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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 9,264 6,969 73.6 72.1-75.0 2,295 26.4 25.0-27.9
-Piedmont NC 3,980 2,988 73.4 71.3-75.5 992 26.6 24.5-28.7
GENDER
Male 1,493 1,022 69.1 65.6-72.4 471 30.9 27.6-34.4
Female 2,487 1,966 77.5 75.0-79.8 521 22.5 20.2-25.0
RACE
White 2,927 2,174 71.8 69.3-74.2 753 28.2 25.8-30.7
African American 794 620 77.5 72.8-81.6 174 22.5 18.4-27.2
Other Minorities 203 150 74.9 65.8-82.2 53 25.1 17.8-34.2
AGE
18-24 237 148 64.0 54.9-72.2 89 36.0 27.8-45.1
25-34 630 443 72.3 67.4-76.8 187 27.7 23.2-32.6
35-44 831 627 75.5 71.3-79.3 204 24.5 20.7-28.7
45-54 812 619 76.2 71.7-80.3 193 23.8 19.7-28.3
55-64 604 471 76.3 71.0-80.8 133 23.7 19.2-29.0
65-74 462 377 79.3 73.6-84.0 85 20.7 16.0-26.4
75+ 374 282 70.1 63.0-76.2 92 29.9 23.8-37.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 569 389 66.6 60.8-72.0 180 33.4 28.0-39.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,051 770 71.6 67.0-75.7 281 28.4 24.3-33.0
Some Post-H.S. 944 727 75.6 71.3-79.6 217 24.4 20.4-28.7
College Graduate 1,402 1,096 77.0 73.7-79.9 306 23.0 20.1-26.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 358 268 72.6 64.3-79.5 90 27.4 20.5-35.7
$15,000- 24,999 654 477 68.9 63.2-74.2 177 31.1 25.8-36.8
$25,000- 34,999 397 306 78.2 71.7-83.6 91 21.8 16.4-28.3
$35,000- 49,999 541 397 70.1 64.3-75.4 144 29.9 24.6-35.7
$50,000-74,999 467 357 76.0 70.4-80.8 110 24.0 19.2-29.6
$75,000+ 652 519 77.8 72.8-82.1 133 22.2 17.9-27.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 340 75.7 70.6-80.1 106 24.3 19.9-29.4
Guilford 442 327 71.6 66.0-76.7 115 28.4 23.3-34.0
Mecklenburg 444 348 76.7 71.0-81.6 96 23.3 18.4-29.0
Orange 450 338 66.1 57.5-73.8 112 33.9 26.2-42.5
Wake 441 347 78.3 73.4-82.5 94 21.7 17.5-26.6
Chatham/Lee 393 299 69.4 62.2-75.7 94 30.6 24.3-37.8
Nash/Wilson 371 273 71.1 64.9-76.6 98 28.9 23.4-35.1
Craven/Pamlico 446 321 70.6 64.9-75.6 125 29.4 24.4-35.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 320 72.8 67.3-77.7 108 27.2 22.3-32.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 333 73.2 67.6-78.1 118 26.8 21.9-32.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 468 339 64.0 54.0-72.9 129 36.0 27.1-46.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 325 73.1 61.3-82.3 94 26.9 17.7-38.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 350 76.6 71.9-80.7 117 23.4 19.3-28.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 300 71.9 66.1-77.0 108 28.1 23.0-33.9
Northeast NC I 451 338 73.7 68.0-78.6 113 26.3 21.4-32.0
Northeast NC II 500 382 75.5 70.4-80.0 118 24.5 20.0-29.6
Northeastern Partnership 951 720 74.9 71.1-78.3 231 25.1 21.7-28.9
Mountain AHEC 1,282 1,010 77.7 73.0-81.8 272 22.3 18.2-27.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,240 2,399 72.4 69.6-75.0 841 27.6 25.0-30.4
Piedmont 3,980 2,988 73.4 71.3-75.5 992 26.6 24.5-28.7
Western NC 2,044 1,582 76.6 73.1-79.8 462 23.4 20.2-26.9

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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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