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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,926 929 12.6 11.5-13.8 5,997 87.4 86.2-88.5
GENDER
Male 2,576 302 11.6 9.9-13.6 2,274 88.4 86.4-90.1
Female 4,350 627 13.5 12.1-15.1 3,723 86.5 84.9-87.9
AGE
18-24 366 30 7.9 4.9-12.7 336 92.1 87.3-95.1
25-34 950 89 9.3 7.0-12.2 861 90.7 87.8-93.0
35-44 1,273 173 12.8 10.4-15.6 1,100 87.2 84.4-89.6
45-54 1,325 235 17.9 14.8-21.5 1,090 82.1 78.5-85.2
55-64 1,184 176 14.5 11.8-17.7 1,008 85.5 82.3-88.2
65-74 1,023 136 12.8 10.1-16.1 887 87.2 83.9-89.9
75+ 762 83 9.9 7.3-13.2 679 90.1 86.8-92.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 918 76 7.6 5.4-10.5 842 92.4 89.5-94.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,011 233 10.3 8.5-12.4 1,778 89.7 87.6-91.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,799 237 11.5 9.5-13.9 1,562 88.5 86.1-90.5
College Graduate 2,182 381 17.8 15.5-20.3 1,801 82.2 79.7-84.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 647 63 8.5 5.9-12.1 584 91.5 87.9-94.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,101 123 11.0 8.4-14.3 978 89.0 85.7-91.6
$25,000- 34,999 750 107 12.5 9.4-16.4 643 87.5 83.6-90.6
$35,000- 49,999 995 119 12.8 9.9-16.3 876 87.2 83.7-90.1
$50,000-74,999 847 134 14.4 11.4-18.1 713 85.6 81.9-88.6
$75,000+ 1,026 195 19.0 15.6-22.9 831 81.0 77.1-84.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 59 12.6 9.6-16.5 341 87.4 83.5-90.4
Guilford 312 52 16.4 11.9-22.1 260 83.6 77.9-88.1
Mecklenburg 293 40 13.1 9.3-18.2 253 86.9 81.8-90.7
Orange 372 66 11.2 8.4-14.8 306 88.8 85.2-91.6
Wake 325 50 16.5 12.4-21.7 275 83.5 78.3-87.6
Chatham/Lee 292 37 13.3 8.5-20.2 255 86.7 79.8-91.5
Nash/Wilson 235 36 14.8 10.4-20.8 199 85.2 79.2-89.6
Craven/Pamlico 351 47 12.4 9.0-16.9 304 87.6 83.1-91.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 406 56 15.8 10.7-22.6 350 84.2 77.4-89.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 435 61 12.2 9.1-16.1 374 87.8 83.9-90.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 290 32 9.7 6.2-15.1 258 90.3 84.9-93.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 367 54 14.2 10.7-18.7 313 85.8 81.3-89.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 202 19 7.6 4.5-12.3 183 92.4 87.7-95.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 261 27 8.5 5.6-12.7 234 91.5 87.3-94.4
Northeast NC I 211 27 12.9 8.4-19.4 184 87.1 80.6-91.6
Northeast NC II 349 53 15.4 11.6-20.2 296 84.6 79.8-88.4
Northeastern Partnership 560 80 14.8 11.6-18.5 480 85.2 81.5-88.4
Mountain AHEC 1,163 155 9.9 8.1-12.1 1,008 90.1 87.9-91.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,067 256 12.2 10.0-14.7 1,811 87.8 85.3-90.0
Piedmont 2,971 425 13.7 12.1-15.5 2,546 86.3 84.5-87.9
Western NC 1,888 248 9.7 8.2-11.4 1,640 90.3 88.6-91.8

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Data in this table were derived from the all six heart attack 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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