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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-WHITE MALES

Knew all heart attack symptoms*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,576 302 11.6 9.9-13.6 2,274 88.4 86.4-90.1
AGE
18-24 135 10 7.1 3.3-14.7 125 92.9 85.3-96.7
25-34 359 30 7.9 4.9-12.6 329 92.1 87.4-95.1
35-44 508 59 10.8 7.7-15.1 449 89.2 84.9-92.3
45-54 486 72 16.7 11.9-22.8 414 83.3 77.2-88.1
55-64 455 65 15.5 11.3-20.8 390 84.5 79.2-88.7
65-74 387 40 11.7 7.7-17.2 347 88.3 82.8-92.3
75+ 234 24 9.4 5.5-15.5 210 90.6 84.5-94.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 338 24 6.0 3.5-10.2 314 94.0 89.8-96.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 724 64 8.1 5.7-11.4 660 91.9 88.6-94.3
Some Post-H.S. 637 69 9.5 6.7-13.4 568 90.5 86.6-93.3
College Graduate 870 145 18.7 15.0-22.9 725 81.3 77.1-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 17 9.0 4.6-17.0 169 91.0 83.0-95.4
$15,000- 24,999 363 33 7.9 4.7-13.1 330 92.1 86.9-95.3
$25,000- 34,999 273 39 10.3 6.6-15.9 234 89.7 84.1-93.4
$35,000- 49,999 420 42 12.2 8.1-18.0 378 87.8 82.0-91.9
$50,000-74,999 359 42 12.0 8.0-17.7 317 88.0 82.3-92.0
$75,000+ 446 73 18.2 13.3-24.4 373 81.8 75.6-86.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 21 11.4 7.3-17.5 135 88.6 82.5-92.7
Guilford 112 19 18.0 10.5-29.0 93 82.0 71.0-89.5
Mecklenburg 110 16 13.1 7.7-21.6 94 86.9 78.4-92.3
Orange 135 19 9.9 6.2-15.6 116 90.1 84.4-93.8
Wake 128 19 14.5 9.0-22.5 109 85.5 77.5-91.0
Chatham/Lee 117 11 12.0 5.0-26.0 106 88.0 74.0-95.0
Nash/Wilson 85 9 11.6 6.0-21.4 76 88.4 78.6-94.0
Craven/Pamlico 131 14 11.1 6.1-19.4 117 88.9 80.6-93.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 148 15 16.5 7.8-31.6 133 83.5 68.4-92.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 161 20 9.9 6.2-15.6 141 90.1 84.4-93.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 8 5.4 2.5-11.3 97 94.6 88.7-97.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 16 12.2 7.4-19.5 122 87.8 80.5-92.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 83 6 4.8 2.0-10.9 77 95.2 89.1-98.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 84 8 8.7 4.2-17.1 76 91.3 82.9-95.8
Northeast NC I 73 10 16.1 8.3-28.9 63 83.9 71.1-91.7
Northeast NC II 128 19 13.8 8.6-21.4 109 86.2 78.6-91.4
Northeastern Partnership 201 29 14.4 9.8-20.6 172 85.6 79.4-90.2
Mountain AHEC 428 46 7.6 5.2-10.9 382 92.4 89.1-94.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 745 83 12.1 8.6-16.7 662 87.9 83.3-91.4
Piedmont 1,137 145 12.6 10.3-15.5 992 87.4 84.5-89.7
Western NC 694 74 7.3 5.4- 9.8 620 92.7 90.2-94.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the all six heart attack symptoms questions..

^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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