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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 2,538 723 27.2 24.6-29.9 1,815 72.8 70.1-75.4
AGE
18-24 134 17 18.0 9.6-31.0 117 82.0 69.0-90.4
25-34 353 56 16.1 11.2-22.6 297 83.9 77.4-88.8
35-44 502 118 23.6 18.8-29.2 384 76.4 70.8-81.2
45-54 485 163 34.6 28.3-41.4 322 65.4 58.6-71.7
55-64 448 165 35.6 29.6-42.1 283 64.4 57.9-70.4
65-74 380 132 34.1 27.8-41.1 248 65.9 58.9-72.2
75+ 227 70 36.0 27.6-45.2 157 64.0 54.8-72.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 327 104 28.5 21.2-37.1 223 71.5 62.9-78.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 713 205 25.2 20.7-30.2 508 74.8 69.8-79.3
Some Post-H.S. 629 182 28.0 22.7-34.1 447 72.0 65.9-77.3
College Graduate 863 230 27.7 23.6-32.3 633 72.3 67.7-76.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 183 64 33.1 22.5-45.6 119 66.9 54.4-77.5
$15,000- 24,999 359 104 33.6 25.8-42.4 255 66.4 57.6-74.2
$25,000- 34,999 270 73 19.5 13.5-27.4 197 80.5 72.6-86.5
$35,000- 49,999 414 131 29.2 23.5-35.6 283 70.8 64.4-76.5
$50,000-74,999 356 92 28.0 21.1-36.1 264 72.0 63.9-78.9
$75,000+ 444 132 30.3 24.3-37.0 312 69.7 63.0-75.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 40 21.7 15.7-29.2 116 78.3 70.8-84.3
Guilford 111 32 27.5 19.4-37.3 79 72.5 62.7-80.6
Mecklenburg 109 37 24.4 16.7-34.2 72 75.6 65.8-83.3
Orange 134 25 17.5 11.3-26.1 109 82.5 73.9-88.7
Wake 125 36 28.6 20.4-38.5 89 71.4 61.5-79.6
Chatham/Lee 115 32 25.2 17.3-35.2 83 74.8 64.8-82.7
Nash/Wilson 82 25 33.7 21.6-48.4 57 66.3 51.6-78.4
Craven/Pamlico 129 34 23.5 16.2-32.7 95 76.5 67.3-83.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 43 29.7 19.9-41.8 103 70.3 58.2-80.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 30 16.4 10.9-23.8 127 83.6 76.2-89.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 30 28.3 18.7-40.3 73 71.7 59.7-81.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 39 25.4 18.3-34.1 99 74.6 65.9-81.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 33 36.3 25.7-48.3 49 63.7 51.7-74.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 28 32.7 22.5-44.8 55 67.3 55.2-77.5
Northeast NC I 71 22 28.5 18.5-41.1 49 71.5 58.9-81.5
Northeast NC II 125 45 29.6 21.8-38.8 80 70.4 61.2-78.2
Northeastern Partnership 196 67 29.3 22.8-36.8 129 70.7 63.2-77.2
Mountain AHEC 427 121 26.9 21.3-33.5 306 73.1 66.5-78.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 729 229 25.7 21.2-30.9 500 74.3 69.1-78.8
Piedmont 1,118 314 28.3 24.6-32.3 804 71.7 67.7-75.4
Western NC 691 180 25.5 20.7-30.9 511 74.5 69.1-79.3

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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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