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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease

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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
-Piedmont NC 3,986 1,240 30.2 28.1-32.3 2,746 69.8 67.7-71.9
GENDER
Male 1,496 431 28.2 25.0-31.6 1,065 71.8 68.4-75.0
Female 2,490 809 32.1 29.5-34.8 1,681 67.9 65.2-70.5
RACE
White 2,933 853 28.5 26.1-30.9 2,080 71.5 69.1-73.9
African American 797 307 37.0 32.3-41.9 490 63.0 58.1-67.7
Other Minorities 201 63 29.9 21.6-39.7 138 70.1 60.3-78.4
AGE
18-24 238 60 28.7 21.1-37.6 178 71.3 62.4-78.9
25-34 629 155 23.5 19.2-28.3 474 76.5 71.7-80.8
35-44 832 213 25.5 21.5-29.8 619 74.5 70.2-78.5
45-54 812 277 35.4 30.8-40.3 535 64.6 59.7-69.2
55-64 605 220 38.0 32.6-43.6 385 62.0 56.4-67.4
65-74 462 187 39.7 33.8-46.0 275 60.3 54.0-66.2
75+ 378 121 30.2 24.4-36.7 257 69.8 63.3-75.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 573 204 31.9 26.5-37.9 369 68.1 62.1-73.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,052 372 33.0 28.9-37.3 680 67.0 62.7-71.1
Some Post-H.S. 944 292 31.1 26.8-35.7 652 68.9 64.3-73.2
College Graduate 1,402 367 26.4 23.4-29.7 1,035 73.6 70.3-76.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 360 138 33.2 26.2-41.2 222 66.8 58.8-73.8
$15,000- 24,999 656 241 38.0 32.4-43.9 415 62.0 56.1-67.6
$25,000- 34,999 398 120 24.6 18.8-31.5 278 75.4 68.5-81.2
$35,000- 49,999 542 168 29.6 24.5-35.2 374 70.4 64.8-75.5
$50,000-74,999 467 124 28.7 23.0-35.2 343 71.3 64.8-77.0
$75,000+ 653 190 31.0 26.3-36.2 463 69.0 63.8-73.7
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
Northeast NC II 503 167 29.9 25.5-34.6 336 70.1 65.4-74.5
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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