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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-WHITE MALES

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had any of the following:
A stroke?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,537 90 2.5 1.8- 3.3 2,447 97.5 96.7-98.2
AGE
18-24 135 0 0.0 . - . 135 100 . - .
25-34 353 0 0.0 . - . 353 100 . - .
35-44 502 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 500 99.6 98.5-99.9
45-54 484 15 3.9 2.0- 7.3 469 96.1 92.7-98.0
55-64 447 28 4.1 2.6- 6.5 419 95.9 93.5-97.4
65-74 380 21 5.8 3.3- 9.9 359 94.2 90.1-96.7
75+ 227 24 8.2 4.7-13.8 203 91.8 86.2-95.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 326 25 4.2 2.6- 6.8 301 95.8 93.2-97.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 712 29 3.1 1.8- 5.3 683 96.9 94.7-98.2
Some Post-H.S. 630 20 1.9 1.1- 3.2 610 98.1 96.8-98.9
College Graduate 863 16 1.9 1.0- 3.4 847 98.1 96.6-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 182 25 10.5 6.1-17.5 157 89.5 82.5-93.9
$15,000- 24,999 358 18 3.3 1.5- 7.3 340 96.7 92.7-98.5
$25,000- 34,999 270 12 3.2 1.6- 6.6 258 96.8 93.4-98.4
$35,000- 49,999 413 8 1.8 0.8- 4.1 405 98.2 95.9-99.2
$50,000-74,999 356 8 2.8 1.3- 6.1 348 97.2 93.9-98.7
$75,000+ 444 5 0.6 0.2- 1.7 439 99.4 98.3-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 6 2.6 1.1- 6.0 150 97.4 94.0-98.9
Guilford 111 8 5.9 2.8-12.1 103 94.1 87.9-97.2
Mecklenburg 108 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 106 98.9 95.6-99.7
Orange 134 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 133 99.3 95.4-99.9
Wake 125 2 2.1 0.5- 8.5 123 97.9 91.5-99.5
Chatham/Lee 115 5 3.0 1.2- 7.7 110 97.0 92.3-98.8
Nash/Wilson 82 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 81 99.1 93.7-99.9
Craven/Pamlico 129 6 4.2 1.8- 9.4 123 95.8 90.6-98.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 6 3.5 1.4- 8.5 140 96.5 91.5-98.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 6 2.6 1.1- 6.1 151 97.4 93.9-98.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 101 98.5 94.2-99.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 137 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1 134 98.4 94.9-99.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 6 6.9 2.9-15.5 76 93.1 84.5-97.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 82 2 2.4 0.6- 9.2 80 97.6 90.8-99.4
Northeast NC I 71 4 4.0 1.4-11.0 67 96.0 89.0-98.6
Northeast NC II 125 6 3.3 1.4- 7.5 119 96.7 92.5-98.6
Northeastern Partnership 196 10 3.4 1.7- 6.7 186 96.6 93.3-98.3
Mountain AHEC 427 17 3.9 2.1- 7.4 410 96.1 92.6-97.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 730 29 2.2 1.4- 3.6 701 97.8 96.4-98.6
Piedmont 1,116 35 2.4 1.5- 3.6 1,081 97.6 96.4-98.5
Western NC 691 26 3.0 1.8- 5.1 665 97.0 94.9-98.2

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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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