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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-WHITES

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 2,105 1,719 81.3 78.5-83.8 386 18.7 16.2-21.5
GENDER
Male 910 737 79.9 75.5-83.7 173 20.1 16.3-24.5
Female 1,195 982 82.8 79.2-85.9 213 17.2 14.1-20.8
AGE
35-44 214 147 68.3 58.3-76.9 67 31.7 23.1-41.7
45-54 404 330 81.5 74.4-86.9 74 18.5 13.1-25.6
55-64 523 423 83.1 77.6-87.5 100 16.9 12.5-22.4
65-74 553 463 83.9 79.1-87.8 90 16.1 12.2-20.9
75+ 397 342 85.1 79.0-89.6 55 14.9 10.4-21.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 350 283 81.5 74.0-87.2 67 18.5 12.8-26.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 649 521 76.7 70.5-82.0 128 23.3 18.0-29.5
Some Post-H.S. 506 414 80.9 75.1-85.7 92 19.1 14.3-24.9
College Graduate 588 490 85.5 81.3-89.0 98 14.5 11.0-18.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 229 185 75.9 66.3-83.4 44 24.1 16.6-33.7
$15,000- 24,999 331 262 74.2 65.1-81.6 69 25.8 18.4-34.9
$25,000- 34,999 212 172 83.0 74.1-89.2 40 17.0 10.8-25.9
$35,000- 49,999 286 232 77.4 67.5-85.0 54 22.6 15.0-32.5
$50,000-74,999 222 183 85.8 78.5-90.9 39 14.2 9.1-21.5
$75,000+ 286 240 85.9 79.5-90.6 46 14.1 9.4-20.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 128 110 83.4 74.3-89.7 18 16.6 10.3-25.7
Guilford 96 75 78.9 68.5-86.5 21 21.1 13.5-31.5
Mecklenburg 64 55 86.2 74.1-93.1 9 13.8 6.9-25.9
Orange 102 79 79.1 68.8-86.6 23 20.9 13.4-31.2
Wake 81 64 74.9 62.0-84.5 17 25.1 15.5-38.0
Chatham/Lee 104 85 80.5 70.8-87.5 19 19.5 12.5-29.2
Nash/Wilson 79 65 82.4 70.6-90.1 14 17.6 9.9-29.4
Craven/Pamlico 105 87 82.8 73.7-89.2 18 17.2 10.8-26.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 131 113 86.7 78.3-92.1 18 13.3 7.9-21.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 130 99 72.1 62.0-80.3 31 27.9 19.7-38.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 101 77 76.2 63.5-85.5 24 23.8 14.5-36.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 118 99 82.4 73.5-88.8 19 17.6 11.2-26.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 66 57 89.0 79.0-94.6 9 11.0 5.4-21.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 65 76.3 64.0-85.4 18 23.7 14.6-36.0
Northeast NC I 78 56 68.7 56.2-79.0 22 31.3 21.0-43.8
Northeast NC II 112 93 82.5 73.2-89.0 19 17.5 11.0-26.8
Northeastern Partnership 190 149 78.7 71.3-84.6 41 21.3 15.4-28.7
Mountain AHEC 359 304 83.4 77.7-87.8 55 16.6 12.2-22.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 661 539 79.8 73.8-84.7 122 20.2 15.3-26.2
Piedmont 879 714 82.5 78.5-85.8 165 17.5 14.2-21.5
Western NC 565 466 79.8 74.6-84.1 99 20.2 15.9-25.4

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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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