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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease

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Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,259 6,336 70.0 68.5-71.5 2,923 30.0 28.5-31.5
-Piedmont NC 3,975 2,772 71.1 69.0-73.1 1,203 28.9 26.9-31.0
GENDER
Male 1,494 1,037 72.3 69.0-75.3 457 27.7 24.7-31.0
Female 2,481 1,735 70.0 67.4-72.5 746 30.0 27.5-32.6
RACE
White 2,923 2,026 69.6 67.2-72.0 897 30.4 28.0-32.8
African American 794 561 72.3 67.6-76.6 233 27.7 23.4-32.4
Other Minorities 203 145 77.7 69.3-84.3 58 22.3 15.7-30.7
AGE
18-24 237 171 76.1 68.3-82.5 66 23.9 17.5-31.7
25-34 629 446 71.7 66.7-76.3 183 28.3 23.7-33.3
35-44 831 600 73.5 69.2-77.5 231 26.5 22.5-30.8
45-54 810 572 71.5 66.8-75.7 238 28.5 24.3-33.2
55-64 604 438 72.2 67.0-76.9 166 27.8 23.1-33.0
65-74 461 315 66.1 59.9-71.8 146 33.9 28.2-40.1
75+ 373 209 57.2 50.3-63.9 164 42.8 36.1-49.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 571 336 62.3 56.3-67.9 235 37.7 32.1-43.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,048 694 69.0 64.8-73.0 354 31.0 27.0-35.2
Some Post-H.S. 944 674 73.3 69.1-77.2 270 26.7 22.8-30.9
College Graduate 1,399 1,062 75.7 72.5-78.7 337 24.3 21.3-27.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 360 231 68.3 60.6-75.0 129 31.7 25.0-39.4
$15,000- 24,999 655 437 68.7 63.1-73.8 218 31.3 26.2-36.9
$25,000- 34,999 397 283 73.3 66.4-79.3 114 26.7 20.7-33.6
$35,000- 49,999 538 372 70.9 65.2-75.9 166 29.1 24.1-34.8
$50,000-74,999 466 352 75.2 69.5-80.1 114 24.8 19.9-30.5
$75,000+ 652 498 76.2 71.4-80.5 154 23.8 19.5-28.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 305 67.0 61.6-71.9 143 33.0 28.1-38.4
Guilford 439 302 69.9 64.6-74.7 137 30.1 25.3-35.4
Mecklenburg 443 324 76.1 71.2-80.4 119 23.9 19.6-28.8
Orange 448 345 73.5 66.2-79.7 103 26.5 20.3-33.8
Wake 443 327 73.3 68.0-78.0 116 26.7 22.0-32.0
Chatham/Lee 390 266 65.7 58.8-72.0 124 34.3 28.0-41.2
Nash/Wilson 368 248 67.4 61.3-73.0 120 32.6 27.0-38.7
Craven/Pamlico 447 275 60.2 54.5-65.7 172 39.8 34.3-45.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 287 67.5 62.0-72.6 140 32.5 27.4-38.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 314 71.9 66.5-76.8 138 28.1 23.2-33.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 469 305 70.8 64.3-76.4 164 29.2 23.6-35.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 302 62.6 49.0-74.5 119 37.4 25.5-51.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 466 297 65.3 60.1-70.1 169 34.7 29.9-39.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 258 66.8 61.0-72.1 150 33.2 27.9-39.0
Northeast NC I 448 293 67.6 61.8-72.8 155 32.4 27.2-38.2
Northeast NC II 500 343 68.5 63.2-73.3 157 31.5 26.7-36.8
Northeastern Partnership 948 636 68.2 64.3-71.8 312 31.8 28.2-35.7
Mountain AHEC 1,288 909 67.8 63.1-72.2 379 32.2 27.8-36.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,234 2,132 69.0 66.2-71.6 1,102 31.0 28.4-33.8
Piedmont 3,975 2,772 71.1 69.0-73.1 1,203 28.9 26.9-31.0
Western NC 2,050 1,432 67.9 64.3-71.4 618 32.1 28.6-35.7

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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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