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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease

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Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,264 6,969 73.6 72.1-75.0 2,295 26.4 25.0-27.9
-Western NC 2,044 1,582 76.6 73.1-79.8 462 23.4 20.2-26.9
GENDER
Male 765 544 70.0 63.8-75.6 221 30.0 24.4-36.2
Female 1,279 1,038 82.9 79.9-85.5 241 17.1 14.5-20.1
RACE
White 1,866 1,440 76.8 73.2-80.0 426 23.2 20.0-26.8
African American 71 61 88.7 75.0-95.4 10 11.3 4.6-25.0
Other Minorities 99 75 65.2 42.1-82.8 24 34.8 17.2-57.9
AGE
18-24 133 88 73.1 62.7-81.5 45 26.9 18.5-37.3
25-34 281 207 69.4 55.5-80.4 74 30.6 19.6-44.5
35-44 342 258 73.7 65.0-80.9 84 26.3 19.1-35.0
45-54 376 299 79.0 71.5-84.9 77 21.0 15.1-28.5
55-64 349 290 84.9 78.8-89.4 59 15.1 10.6-21.2
65-74 336 267 78.5 71.5-84.2 69 21.5 15.8-28.5
75+ 215 162 77.0 69.3-83.2 53 23.0 16.8-30.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 339 243 60.5 48.1-71.6 96 39.5 28.4-51.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 632 478 75.8 70.5-80.4 154 24.2 19.6-29.5
Some Post-H.S. 542 426 82.5 77.9-86.3 116 17.5 13.7-22.1
College Graduate 525 431 83.4 78.6-87.3 94 16.6 12.7-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 266 203 77.5 69.9-83.6 63 22.5 16.4-30.1
$15,000- 24,999 400 315 78.9 70.5-85.4 85 21.1 14.6-29.5
$25,000- 34,999 253 199 80.1 72.4-86.0 54 19.9 14.0-27.6
$35,000- 49,999 269 205 75.7 67.4-82.4 64 24.3 17.6-32.6
$50,000-74,999 204 151 73.0 63.8-80.6 53 27.0 19.4-36.2
$75,000+ 204 166 86.6 79.4-91.5 38 13.4 8.5-20.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 340 75.7 70.6-80.1 106 24.3 19.9-29.4
Guilford 442 327 71.6 66.0-76.7 115 28.4 23.3-34.0
Mecklenburg 444 348 76.7 71.0-81.6 96 23.3 18.4-29.0
Orange 450 338 66.1 57.5-73.8 112 33.9 26.2-42.5
Wake 441 347 78.3 73.4-82.5 94 21.7 17.5-26.6
Chatham/Lee 393 299 69.4 62.2-75.7 94 30.6 24.3-37.8
Nash/Wilson 371 273 71.1 64.9-76.6 98 28.9 23.4-35.1
Craven/Pamlico 446 321 70.6 64.9-75.6 125 29.4 24.4-35.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 320 72.8 67.3-77.7 108 27.2 22.3-32.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 333 73.2 67.6-78.1 118 26.8 21.9-32.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 468 339 64.0 54.0-72.9 129 36.0 27.1-46.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 325 73.1 61.3-82.3 94 26.9 17.7-38.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 350 76.6 71.9-80.7 117 23.4 19.3-28.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 300 71.9 66.1-77.0 108 28.1 23.0-33.9
Northeast NC I 451 338 73.7 68.0-78.6 113 26.3 21.4-32.0
Northeast NC II 500 382 75.5 70.4-80.0 118 24.5 20.0-29.6
Northeastern Partnership 951 720 74.9 71.1-78.3 231 25.1 21.7-28.9
Mountain AHEC 1,282 1,010 77.7 73.0-81.8 272 22.3 18.2-27.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,240 2,399 72.4 69.6-75.0 841 27.6 25.0-30.4
Piedmont 3,980 2,988 73.4 71.3-75.5 992 26.6 24.5-28.7

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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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