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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 2,536 795 29.9 27.1-32.8 1,741 70.1 67.2-72.9
AGE
18-24 135 14 20.1 10.8-34.5 121 79.9 65.5-89.2
25-34 353 63 18.2 12.2-26.2 290 81.8 73.8-87.8
35-44 503 133 28.3 23.0-34.3 370 71.7 65.7-77.0
45-54 483 174 36.9 30.5-43.7 309 63.1 56.3-69.5
55-64 447 196 43.1 36.8-49.7 251 56.9 50.3-63.2
65-74 378 139 33.7 27.4-40.6 239 66.3 59.4-72.6
75+ 228 73 31.4 23.8-40.3 155 68.6 59.7-76.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 325 112 34.8 25.9-45.0 213 65.2 55.0-74.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 711 209 25.6 21.1-30.6 502 74.4 69.4-78.9
Some Post-H.S. 630 193 29.6 23.9-36.1 437 70.4 63.9-76.1
College Graduate 864 280 32.5 28.2-37.2 584 67.5 62.8-71.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 182 69 33.1 22.6-45.5 113 66.9 54.5-77.4
$15,000- 24,999 358 107 33.6 25.9-42.3 251 66.4 57.7-74.1
$25,000- 34,999 269 79 21.9 15.7-29.6 190 78.1 70.4-84.3
$35,000- 49,999 414 141 30.7 24.9-37.1 273 69.3 62.9-75.1
$50,000-74,999 356 112 31.7 24.5-39.7 244 68.3 60.3-75.5
$75,000+ 444 154 33.7 27.6-40.5 290 66.3 59.5-72.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 38 19.8 14.1-27.0 118 80.2 73.0-85.9
Guilford 112 35 29.6 21.2-39.6 77 70.4 60.4-78.8
Mecklenburg 109 41 27.4 19.1-37.7 68 72.6 62.3-80.9
Orange 134 32 21.1 14.6-29.5 102 78.9 70.5-85.4
Wake 125 43 35.2 26.2-45.3 82 64.8 54.7-73.8
Chatham/Lee 115 37 28.8 20.2-39.1 78 71.2 60.9-79.8
Nash/Wilson 82 30 36.5 24.3-50.6 52 63.5 49.4-75.7
Craven/Pamlico 128 40 27.1 19.3-36.6 88 72.9 63.4-80.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 54 36.9 26.8-48.3 92 63.1 51.7-73.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 42 22.6 16.1-30.7 115 77.4 69.3-83.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 33 39.7 27.5-53.3 70 60.3 46.7-72.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 38 23.9 17.2-32.3 100 76.1 67.7-82.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 30 32.3 22.4-44.1 52 67.7 55.9-77.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 29 35.8 25.1-48.1 54 64.2 51.9-74.9
Northeast NC I 68 29 36.4 25.0-49.7 39 63.6 50.3-75.0
Northeast NC II 125 43 28.7 21.0-37.9 82 71.3 62.1-79.0
Northeastern Partnership 193 72 30.4 23.8-38.1 121 69.6 61.9-76.2
Mountain AHEC 427 122 32.2 24.3-41.4 305 67.8 58.6-75.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 727 244 28.2 23.0-34.2 483 71.8 65.8-77.0
Piedmont 1,119 353 30.8 27.0-34.8 766 69.2 65.2-73.0
Western NC 690 198 29.6 23.7-36.2 492 70.4 63.8-76.3

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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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