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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Cardiovasular Health

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, not stomach related Yes, stomach related No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,402 762 5.7 5.2- 6.2 704 5.4 4.9- 5.9 8,936 89.0 88.2-89.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 230 19 6.3 3.7-10.3 13 3.9 2.1- 7.3 198 89.8 85.1-93.2
GENDER
Male 81 7 4.7 2.1-10.2 4 3.4 1.1- 9.6 70 91.9 84.8-95.9
Female 149 12 7.8 4.0-14.4 9 4.5 2.1- 9.3 128 87.8 80.7-92.5
RACE
White 212 19 7.2 4.3-11.7 13 4.5 2.4- 8.4 180 88.3 82.9-92.1
Other 17 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 17 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 110 5 4.2 1.7- 9.9 2 1.0 0.2- 4.8 103 94.8 88.9-97.6
45+ 119 14 10.2 5.7-17.4 11 9.4 4.8-17.5 94 80.4 71.3-87.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 97 10 7.8 3.9-15.1 8 6.8 3.1-14.2 79 85.4 76.4-91.4
Some College + 131 9 5.1 2.4-10.5 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 118 93.6 88.2-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 16 8.0 4.6-13.8 11 5.3 2.7-10.3 123 86.6 79.8-91.4
$50,000+ 54 2 3.5 0.8-13.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 51 96.2 86.8-99.0

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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