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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Cardiovasular Health

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,310 4,835 26.3 25.4-27.2 10,475 73.7 72.8-74.6
-Buncombe County 404 99 17.6 14.0-21.9 305 82.4 78.1-86.0
GENDER
Male 141 43 21.1 14.9-29.0 98 78.9 71.0-85.1
Female 263 56 14.2 10.7-18.5 207 85.8 81.5-89.3
RACE
White 345 86 18.6 14.7-23.3 259 81.4 76.7-85.3
Other 59 13 13.4 6.3-26.2 46 86.6 73.8-93.7
AGE
18-44 158 9 4.7 2.2- 9.6 149 95.3 90.4-97.8
45+ 245 90 36.5 30.1-43.5 155 63.5 56.5-69.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 47 19.8 13.8-27.6 114 80.2 72.4-86.2
Some College + 240 51 16.2 11.9-21.6 189 83.8 78.4-88.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 64 17.7 13.3-23.3 173 82.3 76.7-86.7
$50,000+ 109 23 20.0 13.0-29.6 86 80.0 70.4-87.0

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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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