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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 9,281 2,952 29.8 28.4-31.3 6,329 70.2 68.7-71.6
-Western NC 2,047 618 28.5 25.5-31.7 1,429 71.5 68.3-74.5
GENDER
Male 769 211 26.6 21.9-31.9 558 73.4 68.1-78.1
Female 1,278 407 30.3 26.7-34.1 871 69.7 65.9-73.3
RACE
White 1,868 547 27.4 24.4-30.6 1,321 72.6 69.4-75.6
African American 71 28 52.6 32.9-71.5 43 47.4 28.5-67.1
Other Minorities 100 40 30.0 16.6-48.1 60 70.0 51.9-83.4
AGE
18-24 135 15 11.4 5.6-21.9 120 88.6 78.1-94.4
25-34 282 71 20.1 14.2-27.6 211 79.9 72.4-85.8
35-44 341 89 25.1 18.9-32.6 252 74.9 67.4-81.1
45-54 380 124 38.7 30.4-47.7 256 61.3 52.3-69.6
55-64 348 134 40.1 32.8-48.0 214 59.9 52.0-67.2
65-74 337 120 29.1 23.3-35.5 217 70.9 64.5-76.7
75+ 212 62 34.3 25.9-43.7 150 65.7 56.3-74.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 340 130 30.7 22.7-40.1 210 69.3 59.9-77.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 634 179 26.0 20.8-32.0 455 74.0 68.0-79.2
Some Post-H.S. 542 179 29.1 23.7-35.2 363 70.9 64.8-76.3
College Graduate 526 126 28.7 23.5-34.6 400 71.3 65.4-76.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 266 89 28.4 21.7-36.3 177 71.6 63.7-78.3
$15,000- 24,999 400 130 33.1 25.2-42.1 270 66.9 57.9-74.8
$25,000- 34,999 254 76 25.3 18.8-33.2 178 74.7 66.8-81.2
$35,000- 49,999 268 89 36.2 27.5-46.0 179 63.8 54.0-72.5
$50,000-74,999 205 57 26.7 19.4-35.6 148 73.3 64.4-80.6
$75,000+ 205 57 29.7 21.6-39.2 148 70.3 60.8-78.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 138 27.2 22.8-32.0 310 72.8 68.0-77.2
Guilford 442 133 30.7 25.9-36.1 309 69.3 63.9-74.1
Mecklenburg 444 154 30.0 25.3-35.3 290 70.0 64.7-74.7
Orange 450 104 24.0 18.2-31.0 346 76.0 69.0-81.8
Wake 442 138 32.4 27.2-38.1 304 67.6 61.9-72.8
Chatham/Lee 392 125 30.4 24.6-36.8 267 69.6 63.2-75.4
Nash/Wilson 370 130 35.8 30.0-42.1 240 64.2 57.9-70.0
Craven/Pamlico 448 129 27.0 22.4-32.2 319 73.0 67.8-77.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 140 31.9 26.3-38.1 288 68.1 61.9-73.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 120 22.9 18.3-28.3 329 77.1 71.7-81.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 469 168 31.7 25.5-38.6 301 68.3 61.4-74.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 131 28.7 19.6-40.0 290 71.3 60.0-80.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 167 31.7 27.2-36.5 301 68.3 63.5-72.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 409 147 33.6 28.0-39.6 262 66.4 60.4-72.0
Northeast NC I 452 172 34.1 28.8-39.8 280 65.9 60.2-71.2
Northeast NC II 503 167 29.9 25.5-34.6 336 70.1 65.4-74.5
Northeastern Partnership 955 339 31.3 27.9-35.0 616 68.7 65.0-72.1
Mountain AHEC 1,288 403 29.4 25.8-33.2 885 70.6 66.8-74.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,248 1,094 29.8 27.3-32.4 2,154 70.2 67.6-72.7
Piedmont 3,986 1,240 30.2 28.1-32.3 2,746 69.8 67.7-71.9

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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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