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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,268 969 8.1 7.4- 8.9 8,299 91.9 91.1-92.6
-Piedmont NC 3,980 359 7.3 6.3- 8.4 3,621 92.7 91.6-93.7
GENDER
Male 1,496 156 8.2 6.7-10.1 1,340 91.8 89.9-93.3
Female 2,484 203 6.4 5.2- 7.8 2,281 93.6 92.2-94.8
RACE
White 2,928 299 8.3 7.1- 9.6 2,629 91.7 90.4-92.9
African American 795 47 5.3 3.6- 7.6 748 94.7 92.4-96.4
Other Minorities 201 11 4.3 1.8-10.1 190 95.7 89.9-98.2
AGE
18-24 236 0 0.0 . - . 236 100 . - .
25-34 630 9 0.9 0.3- 2.2 621 99.1 97.8-99.7
35-44 832 16 1.2 0.6- 2.5 816 98.8 97.5-99.4
45-54 810 55 7.9 5.5-11.3 755 92.1 88.7-94.5
55-64 606 95 16.2 12.4-20.9 511 83.8 79.1-87.6
65-74 463 84 19.1 14.7-24.4 379 80.9 75.6-85.3
75+ 373 98 24.4 19.0-30.8 275 75.6 69.2-81.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 569 97 12.9 9.7-17.0 472 87.1 83.0-90.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,051 98 6.4 4.8- 8.5 953 93.6 91.5-95.2
Some Post-H.S. 944 83 6.5 4.9- 8.7 861 93.5 91.3-95.1
College Graduate 1,401 79 5.5 4.1- 7.3 1,322 94.5 92.7-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 356 63 17.4 12.5-23.6 293 82.6 76.4-87.5
$15,000- 24,999 656 63 7.8 5.5-11.0 593 92.2 89.0-94.5
$25,000- 34,999 396 39 7.2 4.6-11.0 357 92.8 89.0-95.4
$35,000- 49,999 542 33 5.8 3.6- 9.1 509 94.2 90.9-96.4
$50,000-74,999 467 26 5.0 3.1- 8.0 441 95.0 92.0-96.9
$75,000+ 653 36 4.5 2.9- 7.0 617 95.5 93.0-97.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 447 60 12.2 9.3-15.9 387 87.8 84.1-90.7
Guilford 442 46 10.5 7.6-14.4 396 89.5 85.6-92.4
Mecklenburg 443 41 7.4 5.2-10.2 402 92.6 89.8-94.8
Orange 450 26 4.0 2.6- 6.1 424 96.0 93.9-97.4
Wake 443 25 4.4 2.8- 7.1 418 95.6 92.9-97.2
Chatham/Lee 392 36 6.4 4.5- 9.2 356 93.6 90.8-95.5
Nash/Wilson 370 38 8.7 6.1-12.2 332 91.3 87.8-93.9
Craven/Pamlico 447 50 8.8 6.4-11.8 397 91.2 88.2-93.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 425 63 13.4 10.2-17.3 362 86.6 82.7-89.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 450 48 8.8 6.1-12.4 402 91.2 87.6-93.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 53 7.8 5.3-11.4 418 92.2 88.6-94.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 46 7.4 5.1-10.5 373 92.6 89.5-94.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 466 59 12.2 9.3-15.9 407 87.8 84.1-90.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 52 12.8 8.9-18.0 356 87.2 82.0-91.1
Northeast NC I 450 44 8.3 5.9-11.4 406 91.7 88.6-94.1
Northeast NC II 502 64 10.1 7.7-13.1 438 89.9 86.9-92.3
Northeastern Partnership 952 108 9.4 7.6-11.6 844 90.6 88.4-92.4
Mountain AHEC 1,287 155 10.5 8.5-12.9 1,132 89.5 87.1-91.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,243 362 8.4 7.2- 9.7 2,881 91.6 90.3-92.8
Piedmont 3,980 359 7.3 6.3- 8.4 3,621 92.7 91.6-93.7
Western NC 2,045 248 10.7 8.8-13.1 1,797 89.3 86.9-91.2

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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions

^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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