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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 2,291 90.3 88.1-92.1 118 4.5 3.1- 6.3 137 5.3 4.1- 6.8
AGE
18-24 135 111 78.8 64.9-88.2 11 11.0 4.2-26.0 13 10.2 4.8-20.3
25-34 354 321 92.1 87.8-95.0 15 3.6 1.8- 7.1 18 4.3 2.4- 7.7
35-44 503 482 95.2 92.0-97.2 7 1.6 0.6- 3.8 14 3.2 1.7- 6.1
45-54 484 452 95.6 93.1-97.3 11 1.5 0.7- 3.1 21 2.9 1.6- 5.2
55-64 450 416 91.8 87.1-94.9 14 3.4 1.7- 6.6 20 4.8 2.4- 9.1
65-74 382 321 86.6 81.2-90.6 34 6.7 4.1-10.8 27 6.7 3.9-11.3
75+ 229 179 77.3 68.7-84.0 26 11.5 6.7-19.1 24 11.2 6.7-18.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 333 265 82.2 75.4-87.5 29 5.8 3.3-10.0 39 12.0 7.7-18.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 714 642 92.4 89.7-94.5 30 2.9 1.8- 4.6 42 4.7 3.0- 7.1
Some Post-H.S. 630 582 88.2 81.3-92.8 27 7.2 3.6-13.9 21 4.6 2.2- 9.2
College Graduate 863 798 93.0 90.3-94.9 31 3.0 1.8- 4.8 34 4.1 2.6- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 158 84.3 75.1-90.5 9 4.5 1.9-10.4 19 11.3 6.1-20.0
$15,000- 24,999 361 302 88.7 82.4-93.0 29 4.0 2.5- 6.5 30 7.2 3.6-13.9
$25,000- 34,999 271 246 92.9 87.7-96.0 16 4.9 2.4- 9.5 9 2.2 0.8- 5.9
$35,000- 49,999 415 389 91.3 85.0-95.1 10 2.5 1.2- 5.2 16 6.2 2.9-12.7
$50,000-74,999 356 332 91.4 83.0-95.9 15 6.8 2.7-15.9 9 1.8 0.8- 4.3
$75,000+ 443 419 94.7 91.0-97.0 11 2.1 0.8- 5.2 13 3.2 1.6- 6.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 144 93.7 88.7-96.6 6 2.9 1.2- 6.7 6 3.4 1.4- 7.9
Guilford 112 104 93.3 86.7-96.8 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4 5 4.7 1.9-11.1
Mecklenburg 109 96 90.4 82.7-94.9 5 2.7 1.1- 6.7 8 6.9 3.1-14.5
Orange 134 122 90.7 83.1-95.1 5 3.0 1.2- 7.2 7 6.3 2.7-14.0
Wake 126 108 83.2 73.7-89.8 8 7.0 3.0-15.4 10 9.8 5.1-17.9
Chatham/Lee 115 103 89.6 81.3-94.4 7 7.0 3.1-15.1 5 3.5 1.4- 8.5
Nash/Wilson 83 73 88.8 78.8-94.4 5 4.0 1.6- 9.9 5 7.1 2.7-17.4
Craven/Pamlico 129 108 88.4 82.1-92.7 10 6.0 3.1-11.5 11 5.6 3.0-10.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 147 132 89.4 80.7-94.4 8 3.8 1.8- 8.0 7 6.8 2.7-16.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 158 142 91.6 85.8-95.2 8 3.6 1.7- 7.4 8 4.8 2.2-10.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 97 92.2 78.5-97.4 5 6.5 1.8-21.0 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 123 89.6 81.4-94.4 6 5.1 1.9-13.1 9 5.3 2.4-11.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 76 91.5 79.0-96.9 1 3.7 0.5-21.6 5 4.8 1.8-12.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 73 85.3 72.0-92.9 3 5.7 1.5-19.1 7 9.0 3.6-20.7
Northeast NC I 71 62 87.1 73.3-94.3 5 9.2 3.1-24.2 4 3.7 1.3-10.3
Northeast NC II 125 115 94.1 89.0-96.9 4 2.9 1.1- 7.5 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9
Northeastern Partnership 196 177 92.5 87.6-95.5 9 4.4 2.1- 8.9 10 3.2 1.6- 6.2
Mountain AHEC 427 382 89.0 83.7-92.7 23 6.1 3.7-10.0 22 4.9 2.4- 9.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 732 648 88.8 83.1-92.8 36 5.7 2.7-11.4 48 5.5 3.3- 9.2
Piedmont 1,122 1,023 91.1 88.2-93.4 47 3.9 2.4- 6.5 52 4.9 3.4- 7.0
Western NC 692 620 89.5 85.5-92.5 35 4.4 2.8- 6.8 37 6.1 3.7- 9.8

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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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