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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 307 37 8.2 5.6-12.0 31 9.2 6.2-13.3 239 82.6 77.5-86.8
GENDER
Male 98 8 5.6 2.4-12.6 10 8.3 4.2-15.4 80 86.1 77.6-91.8
Female 209 29 10.4 6.9-15.4 21 9.9 6.2-15.6 159 79.7 73.0-85.1
RACE
White 265 30 7.0 4.6-10.4 28 10.1 6.8-14.9 207 82.9 77.5-87.2
Other 42 7 15.9 6.3-34.8 3 3.3 0.9-10.9 32 80.8 62.4-91.5
AGE
18-44 144 8 4.1 1.8- 9.2 10 6.4 3.3-11.9 126 89.5 83.0-93.7
45+ 162 29 15.2 10.1-22.0 21 13.9 8.7-21.3 112 71.0 62.6-78.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 16 7.3 4.0-12.9 19 8.5 5.1-13.8 130 84.2 77.3-89.3
Some College + 142 21 9.5 5.8-15.2 12 10.1 5.5-17.7 109 80.4 72.3-86.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 28 11.0 7.0-16.8 24 10.6 6.8-16.1 142 78.5 71.3-84.2
$50,000+ 73 3 1.9 0.5- 6.6 5 8.9 3.7-20.0 65 89.2 78.4-95.0

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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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