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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cardiovascular Disease-WHITE MALES

Why do you take aspirin... To reduce the chance of a stroke?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 910 737 79.9 75.5-83.7 173 20.1 16.3-24.5
AGE
35-44 111 80 69.2 55.8-79.9 31 30.8 20.1-44.2
45-54 189 159 81.8 71.0-89.2 30 18.2 10.8-29.0
55-64 246 193 78.1 69.0-85.0 53 21.9 15.0-31.0
65-74 232 193 83.8 76.1-89.4 39 16.2 10.6-23.9
75+ 131 111 87.4 79.3-92.6 20 12.6 7.4-20.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 128 107 79.0 64.3-88.7 21 21.0 11.3-35.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 262 205 73.9 63.8-82.0 57 26.1 18.0-36.2
Some Post-H.S. 204 164 78.4 68.6-85.9 40 21.6 14.1-31.4
College Graduate 312 257 85.1 79.4-89.5 55 14.9 10.5-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 74 59 72.0 53.3-85.3 15 28.0 14.7-46.7
$15,000- 24,999 124 92 61.1 45.8-74.5 32 38.9 25.5-54.2
$25,000- 34,999 87 72 84.4 69.7-92.7 15 15.6 7.3-30.3
$35,000- 49,999 153 123 75.2 61.9-85.0 30 24.8 15.0-38.1
$50,000-74,999 128 104 83.3 72.5-90.4 24 16.7 9.6-27.5
$75,000+ 155 131 87.9 79.5-93.1 24 12.1 6.9-20.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 59 46 76.9 62.8-86.7 13 23.1 13.3-37.2
Guilford 40 30 77.8 61.4-88.5 10 22.2 11.5-38.6
Mecklenburg 30 25 83.8 65.3-93.5 5 16.2 6.5-34.7
Orange 45 34 75.2 59.8-86.1 11 24.8 13.9-40.2
Wake 38 34 85.8 67.2-94.7 4 14.2 5.3-32.8
Chatham/Lee 43 34 77.7 61.6-88.4 9 22.3 11.6-38.4
Nash/Wilson 29 23 80.8 60.9-91.9 6 19.2 8.1-39.1
Craven/Pamlico 48 38 81.0 67.1-89.9 10 19.0 10.1-32.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 54 46 85.7 71.1-93.5 8 14.3 6.5-28.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 57 41 68.1 53.7-79.7 16 31.9 20.3-46.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 41 33 80.0 62.5-90.5 8 20.0 9.5-37.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 52 44 84.1 70.5-92.1 8 15.9 7.9-29.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 35 33 96.8 87.9-99.2 2 3.2 0.8-12.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 31 25 75.6 54.7-88.8 6 24.4 11.2-45.3
Northeast NC I 34 26 71.4 52.2-85.1 8 28.6 14.9-47.8
Northeast NC II 50 42 84.7 71.6-92.4 8 15.3 7.6-28.4
Northeastern Partnership 84 68 81.1 70.6-88.5 16 18.9 11.5-29.4
Mountain AHEC 155 128 81.8 72.9-88.3 27 18.2 11.7-27.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 283 228 74.9 64.8-82.9 55 25.1 17.1-35.2
Piedmont 386 316 83.5 77.9-88.0 70 16.5 12.0-22.1
Western NC 241 193 76.2 67.6-83.1 48 23.8 16.9-32.4

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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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