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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western 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
-Western NC 2,050 1,432 67.9 64.3-71.4 618 32.1 28.6-35.7
GENDER
Male 769 521 63.9 57.6-69.8 248 36.1 30.2-42.4
Female 1,281 911 71.8 68.1-75.2 370 28.2 24.8-31.9
RACE
White 1,870 1,303 69.2 65.6-72.6 567 30.8 27.4-34.4
African American 71 51 56.5 34.2-76.4 20 43.5 23.6-65.8
Other Minorities 101 71 51.2 31.6-70.4 30 48.8 29.6-68.4
AGE
18-24 134 95 70.1 58.0-79.9 39 29.9 20.1-42.0
25-34 282 212 69.9 56.0-80.9 70 30.1 19.1-44.0
35-44 341 253 66.7 57.4-74.8 88 33.3 25.2-42.6
45-54 379 269 68.9 60.6-76.2 110 31.1 23.8-39.4
55-64 350 248 68.8 61.5-75.4 102 31.2 24.6-38.5
65-74 338 227 68.7 61.5-75.0 111 31.3 25.0-38.5
75+ 214 121 59.5 51.0-67.6 93 40.5 32.4-49.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 340 199 49.2 38.6-60.0 141 50.8 40.0-61.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 638 426 65.8 60.0-71.2 212 34.2 28.8-40.0
Some Post-H.S. 542 394 76.8 70.9-81.8 148 23.2 18.2-29.1
College Graduate 525 409 74.6 68.9-79.5 116 25.4 20.5-31.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 267 164 64.2 55.7-72.0 103 35.8 28.0-44.3
$15,000- 24,999 401 296 69.3 60.0-77.2 105 30.7 22.8-40.0
$25,000- 34,999 254 178 70.0 61.2-77.6 76 30.0 22.4-38.8
$35,000- 49,999 270 192 70.4 61.0-78.3 78 29.6 21.7-39.0
$50,000-74,999 204 149 70.9 61.7-78.7 55 29.1 21.3-38.3
$75,000+ 205 165 80.4 71.9-86.8 40 19.6 13.2-28.1
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

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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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