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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-WHITE MALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,574 541 19.5 17.3-21.8 2,033 80.5 78.2-82.7
AGE
18-24 135 17 14.2 7.5-25.3 118 85.8 74.7-92.5
25-34 359 75 15.9 11.4-21.7 284 84.1 78.3-88.6
35-44 508 125 23.6 18.9-29.0 383 76.4 71.0-81.1
45-54 485 126 23.2 18.2-29.1 359 76.8 70.9-81.8
55-64 454 98 21.7 16.9-27.4 356 78.3 72.6-83.1
65-74 387 63 18.5 13.5-24.9 324 81.5 75.1-86.5
75+ 234 32 11.7 7.7-17.2 202 88.3 82.8-92.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 338 31 8.6 5.2-14.0 307 91.4 86.0-94.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 724 98 11.9 9.0-15.7 626 88.1 84.3-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 637 135 18.9 14.4-24.3 502 81.1 75.7-85.6
College Graduate 868 276 30.6 26.5-35.0 592 69.4 65.0-73.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 185 29 12.0 7.1-19.8 156 88.0 80.2-92.9
$15,000- 24,999 363 44 14.5 9.4-21.8 319 85.5 78.2-90.6
$25,000- 34,999 273 57 15.7 10.8-22.1 216 84.3 77.9-89.2
$35,000- 49,999 420 82 17.5 12.9-23.4 338 82.5 76.6-87.1
$50,000-74,999 359 86 21.2 15.9-27.6 273 78.8 72.4-84.1
$75,000+ 445 138 27.3 21.8-33.4 307 72.7 66.6-78.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 31 18.2 12.4-26.0 125 81.8 74.0-87.6
Guilford 111 25 22.0 14.6-31.6 86 78.0 68.4-85.4
Mecklenburg 110 29 23.7 14.6-36.2 81 76.3 63.8-85.4
Orange 135 50 37.1 28.0-47.2 85 62.9 52.8-72.0
Wake 127 35 34.2 25.0-44.8 92 65.8 55.2-75.0
Chatham/Lee 117 17 10.5 6.2-17.3 100 89.5 82.7-93.8
Nash/Wilson 85 16 17.7 10.5-28.2 69 82.3 71.8-89.5
Craven/Pamlico 131 26 17.4 11.5-25.3 105 82.6 74.7-88.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 148 25 23.0 13.6-36.2 123 77.0 63.8-86.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 161 31 15.0 10.2-21.6 130 85.0 78.4-89.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 24 16.8 10.4-26.2 81 83.2 73.8-89.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 28 23.3 15.0-34.2 110 76.7 65.8-85.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 83 15 16.9 9.8-27.6 68 83.1 72.4-90.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 84 13 13.7 7.8-22.9 71 86.3 77.1-92.2
Northeast NC I 73 18 24.9 15.2-38.0 55 75.1 62.0-84.8
Northeast NC II 128 28 19.4 13.3-27.6 100 80.6 72.4-86.7
Northeastern Partnership 201 46 20.8 15.3-27.5 155 79.2 72.5-84.7
Mountain AHEC 428 88 19.1 14.6-24.5 340 80.9 75.5-85.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 745 140 16.6 12.8-21.2 605 83.4 78.8-87.2
Piedmont 1,135 266 21.6 18.4-25.0 869 78.4 75.0-81.6
Western NC 694 135 16.9 13.5-21.0 559 83.1 79.0-86.5

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Data in this table were derived from the all six stroke 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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