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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 212 19 8.7 5.0-14.8 16 5.6 3.2- 9.5 177 85.6 79.2-90.3
GENDER
Male 58 5 10.7 4.1-25.3 3 3.4 1.0-11.3 50 85.9 71.8-93.6
Female 154 14 7.5 4.1-13.4 13 7.0 3.9-12.5 127 85.5 78.5-90.5
RACE
White 170 17 9.5 5.2-16.7 12 5.5 2.9-10.1 141 85.0 77.6-90.3
Other 40 2 5.5 1.2-21.4 3 5.4 1.6-16.6 35 89.1 74.3-95.8
AGE
18-44 97 4 5.8 1.9-15.9 3 2.0 0.6- 6.2 90 92.2 82.8-96.7
45+ 114 15 12.9 7.1-22.3 13 10.6 5.7-18.7 86 76.6 66.3-84.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 98 12 13.5 6.9-24.7 8 4.7 2.2- 9.6 78 81.8 70.9-89.3
Some College + 114 7 4.5 1.8-11.1 8 6.5 3.0-13.4 99 89.0 81.0-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 130 13 10.1 5.2-18.9 10 5.4 2.7-10.6 107 84.5 75.6-90.5
$50,000+ 52 4 7.9 2.6-21.9 4 6.4 2.3-16.8 44 85.7 71.7-93.4

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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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