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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 303 36 8.6 5.8-12.5 14 2.3 1.3- 4.1 253 89.1 85.0-92.2
GENDER
Male 97 13 7.5 3.9-13.8 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 81 91.5 85.1-95.3
Female 206 23 9.5 5.8-15.2 11 3.5 1.9- 6.5 172 87.0 81.1-91.2
RACE
White 257 32 8.3 5.6-12.3 9 2.0 1.0- 3.9 216 89.7 85.6-92.8
Other 46 4 9.5 3.1-25.8 5 3.9 1.4-10.4 37 86.5 71.1-94.4
AGE
18-44 148 11 5.8 3.0-10.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 135 93.7 88.7-96.6
45+ 154 25 14.6 9.3-22.3 12 6.4 3.5-11.4 117 79.0 71.0-85.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 17 10.8 5.9-18.9 7 2.5 1.1- 5.4 89 86.7 78.5-92.1
Some College + 188 19 7.2 4.2-12.0 7 2.3 1.0- 4.9 162 90.5 85.5-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 24 9.2 5.6-14.8 8 1.9 0.9- 3.9 139 88.9 83.2-92.8
$50,000+ 86 6 5.0 2.2-11.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4 78 92.9 85.9-96.5

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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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