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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-WHITE MALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,049 940 41.7 38.6-44.9 1,109 58.3 55.1-61.4
AGE
35-44 503 112 21.3 16.7-26.7 391 78.7 73.3-83.3
45-54 485 193 41.1 34.6-48.0 292 58.9 52.0-65.4
55-64 447 256 53.3 46.7-59.8 191 46.7 40.2-53.3
65-74 380 240 61.4 54.1-68.2 140 38.6 31.8-45.9
75+ 225 138 56.6 47.3-65.5 87 43.4 34.5-52.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 295 137 37.7 29.9-46.1 158 62.3 53.9-70.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 574 273 42.2 36.3-48.4 301 57.8 51.6-63.7
Some Post-H.S. 456 207 40.9 34.6-47.4 249 59.1 52.6-65.4
College Graduate 718 319 42.9 37.8-48.1 399 57.1 51.9-62.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 77 35.7 25.8-47.1 77 64.3 52.9-74.2
$15,000- 24,999 273 128 38.4 30.0-47.5 145 61.6 52.5-70.0
$25,000- 34,999 200 94 45.8 36.0-56.1 106 54.2 43.9-64.0
$35,000- 49,999 337 160 43.8 36.5-51.5 177 56.2 48.5-63.5
$50,000-74,999 285 132 41.8 34.0-50.0 153 58.2 50.0-66.0
$75,000+ 383 157 40.3 33.3-47.6 226 59.7 52.4-66.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 129 61 46.9 37.9-56.2 68 53.1 43.8-62.1
Guilford 97 42 40.9 30.6-51.9 55 59.1 48.1-69.4
Mecklenburg 82 31 34.7 24.7-46.2 51 65.3 53.8-75.3
Orange 99 46 45.6 35.1-56.4 53 54.4 43.6-64.9
Wake 95 39 36.7 26.8-47.7 56 63.3 52.3-73.2
Chatham/Lee 102 44 36.9 27.2-47.7 58 63.1 52.3-72.8
Nash/Wilson 68 33 45.2 32.9-58.1 35 54.8 41.9-67.1
Craven/Pamlico 107 49 46.2 36.1-56.6 58 53.8 43.4-63.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 119 54 44.5 32.7-57.0 65 55.5 43.0-67.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 120 59 44.1 32.6-56.4 61 55.9 43.6-67.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 85 41 47.1 34.5-60.1 44 52.9 39.9-65.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 108 53 50.3 40.3-60.2 55 49.7 39.8-59.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 68 37 49.9 36.6-63.2 31 50.1 36.8-63.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 69 33 47.2 34.8-59.9 36 52.8 40.1-65.2
Northeast NC I 62 35 55.0 40.9-68.3 27 45.0 31.7-59.1
Northeast NC II 100 54 51.3 40.4-62.1 46 48.7 37.9-59.6
Northeastern Partnership 162 89 52.2 43.3-61.1 73 47.8 38.9-56.7
Mountain AHEC 350 159 39.4 33.0-46.1 191 60.6 53.9-67.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 592 299 48.7 42.3-55.1 293 51.3 44.9-57.7
Piedmont 903 393 40.1 35.9-44.5 510 59.9 55.5-64.1
Western NC 554 248 36.9 31.5-42.6 306 63.1 57.4-68.5

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 35 or older.

^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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