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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 3,296 252 6.0 5.1- 7.0 222 6.0 4.9- 7.2 2,822 88.1 86.5-89.4
GENDER
Male 1,064 60 3.7 2.7- 5.0 42 4.1 2.6- 6.4 962 92.2 89.8-94.1
Female 2,232 192 8.1 6.8- 9.7 180 7.6 6.4- 9.1 1,860 84.3 82.2-86.1
RACE
White 2,140 178 6.5 5.4- 7.9 145 6.3 4.9- 8.0 1,817 87.2 85.2-89.0
African American 821 59 6.1 4.5- 8.1 54 6.0 4.3- 8.4 708 87.9 85.0-90.3
Other Minorities 327 15 3.0 1.6- 5.7 21 4.0 2.3- 7.0 291 92.9 89.3-95.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 193 5 1.6 0.5- 5.0 12 7.5 3.0-17.6 176 90.8 81.3-95.7
Non-Hispanic 3,099 247 6.5 5.5- 7.6 208 5.8 4.8- 6.9 2,644 87.8 86.3-89.1
AGE
18-24 225 9 3.7 1.7- 8.2 5 3.0 0.8-10.5 211 93.3 86.6-96.8
25-34 673 19 1.8 1.1- 2.9 21 3.7 2.1- 6.5 633 94.5 91.8-96.4
35-44 782 37 4.2 2.8- 6.2 40 5.3 3.7- 7.7 705 90.5 87.7-92.7
45-54 691 65 8.9 6.8-11.7 58 8.2 6.0-11.1 568 82.9 79.2-86.0
55-64 455 56 11.9 8.7-15.9 44 9.4 6.6-13.1 355 78.8 73.9-82.9
65-74 275 37 14.0 9.6-20.1 27 8.4 5.5-12.7 211 77.6 71.1-83.0
75+ 179 28 14.2 9.5-20.7 26 13.6 9.0-20.1 125 72.2 64.4-78.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 429 37 4.8 3.2- 7.2 50 9.7 5.9-15.5 342 85.5 79.9-89.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,082 95 7.3 5.5- 9.5 74 5.4 3.9- 7.4 913 87.3 84.5-89.7
Some Post-H.S. 887 62 5.7 4.2- 7.6 53 5.2 3.8- 7.1 772 89.1 86.6-91.2
College Graduate 894 58 5.2 3.9- 7.0 44 5.1 3.5- 7.3 792 89.7 87.1-91.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 391 50 11.0 7.7-15.4 44 10.0 6.8-14.5 297 79.0 73.4-83.7
$15,000- 24,999 604 37 3.9 2.6- 5.8 53 8.0 5.0-12.6 514 88.1 83.6-91.5
$25,000- 34,999 421 32 6.4 4.3- 9.7 29 6.9 4.0-11.6 360 86.6 81.6-90.5
$35,000- 49,999 493 34 5.4 3.6- 8.0 19 3.0 1.7- 5.1 440 91.7 88.6-94.0
$50,000-74,999 470 30 4.5 2.9- 6.8 20 3.9 2.3- 6.5 420 91.6 88.4-93.9
$75,000+ 479 27 5.2 3.5- 7.9 20 4.4 2.7- 7.1 432 90.3 86.9-92.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 938 146 12.5 10.2-15.2 117 10.3 8.1-13.0 675 77.1 73.5-80.4
No 2,321 104 3.7 2.9- 4.8 104 4.5 3.3- 5.9 2,113 91.8 90.1-93.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 463 32 5.1 3.4- 7.5 19 4.1 2.3- 7.0 412 90.9 87.5-93.4
Non-Veteran 2,829 220 6.2 5.2- 7.3 202 6.3 5.2- 7.7 2,407 87.5 85.8-89.0

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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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