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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-WHITES

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had any of the following:
Angina or coronary heart disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,821 426 4.8 4.2- 5.5 6,395 95.2 94.5-95.8
GENDER
Male 2,530 207 5.6 4.6- 6.8 2,323 94.4 93.2-95.4
Female 4,291 219 4.0 3.3- 4.9 4,072 96.0 95.1-96.7
AGE
18-24 363 0 0.0 . - . 363 100 . - .
25-34 938 6 0.7 0.2- 1.9 932 99.3 98.1-99.8
35-44 1,258 17 1.2 0.6- 2.5 1,241 98.8 97.5-99.4
45-54 1,317 61 4.2 2.9- 6.0 1,256 95.8 94.0-97.1
55-64 1,163 99 9.3 7.1-12.2 1,064 90.7 87.8-92.9
65-74 1,002 130 12.1 9.5-15.4 872 87.9 84.6-90.5
75+ 742 111 12.7 9.8-16.4 631 87.3 83.6-90.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 887 113 10.3 7.8-13.5 774 89.7 86.5-92.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,978 121 4.2 3.2- 5.5 1,857 95.8 94.5-96.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,776 104 4.6 3.5- 5.9 1,672 95.4 94.1-96.5
College Graduate 2,165 86 3.2 2.3- 4.4 2,079 96.8 95.6-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 628 81 10.3 7.5-14.0 547 89.7 86.0-92.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,084 78 5.7 4.1- 7.9 1,006 94.3 92.1-95.9
$25,000- 34,999 741 52 5.4 3.6- 8.2 689 94.6 91.8-96.4
$35,000- 49,999 984 52 5.1 3.5- 7.5 932 94.9 92.5-96.5
$50,000-74,999 840 37 3.3 2.1- 5.1 803 96.7 94.9-97.9
$75,000+ 1,020 32 3.2 2.0- 5.2 988 96.8 94.8-98.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 394 30 7.6 5.2-11.0 364 92.4 89.0-94.8
Guilford 311 15 4.6 2.7- 7.9 296 95.4 92.1-97.3
Mecklenburg 289 17 5.6 3.3- 9.1 272 94.4 90.9-96.7
Orange 370 10 2.1 1.1- 4.0 360 97.9 96.0-98.9
Wake 320 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 314 98.6 96.7-99.4
Chatham/Lee 284 13 3.4 1.9- 6.2 271 96.6 93.8-98.1
Nash/Wilson 231 20 6.3 4.0- 9.9 211 93.7 90.1-96.0
Craven/Pamlico 346 27 6.4 4.3- 9.6 319 93.6 90.4-95.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 395 33 7.4 5.0-10.7 362 92.6 89.3-95.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 427 24 5.2 3.0- 8.8 403 94.8 91.2-97.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 23 6.9 3.7-12.4 264 93.1 87.6-96.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 364 27 5.8 3.8- 8.6 337 94.2 91.4-96.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 199 18 7.3 4.5-11.8 181 92.7 88.2-95.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 255 18 6.4 3.9-10.5 237 93.6 89.5-96.1
Northeast NC I 206 12 5.0 2.7- 9.0 194 95.0 91.0-97.3
Northeast NC II 343 26 5.8 3.8- 8.7 317 94.2 91.3-96.2
Northeastern Partnership 549 38 5.6 3.9- 7.9 511 94.4 92.1-96.1
Mountain AHEC 1,151 88 6.9 5.2- 9.2 1,063 93.1 90.8-94.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,032 149 5.4 4.2- 6.8 1,883 94.6 93.2-95.8
Piedmont 2,925 139 4.1 3.3- 5.1 2,786 95.9 94.9-96.7
Western NC 1,864 138 6.1 4.8- 7.7 1,726 93.9 92.3-95.2

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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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