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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 2,546 933 37.2 34.2-40.2 909 35.3 32.4-38.2 704 27.6 24.9-30.4
AGE
18-24 135 67 46.4 34.2-59.0 36 29.8 19.3-43.1 32 23.8 14.4-36.8
25-34 354 152 39.4 31.9-47.3 107 29.5 23.2-36.8 95 31.1 23.9-39.3
35-44 503 195 39.8 33.9-46.1 169 33.4 27.9-39.4 139 26.8 21.8-32.4
45-54 484 163 34.4 28.3-41.0 191 42.6 36.0-49.5 130 23.0 18.1-28.8
55-64 450 161 35.4 29.4-41.9 156 34.4 28.5-40.7 133 30.2 24.4-36.7
65-74 382 120 29.1 23.2-35.7 155 40.8 33.9-48.0 107 30.1 23.9-37.2
75+ 229 71 27.8 20.7-36.2 92 40.2 31.6-49.5 66 32.0 24.1-41.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 333 91 23.1 16.9-30.8 120 36.5 28.6-45.3 122 40.3 31.4-50.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 713 266 38.0 32.4-44.1 235 31.0 26.1-36.4 212 31.0 25.9-36.5
Some Post-H.S. 631 255 40.3 34.2-46.8 213 32.9 27.0-39.5 163 26.7 21.4-32.8
College Graduate 863 320 38.4 33.9-43.2 338 40.7 36.1-45.4 205 20.9 17.5-24.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 75 39.6 28.6-51.7 58 32.9 23.0-44.7 53 27.5 18.9-38.1
$15,000- 24,999 361 112 35.1 27.0-44.2 126 32.8 25.5-41.0 123 32.1 24.7-40.5
$25,000- 34,999 271 87 35.0 26.6-44.4 113 36.9 28.9-45.8 71 28.1 20.6-37.0
$35,000- 49,999 415 162 39.7 32.9-46.9 140 34.3 28.0-41.2 113 26.0 20.6-32.2
$50,000-74,999 356 142 39.2 31.9-46.9 128 35.9 28.6-43.9 86 24.9 18.6-32.5
$75,000+ 444 169 36.3 29.9-43.2 168 43.0 36.2-50.1 107 20.7 16.1-26.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 61 42.7 33.8-52.2 54 30.9 23.5-39.5 41 26.3 19.2-34.9
Guilford 112 43 38.6 28.8-49.5 42 38.4 28.5-49.3 27 23.0 15.6-32.6
Mecklenburg 109 37 36.0 24.2-49.7 50 40.6 29.1-53.2 22 23.4 14.0-36.4
Orange 134 50 46.8 37.1-56.8 49 30.3 22.5-39.4 35 22.9 16.3-31.2
Wake 126 43 33.0 24.4-43.0 49 42.2 32.6-52.4 34 24.8 17.4-34.0
Chatham/Lee 115 38 32.0 22.7-43.0 45 40.6 29.8-52.4 32 27.3 18.3-38.7
Nash/Wilson 83 35 47.0 34.3-60.0 32 34.8 24.4-47.0 16 18.2 10.5-29.6
Craven/Pamlico 129 46 42.2 32.1-53.0 46 29.3 21.4-38.7 37 28.5 20.1-38.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 56 32.9 24.9-42.1 49 39.2 28.9-50.6 41 27.9 19.9-37.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 158 58 36.2 27.1-46.3 50 31.0 20.9-43.3 50 32.9 24.1-42.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 35 33.7 23.6-45.4 38 36.3 24.9-49.4 30 30.1 19.7-43.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 51 37.3 28.2-47.4 45 34.4 25.1-45.1 42 28.3 20.6-37.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 32 39.0 27.6-51.7 32 41.0 29.1-54.0 18 20.0 12.1-31.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 32 37.5 26.7-49.7 25 30.2 20.3-42.4 26 32.3 22.1-44.6
Northeast NC I 71 25 36.0 24.0-50.0 28 43.2 30.4-57.1 18 20.8 12.6-32.3
Northeast NC II 126 37 28.6 20.3-38.7 54 44.7 34.7-55.1 35 26.7 18.6-36.6
Northeastern Partnership 197 62 30.4 23.2-38.6 82 44.4 36.1-53.0 53 25.3 18.7-33.2
Mountain AHEC 427 161 34.8 28.5-41.6 142 30.4 24.4-37.2 124 34.8 26.7-43.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 733 274 38.8 33.1-44.9 263 34.5 28.9-40.6 196 26.7 21.7-32.3
Piedmont 1,122 398 37.1 33.0-41.4 423 36.8 32.8-40.9 301 26.1 22.5-30.0
Western NC 691 261 34.7 29.6-40.3 223 31.3 26.0-37.1 207 34.0 28.0-40.6

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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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