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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,161 6,667 71.4 69.8-72.9 2,494 28.6 27.1-30.2
-Western NC 2,022 1,500 71.3 67.5-74.8 522 28.7 25.2-32.5
GENDER
Male 750 518 63.6 57.2-69.7 232 36.4 30.3-42.8
Female 1,272 982 78.5 75.1-81.6 290 21.5 18.4-24.9
RACE
White 1,846 1,379 73.1 69.3-76.6 467 26.9 23.4-30.7
African American 68 51 66.6 41.8-84.7 17 33.4 15.3-58.2
Other Minorities 100 66 44.4 27.2-63.1 34 55.6 36.9-72.8
AGE
18-24 129 72 53.6 41.2-65.6 57 46.4 34.4-58.8
25-34 280 195 63.3 50.1-74.8 85 36.7 25.2-49.9
35-44 333 232 65.7 56.6-73.9 101 34.3 26.1-43.4
45-54 376 299 82.3 74.8-88.0 77 17.7 12.0-25.2
55-64 350 273 80.1 73.5-85.4 77 19.9 14.6-26.5
65-74 333 264 74.3 66.6-80.7 69 25.7 19.3-33.4
75+ 209 155 76.8 69.2-83.1 54 23.2 16.9-30.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 327 223 54.9 43.1-66.1 104 45.1 33.9-56.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 628 457 73.4 68.1-78.2 171 26.6 21.8-31.9
Some Post-H.S. 539 416 73.2 66.0-79.3 123 26.8 20.7-34.0
College Graduate 522 401 78.8 73.9-83.0 121 21.2 17.0-26.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 260 204 80.2 72.9-85.9 56 19.8 14.1-27.1
$15,000- 24,999 397 291 65.5 55.9-74.0 106 34.5 26.0-44.1
$25,000- 34,999 252 187 71.6 61.9-79.6 65 28.4 20.4-38.1
$35,000- 49,999 267 200 74.1 64.8-81.7 67 25.9 18.3-35.2
$50,000-74,999 203 159 80.1 71.9-86.3 44 19.9 13.7-28.1
$75,000+ 204 153 79.1 70.6-85.6 51 20.9 14.4-29.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 443 321 70.1 64.6-75.0 122 29.9 25.0-35.4
Guilford 439 328 72.7 67.2-77.6 111 27.3 22.4-32.8
Mecklenburg 442 326 70.4 64.0-76.0 116 29.6 24.0-36.0
Orange 449 329 62.2 53.9-69.9 120 37.8 30.1-46.1
Wake 439 339 77.1 72.1-81.4 100 22.9 18.6-27.9
Chatham/Lee 390 285 67.9 60.8-74.2 105 32.1 25.8-39.2
Nash/Wilson 366 256 68.0 61.7-73.6 110 32.0 26.4-38.3
Craven/Pamlico 443 313 67.6 61.9-72.9 130 32.4 27.1-38.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 420 307 72.7 67.3-77.5 113 27.3 22.5-32.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 321 67.3 60.3-73.7 128 32.7 26.3-39.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 464 328 71.7 65.0-77.5 136 28.3 22.5-35.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 413 305 62.0 48.3-74.0 108 38.0 26.0-51.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 458 325 69.3 64.0-74.1 133 30.7 25.9-36.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 401 277 65.8 59.7-71.5 124 34.2 28.5-40.3
Northeast NC I 441 310 65.4 58.1-72.1 131 34.6 27.9-41.9
Northeast NC II 495 370 71.5 66.2-76.3 125 28.5 23.7-33.8
Northeastern Partnership 936 680 69.4 65.1-73.4 256 30.6 26.6-34.9
Mountain AHEC 1,270 948 71.6 66.7-76.0 322 28.4 24.0-33.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,192 2,273 68.6 65.7-71.4 919 31.4 28.6-34.3
Piedmont 3,947 2,894 72.9 70.8-74.8 1,053 27.1 25.2-29.2

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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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