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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 539 36 4.6 3.2- 6.7 20 2.8 1.7- 4.5 483 92.6 90.1-94.5
GENDER
Male 167 8 2.6 1.2- 5.3 5 2.4 1.0- 6.0 154 95.0 91.1-97.2
Female 372 28 6.4 4.2- 9.6 15 3.1 1.8- 5.3 329 90.5 86.9-93.2
RACE
White 354 23 4.7 3.0- 7.2 15 3.3 1.9- 5.7 316 92.1 88.9-94.4
Other 183 13 4.7 2.4- 8.9 5 2.0 0.7- 5.2 165 93.4 88.7-96.2
AGE
18-44 273 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6 266 98.4 96.3-99.3
45+ 261 32 11.5 7.9-16.5 17 6.6 3.9-11.0 212 81.9 76.1-86.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 17 8.5 4.8-14.6 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 112 90.8 84.7-94.6
Some College + 406 19 3.2 2.0- 5.1 17 3.6 2.1- 6.0 370 93.2 90.4-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 19 5.4 3.3- 8.9 8 2.6 1.1- 5.6 173 92.0 87.8-94.9
$50,000+ 248 10 2.9 1.5- 5.5 9 3.4 1.7- 6.8 229 93.7 89.9-96.1

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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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