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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-WHITES

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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 6,862 6,583 96.1 95.4-96.7 145 2.1 1.6- 2.6 134 1.8 1.4- 2.3
GENDER
Male 2,547 2,448 96.7 95.6-97.5 51 1.6 1.1- 2.3 48 1.7 1.1- 2.6
Female 4,315 4,135 95.6 94.5-96.5 94 2.5 1.8- 3.4 86 1.9 1.4- 2.6
AGE
18-24 365 351 95.7 91.6-97.8 5 2.2 0.8- 6.1 9 2.1 0.9- 5.1
25-34 940 922 98.7 97.4-99.3 9 0.6 0.2- 1.4 9 0.7 0.3- 1.9
35-44 1,263 1,237 97.6 96.1-98.6 15 1.5 0.8- 3.1 11 0.8 0.4- 1.7
45-54 1,319 1,294 98.3 97.0-99.0 15 1.1 0.5- 2.3 10 0.6 0.3- 1.5
55-64 1,170 1,140 95.8 93.2-97.5 11 1.5 0.7- 3.3 19 2.7 1.4- 5.1
65-74 1,014 953 94.6 92.2-96.3 31 2.7 1.6- 4.5 30 2.7 1.6- 4.6
75+ 753 651 86.2 82.5-89.3 59 8.2 5.8-11.4 43 5.6 3.8- 8.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 906 808 88.4 84.8-91.2 48 5.6 3.7- 8.2 50 6.1 4.1- 8.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,988 1,897 96.2 94.9-97.2 44 1.9 1.2- 3.0 47 1.9 1.3- 2.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,784 1,735 96.8 95.2-97.9 29 1.8 1.0- 3.2 20 1.4 0.7- 2.6
College Graduate 2,169 2,133 98.6 97.8-99.2 22 1.0 0.5- 1.7 14 0.4 0.2- 0.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 644 594 89.9 85.6-93.0 22 4.8 2.8- 8.1 28 5.3 3.1- 9.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,096 1,043 96.0 93.6-97.5 26 1.8 0.9- 3.8 27 2.2 1.2- 4.0
$25,000- 34,999 743 710 95.4 92.5-97.2 17 2.5 1.3- 4.8 16 2.1 1.0- 4.5
$35,000- 49,999 988 967 97.1 94.6-98.5 13 1.7 0.7- 4.3 8 1.1 0.5- 2.6
$50,000-74,999 841 828 99.0 98.0-99.5 8 0.5 0.2- 1.1 5 0.5 0.1- 1.6
$75,000+ 1,021 1,005 98.1 96.3-99.1 12 1.5 0.7- 3.3 4 0.4 0.1- 1.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 381 95.7 92.8-97.5 12 3.0 1.6- 5.5 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5
Guilford 311 303 97.7 95.1-99.0 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3
Mecklenburg 290 286 98.7 96.5-99.5 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7
Orange 370 362 96.7 88.3-99.1 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4 2 2.3 0.4-13.5
Wake 323 311 95.5 92.0-97.5 8 2.9 1.5- 5.8 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7
Chatham/Lee 288 276 96.5 93.6-98.1 7 2.0 0.9- 4.4 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8
Nash/Wilson 232 214 92.6 87.8-95.6 9 4.1 2.0- 8.0 9 3.3 1.5- 7.1
Craven/Pamlico 346 331 95.8 92.6-97.7 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 10 2.9 1.4- 5.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 401 383 96.2 93.7-97.8 10 1.8 0.9- 3.5 8 2.0 0.9- 4.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 432 412 96.1 93.8-97.6 11 2.1 1.1- 3.8 9 1.9 0.9- 3.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 280 98.1 95.9-99.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 366 353 97.5 95.4-98.7 6 0.9 0.4- 2.0 7 1.6 0.7- 3.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 190 96.0 92.3-98.0 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 6 2.1 0.8- 5.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 243 93.0 86.7-96.4 3 1.9 0.4- 8.7 11 5.1 2.5-10.4
Northeast NC I 208 201 97.3 93.9-98.9 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4 4 1.1 0.4- 2.9
Northeast NC II 346 336 98.3 96.8-99.1 5 0.9 0.4- 2.1 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Northeastern Partnership 554 537 98.1 96.8-98.8 8 1.1 0.5- 2.2 9 0.9 0.4- 1.8
Mountain AHEC 1,157 1,104 94.5 91.9-96.2 30 2.7 1.7- 4.3 23 2.8 1.5- 5.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,041 1,948 96.1 94.6-97.2 38 1.9 1.1- 3.3 55 1.9 1.3- 2.9
Piedmont 2,942 2,843 96.6 95.6-97.4 57 2.0 1.4- 2.8 42 1.4 1.0- 2.1
Western NC 1,879 1,792 94.7 92.8-96.1 50 2.4 1.7- 3.4 37 2.9 1.8- 4.7

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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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