22.8 92 34.3 25.4-44.3
$15,000- 24,999 605 333 55.9 49.4-62.2 97 15.7 11.6-20.9 175 28.4 23.0-34.5
$25,000- 34,999 363 245 60.7 52.4-68.5 35 13.8 8.8-20.8 83 25.5 18.7-33.7
$35,000- 49,999 517 371 69.5 63.3-75.1 51 10.5 7.1-15.4 95 20.0 15.4-25.5
$50,000-74,999 432 326 73.5 65.4-80.2 39 9.7 5.9-15.6 67 16.9 11.1-24.8
$75,000+ 498 378 73.3 67.0-78.9 55 11.6 7.5-17.5 65 15.1 11.2-20.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 123 68.7 60.0-76.2 20 10.9 6.7-17.4 35 20.4 14.1-28.6
Guilford 164 113 69.4 60.3-77.2 22 14.0 8.3-22.7 29 16.6 11.1-24.1
Mecklenburg 166 106 59.1 49.0-68.5 16 6.9 4.0-11.7 44 33.9 24.9-44.3
Orange 169 114 60.9 48.4-72.2 17 17.3 7.4-35.2 38 21.8 15.0-30.5
Wake 170 113 60.8 51.2-69.6 24 16.5 10.4-25.4 33 22.7 15.4-32.2
Chatham/Lee 149 98 65.4 55.0-74.5 13 9.0 4.1-18.6 38 25.6 18.0-35.0
Nash/Wilson 135 97 73.2 64.0-80.8 16 9.5 5.6-15.6 22 17.3 11.0-26.0
Craven/Pamlico 166 110 67.1 58.0-75.2 18 10.4 5.7-18.3 38 22.4 15.8-30.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 104 65.3 55.7-73.7 13 6.1 3.4-10.6 41 28.6 20.8-38.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 166 103 55.8 44.9-66.3 25 21.8 12.2-35.9 38 22.3 15.5-31.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 127 69.9 57.6-79.9 16 9.9 5.2-18.0 30 20.2 12.4-31.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 109 57.6 41.3-72.4 18 12.9 7.0-22.5 34 29.5 14.8-50.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 113 65.1 56.4-72.9 20 12.4 7.5-19.9 40 22.5 16.1-30.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 73 59.3 47.9-69.7 17 15.3 8.8-25.1 33 25.5 17.3-35.8
Northeast NC I 139 93 70.1 59.4-78.9 17 10.0 5.8-16.9 29 19.9 12.9-29.5
Northeast NC II 181 126 66.0 56.9-74.0 14 8.5 4.3-16.1 41 25.5 18.5-34.1
Northeastern Partnership 320 219 67.3 60.2-73.6 31 9.0 5.6-14.2 70 23.7 18.2-30.3
Mountain AHEC 488 331 66.5 59.7-72.6 56 11.2 8.0-15.5 101 22.3 17.1-28.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,137 766 67.8 63.1-72.2 118 8.4 6.2-11.3 253 23.8 19.8-28.3
Piedmont 1,502 1,009 64.7 61.0-68.2 168 12.8 10.5-15.7 325 22.5 19.5-25.8
Western NC 770 507 60.9 55.0-66.5 96 14.1 10.4-18.8 167 25.0 20.2-30.6

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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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