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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-WHITE MALES

Why do you take aspirin... To relieve pain?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 935 219 24.2 20.3-28.7 716 75.8 71.3-79.7
AGE
35-44 111 39 37.4 25.8-50.7 72 62.6 49.3-74.2
45-54 193 47 25.4 16.8-36.6 146 74.6 63.4-83.2
55-64 254 49 18.8 12.7-26.8 205 81.2 73.2-87.3
65-74 239 51 18.3 12.7-25.8 188 81.7 74.2-87.3
75+ 137 33 26.6 17.5-38.2 104 73.4 61.8-82.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 136 37 29.7 19.1-43.1 99 70.3 56.9-80.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 270 72 29.7 21.7-39.2 198 70.3 60.8-78.3
Some Post-H.S. 207 48 24.6 16.9-34.2 159 75.4 65.8-83.1
College Graduate 318 60 18.5 13.0-25.6 258 81.5 74.4-87.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 76 21 31.8 18.1-49.7 55 68.2 50.3-81.9
$15,000- 24,999 127 38 34.5 21.9-49.7 89 65.5 50.3-78.1
$25,000- 34,999 94 18 20.0 10.6-34.6 76 80.0 65.4-89.4
$35,000- 49,999 159 28 25.6 15.8-38.7 131 74.4 61.3-84.2
$50,000-74,999 132 27 25.2 15.6-38.0 105 74.8 62.0-84.4
$75,000+ 157 26 12.4 7.0-21.3 131 87.6 78.7-93.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 61 15 25.7 15.5-39.4 46 74.3 60.6-84.5
Guilford 41 6 14.7 6.4-30.4 35 85.3 69.6-93.6
Mecklenburg 30 4 11.5 4.1-28.5 26 88.5 71.5-95.9
Orange 46 14 31.6 18.9-47.8 32 68.4 52.2-81.1
Wake 39 7 14.5 6.3-30.1 32 85.5 69.9-93.7
Chatham/Lee 44 9 20.0 10.3-35.2 35 80.0 64.8-89.7
Nash/Wilson 33 11 36.8 20.4-57.0 22 63.2 43.0-79.6
Craven/Pamlico 49 11 20.3 11.2-34.1 38 79.7 65.9-88.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 54 10 14.8 7.0-28.5 44 85.2 71.5-93.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 58 15 24.6 14.9-37.8 43 75.4 62.2-85.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 41 11 38.1 19.1-61.7 30 61.9 38.3-80.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 53 10 19.4 10.0-34.2 43 80.6 65.8-90.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 37 9 23.7 12.3-40.8 28 76.3 59.2-87.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 32 6 22.8 10.7-42.4 26 77.2 57.6-89.3
Northeast NC I 35 7 23.7 11.5-42.5 28 76.3 57.5-88.5
Northeast NC II 53 15 25.9 15.5-39.8 38 74.1 60.2-84.5
Northeastern Partnership 88 22 25.3 16.7-36.4 66 74.7 63.6-83.3
Mountain AHEC 159 37 29.4 20.5-40.3 122 70.6 59.7-79.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 297 78 29.7 21.7-39.1 219 70.3 60.9-78.3
Piedmont 391 85 20.9 15.8-27.0 306 79.1 73.0-84.2
Western NC 247 56 25.9 18.8-34.6 191 74.1 65.4-81.2

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking aspirin regularly.

^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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