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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 272 22 8.5 5.1-13.7 22 5.2 3.3- 8.3 228 86.3 80.8-90.4
GENDER
Male 89 6 3.7 1.5- 8.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 82 95.5 90.4-98.0
Female 183 16 13.1 7.4-22.2 21 9.6 6.0-15.0 146 77.3 68.5-84.1
RACE
White 122 9 7.5 3.0-17.3 6 3.2 1.4- 7.6 107 89.3 79.9-94.6
Other 148 13 9.3 5.2-16.3 15 6.8 3.8-11.7 120 83.9 76.3-89.3
AGE
18-44 113 8 7.6 3.2-16.9 6 3.0 1.2- 7.3 99 89.4 80.4-94.5
45+ 159 14 9.4 5.3-16.2 16 7.7 4.5-13.0 129 82.9 75.4-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 19 12.7 7.3-21.1 13 4.1 2.2- 7.6 121 83.2 74.7-89.2
Some College + 117 3 2.2 0.7- 7.0 8 6.5 3.1-12.9 106 91.3 84.5-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 13 7.6 4.1-13.6 17 6.1 3.5-10.5 137 86.3 79.5-91.1
$50,000+ 58 4 6.3 2.3-16.0 2 2.9 0.7-11.1 52 90.8 80.6-95.9

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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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