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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 2,495 1,671 66.3 63.3-69.2 824 33.7 30.8-36.7
AGE
18-24 130 60 54.0 41.2-66.3 70 46.0 33.7-58.8
25-34 350 197 56.6 48.5-64.3 153 43.4 35.7-51.5
35-44 497 336 72.1 66.5-77.1 161 27.9 22.9-33.5
45-54 479 341 69.0 62.1-75.2 138 31.0 24.8-37.9
55-64 441 313 72.4 66.3-77.9 128 27.6 22.1-33.7
65-74 371 272 72.3 65.4-78.3 99 27.7 21.7-34.6
75+ 218 146 67.8 58.7-75.7 72 32.2 24.3-41.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 312 188 55.8 46.1-65.0 124 44.2 35.0-53.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 695 435 63.8 58.1-69.1 260 36.2 30.9-41.9
Some Post-H.S. 622 417 64.6 58.1-70.6 205 35.4 29.4-41.9
College Graduate 860 628 73.6 69.1-77.7 232 26.4 22.3-30.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 176 106 61.2 49.5-71.7 70 38.8 28.3-50.5
$15,000- 24,999 351 217 59.8 51.1-67.9 134 40.2 32.1-48.9
$25,000- 34,999 263 164 62.3 53.2-70.6 99 37.7 29.4-46.8
$35,000- 49,999 409 273 65.2 58.1-71.6 136 34.8 28.4-41.9
$50,000-74,999 352 257 74.5 66.8-81.0 95 25.5 19.0-33.2
$75,000+ 442 326 72.8 65.8-78.9 116 27.2 21.1-34.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 152 101 65.1 55.7-73.4 51 34.9 26.6-44.3
Guilford 110 82 74.9 63.9-83.4 28 25.1 16.6-36.1
Mecklenburg 108 75 64.4 50.1-76.5 33 35.6 23.5-49.9
Orange 134 89 57.3 47.0-67.0 45 42.7 33.0-53.0
Wake 125 91 72.6 63.0-80.4 34 27.4 19.6-37.0
Chatham/Lee 114 65 53.1 41.6-64.4 49 46.9 35.6-58.4
Nash/Wilson 80 52 60.2 46.0-72.8 28 39.8 27.2-54.0
Craven/Pamlico 126 84 62.2 51.1-72.2 42 37.8 27.8-48.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 141 95 66.9 57.1-75.5 46 33.1 24.5-42.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 104 68.1 58.4-76.4 53 31.9 23.6-41.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 65 61.3 48.4-72.7 38 38.7 27.3-51.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 132 102 75.4 64.3-83.9 30 24.6 16.1-35.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 79 54 71.1 58.4-81.2 25 28.9 18.8-41.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 81 46 51.4 39.2-63.4 35 48.6 36.6-60.8
Northeast NC I 70 45 59.1 44.7-72.1 25 40.9 27.9-55.3
Northeast NC II 123 86 65.7 54.9-75.0 37 34.3 25.0-45.1
Northeastern Partnership 193 131 64.1 55.3-72.1 62 35.9 27.9-44.7
Mountain AHEC 414 290 65.0 56.0-73.1 124 35.0 26.9-44.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 711 459 61.1 54.8-67.0 252 38.9 33.0-45.2
Piedmont 1,110 742 68.5 64.4-72.2 368 31.5 27.8-35.6
Western NC 674 470 67.0 60.3-73.1 204 33.0 26.9-39.7

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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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