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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 2,525 1,712 66.9 63.9-69.8 813 33.1 30.2-36.1
AGE
18-24 132 72 62.5 49.9-73.6 60 37.5 26.4-50.1
25-34 351 207 62.2 54.3-69.5 144 37.8 30.5-45.7
35-44 502 324 64.0 57.7-69.7 178 36.0 30.3-42.3
45-54 482 333 68.6 62.0-74.6 149 31.4 25.4-38.0
55-64 445 330 73.0 66.7-78.5 115 27.0 21.5-33.3
65-74 379 281 73.0 66.1-79.0 98 27.0 21.0-33.9
75+ 225 159 71.0 61.5-79.0 66 29.0 21.0-38.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 326 204 58.2 48.6-67.3 122 41.8 32.7-51.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 707 444 60.8 54.9-66.4 263 39.2 33.6-45.1
Some Post-H.S. 624 431 69.6 63.4-75.1 193 30.4 24.9-36.6
College Graduate 862 631 73.4 69.1-77.3 231 26.6 22.7-30.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 183 118 58.1 45.8-69.5 65 41.9 30.5-54.2
$15,000- 24,999 358 221 62.8 54.3-70.6 137 37.2 29.4-45.7
$25,000- 34,999 267 178 66.4 57.2-74.4 89 33.6 25.6-42.8
$35,000- 49,999 412 269 60.6 53.4-67.3 143 39.4 32.7-46.6
$50,000-74,999 355 239 70.2 63.0-76.5 116 29.8 23.5-37.0
$75,000+ 440 333 74.5 67.9-80.2 107 25.5 19.8-32.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 107 71.0 62.4-78.3 48 29.0 21.7-37.6
Guilford 111 80 69.3 57.9-78.8 31 30.7 21.2-42.1
Mecklenburg 109 74 67.8 55.1-78.4 35 32.2 21.6-44.9
Orange 134 96 66.7 56.2-75.8 38 33.3 24.2-43.8
Wake 124 90 70.7 60.8-79.0 34 29.3 21.0-39.2
Chatham/Lee 115 71 55.7 43.8-66.9 44 44.3 33.1-56.2
Nash/Wilson 82 61 68.5 53.6-80.4 21 31.5 19.6-46.4
Craven/Pamlico 127 86 63.9 52.9-73.6 41 36.1 26.4-47.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 95 64.9 54.8-73.8 51 35.1 26.2-45.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 156 95 62.9 52.8-72.0 61 37.1 28.0-47.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 102 65 53.3 40.5-65.7 37 46.7 34.3-59.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 104 71.7 60.7-80.6 34 28.3 19.4-39.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 81 56 75.0 63.0-84.0 25 25.0 16.0-37.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 82 50 62.9 50.7-73.6 32 37.1 26.4-49.3
Northeast NC I 71 47 60.5 46.1-73.3 24 39.5 26.7-53.9
Northeast NC II 123 82 64.0 52.9-73.7 41 36.0 26.3-47.1
Northeastern Partnership 194 129 63.1 54.1-71.3 65 36.9 28.7-45.9
Mountain AHEC 426 309 69.3 60.1-77.2 117 30.7 22.8-39.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 722 483 63.9 57.8-69.5 239 36.1 30.5-42.2
Piedmont 1,113 745 67.4 63.3-71.2 368 32.6 28.8-36.7
Western NC 690 484 69.9 63.4-75.7 206 30.1 24.3-36.6

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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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