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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-WHITE MALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,547 2,448 96.7 95.6-97.5 51 1.6 1.1- 2.3 48 1.7 1.1- 2.6
AGE
18-24 135 128 96.9 91.9-98.9 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 5 2.6 0.8- 7.9
25-34 354 346 98.2 95.7-99.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7 4 0.9 0.2- 3.6
35-44 503 495 97.8 94.7-99.1 5 1.7 0.6- 5.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4
45-54 484 475 98.3 96.2-99.2 6 1.1 0.4- 2.9 3 0.6 0.1- 2.5
55-64 450 434 95.7 91.3-98.0 5 0.7 0.2- 2.0 11 3.6 1.5- 8.2
65-74 383 358 94.2 89.9-96.7 10 2.2 0.9- 5.3 15 3.6 1.7- 7.5
75+ 229 204 89.7 83.5-93.7 19 8.0 4.5-13.8 6 2.4 0.9- 6.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 333 294 88.2 82.0-92.5 18 4.7 2.4- 8.9 21 7.1 3.9-12.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 714 683 96.8 94.9-98.0 14 1.4 0.7- 2.6 17 1.8 0.9- 3.6
Some Post-H.S. 631 619 97.8 95.2-99.0 9 1.3 0.5- 3.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6
College Graduate 863 848 98.6 97.3-99.3 9 1.0 0.4- 2.3 6 0.4 0.1- 1.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 170 90.8 82.2-95.5 4 3.0 0.8-10.1 12 6.2 2.6-14.0
$15,000- 24,999 361 338 96.0 92.5-97.9 12 1.6 0.8- 3.2 11 2.3 0.9- 6.2
$25,000- 34,999 271 259 96.4 92.5-98.3 6 1.7 0.7- 4.6 6 1.9 0.6- 5.6
$35,000- 49,999 415 408 98.0 95.1-99.2 4 0.9 0.3- 3.0 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1
$50,000-74,999 356 351 98.9 96.7-99.6 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
$75,000+ 444 437 97.9 94.6-99.2 5 2.0 0.7- 5.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 147 95.2 90.1-97.7 6 3.3 1.4- 7.7 3 1.5 0.4- 6.0
Guilford 112 109 98.1 93.9-99.4 2 1.1 0.3- 4.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
Mecklenburg 109 107 98.6 94.5-99.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1
Orange 134 132 99.0 95.4-99.8 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
Wake 126 121 95.0 88.2-97.9 3 2.5 0.8- 7.5 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6
Chatham/Lee 115 112 97.2 91.7-99.1 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7
Nash/Wilson 83 76 93.5 85.8-97.1 4 4.4 1.5-12.0 3 2.2 0.6- 7.4
Craven/Pamlico 129 121 94.2 87.9-97.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 7 5.0 2.2-11.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 147 139 95.1 89.7-97.7 5 2.6 1.0- 6.4 3 2.3 0.7- 7.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 158 149 96.1 92.2-98.1 7 3.0 1.3- 6.5 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 102 99.3 94.9-99.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 0 0.0 . - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 134 98.1 93.9-99.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 2 1.3 0.3- 6.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 78 96.3 89.6-98.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 3 2.4 0.6- 8.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 80 91.8 76.5-97.5 1 3.5 0.5-20.5 2 4.7 1.0-19.1
Northeast NC I 71 69 98.7 94.8-99.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1
Northeast NC II 126 124 99.3 97.1-99.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
Northeastern Partnership 197 193 99.1 97.6-99.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Mountain AHEC 427 404 93.4 88.4-96.4 13 3.2 1.6- 6.3 10 3.3 1.2- 8.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 733 704 97.3 95.1-98.5 11 1.6 0.6- 3.8 18 1.1 0.6- 2.3
Piedmont 1,122 1,091 97.4 96.0-98.3 17 1.3 0.8- 2.3 14 1.3 0.7- 2.5
Western NC 692 653 93.4 89.6-95.9 23 2.6 1.5- 4.4 16 4.1 2.0- 7.9

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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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