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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-MALES

Why do you take aspirin... To reduce the chance of a stroke?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,132 918 79.4 75.4-82.9 214 20.6 17.1-24.6
RACE
White 910 737 79.9 75.5-83.7 173 20.1 16.3-24.5
African American 174 145 85.0 75.3-91.3 29 15.0 8.7-24.7
Asian 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 25 21 77.7 48.9-92.7 4 22.3 7.3-51.1
Other Minorities 17 10 39.6 14.8-71.1 7 60.4 28.9-85.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 19 7 33.3 11.9-64.9 12 66.7 35.1-88.1
-English Speaking 10 5 60.5 19.8-90.5 5 39.5 9.5-80.2
-Spanish Speaking 9 2 21.7 3.7-66.9 7 78.3 33.1-96.3
Non-Hispanic 1,113 911 81.1 77.3-84.5 202 18.9 15.5-22.7
AGE
35-44 151 105 63.1 50.7-74.0 46 36.9 26.0-49.3
45-54 253 212 82.0 73.0-88.5 41 18.0 11.5-27.0
55-64 311 249 80.1 72.4-86.0 62 19.9 14.0-27.6
65-74 266 223 85.2 78.3-90.1 43 14.8 9.9-21.7
75+ 150 128 87.1 79.6-92.2 22 12.9 7.8-20.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 171 74.6 61.8-84.2 34 25.4 15.8-38.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 335 263 75.6 66.9-82.6 72 24.4 17.4-33.1
Some Post-H.S. 247 198 78.8 70.3-85.4 49 21.2 14.6-29.7
College Graduate 341 282 84.8 79.0-89.2 59 15.2 10.8-21.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 109 90 78.8 64.3-88.4 19 21.2 11.6-35.7
$15,000- 24,999 179 137 65.1 51.7-76.5 42 34.9 23.5-48.3
$25,000- 34,999 118 94 79.9 66.6-88.7 24 20.1 11.3-33.4
$35,000- 49,999 174 141 77.4 65.3-86.2 33 22.6 13.8-34.7
$50,000-74,999 149 121 83.5 73.9-90.1 28 16.5 9.9-26.1
$75,000+ 167 141 86.3 77.2-92.1 26 13.7 7.9-22.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 64 50 76.9 63.5-86.4 14 23.1 13.6-36.5
Guilford 49 38 79.0 64.3-88.7 11 21.0 11.3-35.7
Mecklenburg 43 35 78.9 60.4-90.2 8 21.1 9.8-39.6
Orange 50 38 75.8 61.3-86.1 12 24.2 13.9-38.7
Wake 46 39 84.6 68.8-93.2 7 15.4 6.8-31.2
Chatham/Lee 49 39 77.0 60.9-87.8 10 23.0 12.2-39.1
Nash/Wilson 49 42 83.2 65.1-92.9 7 16.8 7.1-34.9
Craven/Pamlico 59 48 80.7 67.1-89.6 11 19.3 10.4-32.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 59 49 84.9 71.1-92.7 10 15.1 7.3-28.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 61 44 68.2 54.3-79.5 17 31.8 20.5-45.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 59 47 77.9 63.6-87.7 12 22.1 12.3-36.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 57 48 57.7 22.6-86.5 9 42.3 13.5-77.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 65 57 88.6 77.5-94.6 8 11.4 5.4-22.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 40 32 76.5 58.5-88.2 8 23.5 11.8-41.5
Northeast NC I 56 45 77.4 63.0-87.3 11 22.6 12.7-37.0
Northeast NC II 63 50 78.5 65.3-87.7 13 21.5 12.3-34.7
Northeastern Partnership 119 95 78.1 68.5-85.5 24 21.9 14.5-31.5
Mountain AHEC 169 140 78.7 67.0-87.0 29 21.3 13.0-33.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 401 327 76.9 68.8-83.3 74 23.1 16.7-31.2
Piedmont 467 380 81.9 76.3-86.4 87 18.1 13.6-23.7
Western NC 264 211 75.2 65.9-82.6 53 24.8 17.4-34.1

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking aspirin regularly.

^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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