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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-WHITE MALES

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had any of the following:
Angina or coronary heart disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,530 207 5.6 4.6- 6.8 2,323 94.4 93.2-95.4
AGE
18-24 135 0 0.0 . - . 135 100 . - .
25-34 353 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 352 99.9 99.1- 100
35-44 501 6 0.8 0.3- 2.2 495 99.2 97.8-99.7
45-54 483 37 5.5 3.5- 8.7 446 94.5 91.3-96.5
55-64 445 56 13.3 9.3-18.7 389 86.7 81.3-90.7
65-74 378 60 13.7 9.6-19.0 318 86.3 81.0-90.4
75+ 226 47 19.6 13.5-27.6 179 80.4 72.4-86.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 325 39 9.5 5.9-15.0 286 90.5 85.0-94.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 711 62 5.4 3.7- 7.7 649 94.6 92.3-96.3
Some Post-H.S. 626 51 5.5 3.8- 7.9 575 94.5 92.1-96.2
College Graduate 862 55 4.6 3.2- 6.8 807 95.4 93.2-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 179 32 12.6 7.4-20.7 147 87.4 79.3-92.6
$15,000- 24,999 358 35 6.7 4.3-10.3 323 93.3 89.7-95.7
$25,000- 34,999 269 28 8.1 4.8-13.4 241 91.9 86.6-95.2
$35,000- 49,999 413 34 7.8 4.9-12.2 379 92.2 87.8-95.1
$50,000-74,999 356 24 3.7 2.2- 6.2 332 96.3 93.8-97.8
$75,000+ 443 21 4.2 2.4- 7.4 422 95.8 92.6-97.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 20 10.8 6.8-16.9 135 89.2 83.1-93.2
Guilford 112 7 5.7 2.6-12.2 105 94.3 87.8-97.4
Mecklenburg 109 11 7.3 3.9-13.3 98 92.7 86.7-96.1
Orange 134 7 4.2 2.0- 8.9 127 95.8 91.1-98.0
Wake 124 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 122 98.7 94.7-99.7
Chatham/Lee 113 5 2.9 1.1- 7.7 108 97.1 92.3-98.9
Nash/Wilson 81 7 5.5 2.5-11.7 74 94.5 88.3-97.5
Craven/Pamlico 129 15 8.2 4.7-13.9 114 91.8 86.1-95.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 145 13 7.8 4.2-13.8 132 92.2 86.2-95.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 155 13 5.7 3.2-10.0 142 94.3 90.0-96.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 8 5.0 2.4-10.1 95 95.0 89.9-97.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 11 6.1 3.3-11.0 127 93.9 89.0-96.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 11 10.3 5.5-18.5 71 89.7 81.5-94.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 82 8 8.1 3.8-16.4 74 91.9 83.6-96.2
Northeast NC I 70 6 7.1 3.0-15.8 64 92.9 84.2-97.0
Northeast NC II 124 15 7.0 4.0-11.8 109 93.0 88.2-96.0
Northeastern Partnership 194 21 7.0 4.4-10.9 173 93.0 89.1-95.6
Mountain AHEC 427 42 8.8 5.8-13.2 385 91.2 86.8-94.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 726 73 5.6 4.0- 7.8 653 94.4 92.2-96.0
Piedmont 1,116 67 5.0 3.7- 6.8 1,049 95.0 93.2-96.3
Western NC 688 67 7.7 5.5-10.7 621 92.3 89.3-94.5

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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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