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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 6,860 2,367 36.0 34.2-37.9 2,409 33.9 32.2-35.7 2,084 30.1 28.4-31.8
GENDER
Male 2,546 933 37.2 34.2-40.2 909 35.3 32.4-38.2 704 27.6 24.9-30.4
Female 4,314 1,434 35.0 32.8-37.2 1,500 32.7 30.6-34.8 1,380 32.4 30.3-34.5
AGE
18-24 365 176 45.2 37.3-53.4 89 27.3 20.5-35.5 100 27.4 20.7-35.4
25-34 940 384 39.8 35.1-44.7 271 28.8 24.7-33.3 285 31.4 26.9-36.3
35-44 1,263 478 39.4 35.5-43.4 415 31.0 27.4-34.7 370 29.7 26.2-33.4
45-54 1,319 430 33.2 29.3-37.3 520 40.9 36.8-45.2 369 25.9 22.5-29.6
55-64 1,170 399 34.7 30.8-38.8 394 32.5 28.8-36.6 377 32.8 28.8-37.0
65-74 1,012 310 30.4 26.4-34.7 402 38.8 34.6-43.3 300 30.7 26.7-35.0
75+ 753 173 22.3 18.3-26.9 310 42.2 37.1-47.4 270 35.5 30.8-40.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 905 242 23.3 19.4-27.7 310 34.9 30.1-40.0 353 41.8 36.5-47.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,987 664 35.5 32.1-39.1 671 31.3 28.2-34.6 652 33.2 29.9-36.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,784 673 39.6 35.8-43.4 613 32.8 29.2-36.6 498 27.6 24.3-31.2
College Graduate 2,169 787 38.4 35.4-41.5 808 36.9 33.9-39.9 574 24.7 22.2-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 643 216 31.0 25.4-37.2 217 33.3 27.8-39.3 210 35.7 29.9-41.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,096 359 33.8 29.1-38.8 360 32.8 28.4-37.6 377 33.4 28.9-38.1
$25,000- 34,999 743 240 34.1 28.8-40.0 286 34.4 29.3-39.9 217 31.5 26.3-37.1
$35,000- 49,999 988 369 38.0 33.4-42.7 339 34.5 30.2-39.1 280 27.5 23.6-31.8
$50,000-74,999 841 299 38.0 33.3-43.1 304 34.8 30.0-39.8 238 27.2 22.9-31.9
$75,000+ 1,021 379 37.3 33.0-41.8 386 40.1 35.7-44.7 256 22.6 19.3-26.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 137 39.2 33.4-45.2 155 35.0 29.9-40.4 106 25.9 21.2-31.1
Guilford 311 102 34.8 28.6-41.5 120 38.8 32.6-45.4 89 26.4 21.3-32.3
Mecklenburg 290 99 35.9 28.7-43.9 106 35.3 28.5-42.7 85 28.8 22.4-36.1
Orange 370 126 39.4 32.2-47.2 145 33.9 26.4-42.3 99 26.7 20.4-34.0
Wake 323 114 33.9 28.3-40.0 115 37.4 31.4-43.7 94 28.7 23.3-34.7
Chatham/Lee 288 100 34.7 28.3-41.6 107 38.7 31.9-46.0 81 26.6 20.8-33.4
Nash/Wilson 232 81 38.0 30.5-46.2 94 37.4 30.5-44.8 57 24.6 18.7-31.7
Craven/Pamlico 346 121 39.9 33.7-46.4 119 29.4 24.4-35.0 106 30.7 25.2-36.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 399 130 31.3 26.2-36.9 137 38.5 32.3-45.0 132 30.2 25.2-35.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 432 155 36.4 29.8-43.5 130 28.8 22.9-35.6 147 34.8 28.9-41.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 95 31.8 25.2-39.1 108 36.7 29.4-44.7 84 31.5 24.6-39.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 366 132 38.6 32.6-45.0 121 32.6 26.9-38.9 113 28.7 23.7-34.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 75 39.7 32.1-47.8 66 33.3 26.0-41.5 59 27.0 20.8-34.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 95 39.0 32.3-46.2 82 29.3 23.3-36.1 80 31.7 25.5-38.7
Northeast NC I 208 66 34.7 27.6-42.7 75 37.0 29.6-45.0 67 28.3 22.2-35.2
Northeast NC II 346 106 28.9 23.6-34.8 136 42.6 36.5-49.0 104 28.5 23.3-34.4
Northeastern Partnership 554 172 30.4 26.0-35.2 211 41.2 36.2-46.3 171 28.5 24.2-33.1
Mountain AHEC 1,157 391 33.4 29.6-37.5 422 34.4 30.5-38.5 344 32.2 27.6-37.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,041 715 36.8 33.3-40.4 697 32.2 28.8-35.7 629 31.0 27.8-34.5
Piedmont 2,942 1,006 36.0 33.5-38.7 1,067 34.9 32.5-37.5 869 29.0 26.7-31.5
Western NC 1,877 646 34.9 31.6-38.3 645 33.3 30.0-36.7 586 31.9 28.4-35.6

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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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