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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Wake County

Cardiovascular Disease

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,281 3,145 32.1 30.6-33.6 6,136 67.9 66.4-69.4
-Wake County 443 151 36.1 30.8-41.9 292 63.9 58.1-69.2
GENDER
Male 168 55 33.1 25.1-42.3 113 66.9 57.7-74.9
Female 275 96 38.8 32.0-46.1 179 61.2 53.9-68.0
RACE
White 320 107 36.0 30.0-42.3 213 64.0 57.7-70.0
Other 120 44 37.1 26.6-49.1 76 62.9 50.9-73.4
AGE
18-44 246 73 34.0 26.9-41.9 173 66.0 58.1-73.1
45+ 194 77 39.7 31.9-48.0 117 60.3 52.0-68.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 109 47 43.6 31.8-56.2 62 56.4 43.8-68.2
Some College + 333 104 33.4 27.7-39.5 229 66.6 60.5-72.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 60 31.7 23.6-41.1 122 68.3 58.9-76.4
$50,000+ 187 69 42.2 34.1-50.8 118 57.8 49.2-65.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 144 27.4 23.1-32.2 304 72.6 67.8-76.9
Guilford 443 157 34.4 29.4-39.8 286 65.6 60.2-70.6
Mecklenburg 444 162 31.8 27.0-37.2 282 68.2 62.8-73.0
Orange 450 114 25.5 19.1-33.1 336 74.5 66.9-80.9
Wake 443 151 36.1 30.8-41.9 292 63.9 58.1-69.2
Chatham/Lee 392 133 33.2 27.3-39.7 259 66.8 60.3-72.7
Nash/Wilson 370 143 39.0 33.1-45.2 227 61.0 54.8-66.9
Craven/Pamlico 447 144 28.6 24.1-33.6 303 71.4 66.4-75.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 158 36.7 30.9-42.9 269 63.3 57.1-69.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 132 25.4 20.6-30.8 319 74.6 69.2-79.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 176 35.0 28.3-42.4 294 65.0 57.6-71.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 133 27.6 18.6-38.9 288 72.4 61.1-81.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 166 32.5 27.9-37.4 302 67.5 62.6-72.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 147 34.2 28.7-40.3 263 65.8 59.7-71.3
Northeast NC I 449 164 32.0 27.0-37.5 285 68.0 62.5-73.0
Northeast NC II 502 178 30.7 26.3-35.5 324 69.3 64.5-73.7
Northeastern Partnership 951 342 31.2 27.8-34.8 609 68.8 65.2-72.2
Mountain AHEC 1,289 426 33.0 28.7-37.7 863 67.0 62.3-71.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,247 1,132 30.5 27.9-33.2 2,115 69.5 66.8-72.1
Piedmont 3,986 1,352 33.2 31.0-35.3 2,634 66.8 64.7-69.0
Western NC 2,048 661 30.9 27.6-34.5 1,387 69.1 65.5-72.4

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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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