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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 2,529 1,686 67.9 65.0-70.7 843 32.1 29.3-35.0
AGE
18-24 134 95 74.0 62.8-82.7 39 26.0 17.3-37.2
25-34 351 239 66.9 58.7-74.2 112 33.1 25.8-41.3
35-44 501 340 67.4 61.3-73.1 161 32.6 26.9-38.7
45-54 482 324 66.7 60.1-72.8 158 33.3 27.2-39.9
55-64 448 303 68.5 62.1-74.2 145 31.5 25.8-37.9
65-74 379 247 67.1 60.1-73.4 132 32.9 26.6-39.9
75+ 225 131 62.9 53.7-71.2 94 37.1 28.8-46.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 325 186 54.9 45.4-64.1 139 45.1 35.9-54.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 709 437 65.3 59.8-70.4 272 34.7 29.6-40.2
Some Post-H.S. 628 420 68.6 62.5-74.1 208 31.4 25.9-37.5
College Graduate 861 641 74.4 70.1-78.3 220 25.6 21.7-29.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 185 105 60.3 48.9-70.7 80 39.7 29.3-51.1
$15,000- 24,999 358 229 68.0 59.5-75.4 129 32.0 24.6-40.5
$25,000- 34,999 265 169 66.5 57.5-74.4 96 33.5 25.6-42.5
$35,000- 49,999 412 278 63.0 55.7-69.8 134 37.0 30.2-44.3
$50,000-74,999 355 253 74.0 67.1-79.9 102 26.0 20.1-32.9
$75,000+ 442 315 72.3 65.8-78.0 127 27.7 22.0-34.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 109 69.5 60.7-77.0 47 30.5 23.0-39.3
Guilford 109 78 72.1 61.6-80.6 31 27.9 19.4-38.4
Mecklenburg 109 76 75.2 64.9-83.3 33 24.8 16.7-35.1
Orange 134 107 78.3 68.5-85.7 27 21.7 14.3-31.5
Wake 125 87 68.2 58.0-76.9 38 31.8 23.1-42.0
Chatham/Lee 115 69 60.7 49.1-71.2 46 39.3 28.8-50.9
Nash/Wilson 81 52 62.5 48.3-74.9 29 37.5 25.1-51.7
Craven/Pamlico 128 74 56.4 45.8-66.5 54 43.6 33.5-54.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 89 61.9 51.8-71.0 57 38.1 29.0-48.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 96 66.4 56.9-74.8 61 33.6 25.2-43.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 69 68.5 57.0-78.1 34 31.5 21.9-43.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 102 73.5 62.8-81.9 36 26.5 18.1-37.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 53 65.6 53.0-76.4 29 34.4 23.6-47.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 55 71.2 60.0-80.3 28 28.8 19.7-40.0
Northeast NC I 70 44 57.3 43.2-70.4 26 42.7 29.6-56.8
Northeast NC II 124 84 63.1 52.2-72.8 40 36.9 27.2-47.8
Northeastern Partnership 194 128 61.7 52.8-69.9 66 38.3 30.1-47.2
Mountain AHEC 427 299 65.0 56.1-73.0 128 35.0 27.0-43.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 724 468 66.3 60.4-71.7 256 33.7 28.3-39.6
Piedmont 1,113 752 69.1 65.2-72.8 361 30.9 27.2-34.8
Western NC 692 466 66.1 59.7-72.1 226 33.9 27.9-40.3

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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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