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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC II (Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington)

Cardiovascular Disease

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Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,281 2,952 29.8 28.4-31.3 6,329 70.2 68.7-71.6
-Northeast NC II 503 167 29.9 25.5-34.6 336 70.1 65.4-74.5
GENDER
Male 180 61 27.1 20.8-34.6 119 72.9 65.4-79.2
Female 323 106 32.5 26.9-38.6 217 67.5 61.4-73.1
RACE
White 345 113 30.1 24.9-35.8 232 69.9 64.2-75.1
Other 156 54 29.9 22.1-39.0 102 70.1 61.0-77.9
AGE
18-44 173 46 22.2 16.2-29.5 127 77.8 70.5-83.8
45+ 326 120 36.3 30.5-42.6 206 63.7 57.4-69.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 87 30.2 24.1-37.0 171 69.8 63.0-75.9
Some College + 243 80 29.7 23.7-36.5 163 70.3 63.5-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 274 102 33.6 27.4-40.3 172 66.4 59.7-72.6
$50,000+ 96 24 23.6 15.8-33.7 72 76.4 66.3-84.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 138 27.2 22.8-32.0 310 72.8 68.0-77.2
Guilford 442 133 30.7 25.9-36.1 309 69.3 63.9-74.1
Mecklenburg 444 154 30.0 25.3-35.3 290 70.0 64.7-74.7
Orange 450 104 24.0 18.2-31.0 346 76.0 69.0-81.8
Wake 442 138 32.4 27.2-38.1 304 67.6 61.9-72.8
Chatham/Lee 392 125 30.4 24.6-36.8 267 69.6 63.2-75.4
Nash/Wilson 370 130 35.8 30.0-42.1 240 64.2 57.9-70.0
Craven/Pamlico 448 129 27.0 22.4-32.2 319 73.0 67.8-77.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 140 31.9 26.3-38.1 288 68.1 61.9-73.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 120 22.9 18.3-28.3 329 77.1 71.7-81.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 469 168 31.7 25.5-38.6 301 68.3 61.4-74.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 131 28.7 19.6-40.0 290 71.3 60.0-80.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 167 31.7 27.2-36.5 301 68.3 63.5-72.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 409 147 33.6 28.0-39.6 262 66.4 60.4-72.0
Northeast NC I 452 172 34.1 28.8-39.8 280 65.9 60.2-71.2
Northeastern Partnership 955 339 31.3 27.9-35.0 616 68.7 65.0-72.1
Mountain AHEC 1,288 403 29.4 25.8-33.2 885 70.6 66.8-74.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,248 1,094 29.8 27.3-32.4 2,154 70.2 67.6-72.7
Piedmont 3,986 1,240 30.2 28.1-32.3 2,746 69.8 67.7-71.9
Western NC 2,047 618 28.5 25.5-31.7 1,429 71.5 68.3-74.5

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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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