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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 2,306 90.9 88.7-92.7 104 3.4 2.3- 5.0 136 5.6 4.3- 7.4
AGE
18-24 135 117 83.6 71.6-91.1 5 4.0 1.3-11.7 13 12.4 5.9-24.3
25-34 354 323 87.2 78.9-92.6 9 4.9 1.5-15.2 22 7.9 4.6-13.1
35-44 503 473 95.7 93.0-97.4 12 1.8 0.8- 3.8 18 2.5 1.3- 4.8
45-54 484 465 97.2 95.0-98.5 8 1.3 0.5- 3.1 11 1.4 0.6- 3.4
55-64 450 406 89.8 84.9-93.3 19 4.3 2.3- 7.9 25 5.9 3.3-10.2
65-74 382 326 89.0 84.0-92.6 28 5.0 2.9- 8.8 28 5.9 3.4-10.2
75+ 229 188 86.2 79.7-90.8 23 5.9 3.4-10.1 18 8.0 4.4-13.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 333 267 78.6 68.0-86.4 26 8.3 2.9-21.7 40 13.1 8.4-20.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 714 643 89.2 84.3-92.7 27 3.4 1.8- 6.2 44 7.4 4.4-12.2
Some Post-H.S. 630 587 92.4 88.2-95.2 22 3.0 1.5- 5.8 21 4.5 2.4- 8.4
College Graduate 863 805 95.4 93.3-96.8 28 2.1 1.3- 3.5 30 2.5 1.4- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 157 84.2 73.8-90.9 11 3.4 1.6- 6.9 18 12.5 6.3-23.2
$15,000- 24,999 361 312 88.4 81.0-93.2 24 5.0 2.5- 9.7 25 6.5 2.9-14.1
$25,000- 34,999 271 239 89.9 83.5-94.0 19 4.9 2.3-10.1 13 5.2 2.5-10.4
$35,000- 49,999 415 395 95.0 91.3-97.1 8 1.9 0.7- 4.7 12 3.2 1.6- 6.3
$50,000-74,999 356 338 96.6 93.7-98.2 9 1.3 0.6- 3.1 9 2.1 0.9- 4.9
$75,000+ 443 416 95.6 92.8-97.3 11 1.6 0.8- 3.5 16 2.8 1.4- 5.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 142 92.6 87.1-95.8 6 3.1 1.3- 7.4 8 4.3 2.0- 9.0
Guilford 112 104 93.8 87.2-97.1 3 1.7 0.5- 5.5 5 4.6 1.8-11.1
Mecklenburg 109 99 92.5 85.3-96.3 4 2.4 0.8- 6.7 6 5.1 2.1-12.1
Orange 134 125 94.8 89.8-97.4 4 3.0 1.1- 7.7 5 2.2 0.8- 5.9
Wake 126 112 85.1 75.4-91.4 5 5.4 1.9-14.4 9 9.6 4.9-17.8
Chatham/Lee 115 102 91.6 84.8-95.5 5 3.1 1.2- 8.1 8 5.3 2.4-11.3
Nash/Wilson 83 73 91.0 83.3-95.4 6 5.6 2.3-12.7 4 3.4 1.2- 8.9
Craven/Pamlico 129 111 88.4 81.2-93.1 6 3.3 1.3- 7.9 12 8.4 4.5-15.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 147 133 90.5 82.0-95.3 5 2.7 1.1- 6.7 9 6.8 2.8-15.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 158 137 87.4 79.4-92.5 12 6.1 3.0-12.2 9 6.5 3.0-13.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 101 98.5 93.9-99.6 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1 0 0.0 . - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 125 94.5 90.3-96.9 7 3.1 1.4- 6.6 6 2.5 1.0- 5.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 77 96.0 89.5-98.6 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 3 2.8 0.8- 9.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 73 85.7 73.4-92.9 3 5.1 1.6-15.3 7 9.2 3.7-21.0
Northeast NC I 71 63 94.1 87.9-97.2 3 2.5 0.7- 8.1 5 3.5 1.4- 8.4
Northeast NC II 125 112 90.5 82.4-95.1 7 4.1 1.9- 8.8 6 5.4 2.0-14.0
Northeastern Partnership 196 175 91.3 85.2-95.1 10 3.7 1.9- 7.3 11 5.0 2.1-11.2
Mountain AHEC 427 383 85.1 73.4-92.2 23 9.8 3.7-23.4 21 5.2 2.6-10.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 732 658 94.0 91.7-95.7 32 2.4 1.5- 3.7 42 3.6 2.3- 5.6
Piedmont 1,122 1,039 92.3 89.3-94.5 30 2.2 1.3- 3.8 53 5.5 3.6- 8.4
Western NC 692 609 81.7 74.1-87.5 42 9.1 4.6-17.3 41 9.2 5.9-14.1

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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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