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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 733 68 7.8 5.8-10.4 47 4.8 3.4- 6.8 618 87.4 84.3-89.9
GENDER
Male 243 24 6.7 4.2-10.5 13 4.3 2.3- 7.9 206 89.0 84.3-92.5
Female 490 44 8.8 6.0-12.6 34 5.2 3.4- 7.8 412 86.0 81.8-89.4
RACE
White 625 60 7.8 5.7-10.6 39 5.0 3.4- 7.3 526 87.2 83.8-89.9
African American 41 4 8.1 2.4-23.6 3 2.6 0.7- 8.5 34 89.4 74.6-96.0
Other Minorities 67 4 7.8 2.6-21.3 5 4.4 1.6-11.9 58 87.8 74.7-94.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 2 2.8 0.6-12.0 1 2.2 0.3-14.5 32 95.0 83.9-98.6
Non-Hispanic 698 66 8.3 6.1-11.0 46 5.0 3.5- 7.2 586 86.7 83.5-89.4
AGE
18-24 56 5 6.9 2.7-16.7 0 0.0 . - . 51 93.1 83.3-97.3
25-34 146 7 4.4 1.8-10.0 3 2.6 0.7- 8.6 136 93.1 86.4-96.6
35-44 144 8 6.0 2.7-12.6 4 2.0 0.7- 5.8 132 92.0 85.3-95.8
45-54 129 10 6.5 2.9-13.9 8 6.5 2.6-15.3 111 87.0 77.6-92.8
55-64 116 13 11.9 6.3-21.4 15 13.9 7.8-23.7 88 74.1 63.2-82.7
65-74 72 14 19.4 10.9-32.3 6 6.9 2.9-15.4 52 73.6 60.7-83.5
75+ 66 11 15.2 7.5-28.3 10 14.3 7.2-26.5 45 70.6 56.5-81.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 90 10 5.8 2.5-12.9 10 8.7 3.8-18.7 70 85.4 74.7-92.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 223 23 9.1 5.6-14.5 17 5.6 3.1- 9.6 183 85.3 79.3-89.8
Some Post-H.S. 188 17 9.4 5.3-16.1 7 3.3 1.4- 7.7 164 87.3 80.2-92.1
College Graduate 230 18 6.1 3.4-10.6 13 3.4 1.9- 6.1 199 90.5 85.7-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 11 7.8 3.5-16.6 12 8.8 4.6-16.4 59 83.3 72.9-90.3
$15,000- 24,999 144 13 8.5 4.4-15.7 11 6.2 3.0-12.6 120 85.3 77.0-91.0
$25,000- 34,999 109 10 7.9 3.5-17.1 5 5.4 1.9-14.4 94 86.7 76.2-92.9
$35,000- 49,999 115 9 8.4 4.0-16.6 7 4.7 1.9-11.2 99 86.9 78.0-92.5
$50,000-74,999 93 10 7.4 3.6-14.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 81 91.3 84.0-95.5
$75,000+ 91 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5 3 3.2 1.0- 9.7 86 94.9 88.0-97.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 197 35 15.0 10.0-21.9 24 9.6 5.7-15.9 138 75.3 67.1-82.1
No 526 32 5.5 3.6- 8.4 22 3.3 2.0- 5.2 472 91.2 88.0-93.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 73 10 10.8 5.5-20.4 5 6.5 2.3-17.0 58 82.7 71.2-90.2
Non-Veteran 660 58 7.5 5.4-10.3 42 4.6 3.2- 6.7 560 87.8 84.6-90.5

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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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