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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeastern Partnership**

Cardiovascular Disease

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,742 613 23.9 21.4-26.7 2,129 76.1 73.3-78.6
-Northeastern Partnership 294 79 28.1 22.5-34.5 215 71.9 65.5-77.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 139 23 17.8 11.6-26.3 116 82.2 73.7-88.4
Guilford 126 23 16.2 10.4-24.4 103 83.8 75.6-89.6
Mecklenburg 98 20 22.2 13.7-33.9 78 77.8 66.1-86.3
Orange 117 26 24.9 16.7-35.6 91 75.1 64.4-83.3
Wake 103 20 19.3 11.7-30.1 83 80.7 69.9-88.3
Chatham/Lee 125 23 20.0 13.2-29.3 102 80.0 70.7-86.8
Nash/Wilson 122 36 34.7 25.4-45.4 86 65.3 54.6-74.6
Craven/Pamlico 131 25 20.0 13.3-28.8 106 80.0 71.2-86.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 142 29 17.7 11.7-26.0 113 82.3 74.0-88.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 142 37 26.1 18.9-34.9 105 73.9 65.1-81.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 145 38 28.2 18.5-40.3 107 71.8 59.7-81.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 135 26 34.5 14.0-62.9 109 65.5 37.1-86.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 155 32 20.9 14.7-28.9 123 79.1 71.1-85.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 26 21.2 14.2-30.5 99 78.8 69.5-85.8
Northeast NC I 139 29 21.6 14.8-30.3 110 78.4 69.7-85.2
Northeast NC II 155 50 31.5 24.0-40.3 105 68.5 59.7-76.0
Mountain AHEC 398 79 25.0 18.8-32.3 319 75.0 67.7-81.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,002 237 26.1 21.5-31.3 765 73.9 68.7-78.5
Piedmont 1,116 241 22.7 19.2-26.6 875 77.3 73.4-80.8
Western NC 624 135 23.9 19.0-29.5 489 76.1 70.5-81.0

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Northeastern Partnership**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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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