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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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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,284 312 2.6 2.2- 3.0 8,972 97.4 97.0-97.8
-Northeast NC II 503 27 4.0 2.7- 6.0 476 96.0 94.0-97.3
GENDER
Male 181 9 3.3 1.6- 6.5 172 96.7 93.5-98.4
Female 322 18 4.7 2.9- 7.6 304 95.3 92.4-97.1
RACE
White 344 18 3.8 2.3- 6.3 326 96.2 93.7-97.7
Other 157 9 4.4 2.2- 8.7 148 95.6 91.3-97.8
AGE
18-44 173 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 172 99.7 98.1- 100
45+ 326 26 7.2 4.8-10.6 300 92.8 89.4-95.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 259 22 6.2 3.9- 9.5 237 93.8 90.5-96.1
Some College + 242 5 1.6 0.6- 4.2 237 98.4 95.8-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 16 4.2 2.4- 7.1 257 95.8 92.9-97.6
$50,000+ 96 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5 94 98.1 92.5-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 16 2.6 1.5- 4.3 432 97.4 95.7-98.5
Guilford 443 15 3.5 2.0- 6.1 428 96.5 93.9-98.0
Mecklenburg 443 11 1.6 0.8- 2.9 432 98.4 97.1-99.2
Orange 450 7 0.9 0.4- 2.0 443 99.1 98.0-99.6
Wake 444 13 2.6 1.3- 5.1 431 97.4 94.9-98.7
Chatham/Lee 393 17 2.8 1.7- 4.7 376 97.2 95.3-98.3
Nash/Wilson 369 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 356 97.3 95.2-98.5
Craven/Pamlico 447 14 3.2 1.8- 5.7 433 96.8 94.3-98.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 18 3.8 2.3- 6.4 410 96.2 93.6-97.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 14 2.0 1.1- 3.6 437 98.0 96.4-98.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 18 2.1 1.3- 3.5 453 97.9 96.5-98.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 420 9 1.2 0.6- 2.5 411 98.8 97.5-99.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 19 5.0 3.0- 8.0 449 95.0 92.0-97.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 409 12 2.2 1.1- 4.1 397 97.8 95.9-98.9
Northeast NC I 451 18 3.3 2.0- 5.5 433 96.7 94.5-98.0
Northeastern Partnership 954 45 3.8 2.7- 5.2 909 96.2 94.8-97.3
Mountain AHEC 1,289 40 2.8 1.8- 4.4 1,249 97.2 95.6-98.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,249 120 2.7 2.2- 3.5 3,129 97.3 96.5-97.8
Piedmont 3,985 127 2.4 1.8- 3.0 3,858 97.6 97.0-98.2
Western NC 2,050 65 2.9 1.9- 4.5 1,985 97.1 95.5-98.1

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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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