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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 2,543 2,268 89.6 87.7-91.3 82 2.5 1.8- 3.5 193 7.9 6.4- 9.7
AGE
18-24 135 120 91.0 82.7-95.5 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 12 8.4 4.0-16.8
25-34 354 310 84.3 77.9-89.1 8 2.4 0.9- 6.1 36 13.3 8.9-19.4
35-44 503 468 94.3 90.9-96.4 10 1.7 0.6- 4.4 25 4.0 2.4- 6.8
45-54 483 452 92.4 87.3-95.6 7 1.8 0.6- 5.4 24 5.8 3.1-10.6
55-64 450 405 90.1 85.2-93.5 12 2.6 1.2- 5.5 33 7.4 4.5-11.9
65-74 381 326 87.9 82.6-91.7 22 5.0 2.8- 8.8 33 7.1 4.2-11.7
75+ 228 178 79.1 70.6-85.6 20 7.7 3.9-15.0 30 13.2 8.2-20.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 331 255 78.5 70.8-84.6 19 5.2 2.5-10.3 57 16.3 11.0-23.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 714 614 86.4 82.2-89.8 29 2.9 1.6- 5.1 71 10.7 7.7-14.7
Some Post-H.S. 630 574 89.6 85.0-92.8 19 2.7 1.4- 5.1 37 7.8 4.9-12.1
College Graduate 862 821 96.3 94.5-97.5 14 1.1 0.5- 2.3 27 2.6 1.6- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 185 153 76.6 64.6-85.5 10 5.6 1.9-15.2 22 17.8 10.1-29.3
$15,000- 24,999 361 300 90.4 86.0-93.5 18 2.4 1.4- 4.2 43 7.2 4.4-11.4
$25,000- 34,999 271 241 86.5 78.5-91.9 10 4.6 1.7-11.6 20 8.9 4.8-15.7
$35,000- 49,999 415 383 89.1 82.1-93.6 11 2.3 1.0- 5.1 21 8.6 4.5-15.8
$50,000-74,999 356 330 93.6 89.6-96.2 7 1.0 0.4- 2.3 19 5.4 3.0- 9.4
$75,000+ 442 420 94.5 90.2-97.0 8 1.8 0.6- 5.2 14 3.7 1.8- 7.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 138 89.2 82.2-93.7 7 4.0 1.8- 8.3 11 6.8 3.3-13.7
Guilford 112 100 90.6 83.2-95.0 3 1.9 0.6- 5.9 9 7.5 3.7-14.9
Mecklenburg 109 98 89.1 79.8-94.4 2 1.5 0.3- 7.4 9 9.4 4.5-18.5
Orange 134 129 97.4 93.5-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.6 1.0- 6.5
Wake 125 114 91.2 84.0-95.3 5 3.3 1.2- 8.6 6 5.5 2.4-12.2
Chatham/Lee 115 99 88.3 80.5-93.2 5 3.7 1.3- 9.8 11 8.0 4.2-14.8
Nash/Wilson 82 70 87.7 77.9-93.6 6 4.5 1.9-10.4 6 7.7 3.2-17.6
Craven/Pamlico 129 113 87.7 80.3-92.6 6 4.4 2.0- 9.6 10 7.9 4.1-14.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 133 93.1 87.8-96.2 4 2.0 0.7- 5.5 9 4.8 2.3- 9.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 158 133 79.3 64.9-88.9 5 8.5 1.9-30.7 20 12.2 7.3-19.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 93 86.0 71.5-93.8 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8 7 11.8 4.6-27.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 124 89.6 81.4-94.4 5 4.5 1.5-12.8 9 5.8 2.8-12.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 72 89.7 80.8-94.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 8 9.2 4.4-18.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 68 80.1 67.2-88.7 4 6.7 2.1-19.3 11 13.2 6.6-24.7
Northeast NC I 71 65 95.5 89.4-98.1 3 1.8 0.6- 5.5 3 2.8 0.8- 9.1
Northeast NC II 125 118 95.5 88.8-98.3 3 1.6 0.5- 5.0 4 2.9 0.8-10.4
Northeastern Partnership 196 183 95.5 90.7-97.9 6 1.6 0.6- 4.0 7 2.9 1.0- 8.1
Mountain AHEC 427 377 87.8 82.3-91.8 18 3.5 2.0- 6.1 32 8.7 5.2-14.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 731 651 89.6 85.1-92.9 28 2.8 1.5- 5.1 52 7.6 4.7-12.1
Piedmont 1,120 1,018 91.6 89.2-93.6 27 1.8 1.0- 3.1 75 6.5 4.9- 8.7
Western NC 692 599 82.8 77.4-87.1 27 4.4 2.5- 7.7 66 12.9 9.1-17.9

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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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