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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,137 1,945 8.7 8.2- 9.2 15,192 91.3 90.8-91.8
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 427 60 12.6 9.5-16.6 367 87.4 83.4-90.5
GENDER
Male 139 22 12.8 8.1-19.6 117 87.2 80.4-91.9
Female 288 38 12.5 8.6-17.7 250 87.5 82.3-91.4
RACE
White 345 51 13.3 9.8-17.9 294 86.7 82.1-90.2
Other 80 9 10.1 4.9-19.9 71 89.9 80.1-95.1
AGE
18-44 122 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 121 99.4 96.0-99.9
45+ 304 59 20.3 15.4-26.1 245 79.7 73.9-84.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 38 15.8 10.9-22.2 177 84.2 77.8-89.1
Some College + 212 22 9.5 6.0-14.7 190 90.5 85.3-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 44 13.9 10.0-19.0 219 86.1 81.0-90.0
$50,000+ 105 9 9.5 4.6-18.8 96 90.5 81.2-95.4

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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions

^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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