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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 17,137 | 1,945 | 8.7 | 8.2- 9.2 | 15,192 | 91.3 | 90.8-91.8 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,637 | 1,043 | 8.2 | 7.6- 8.9 | 8,594 | 91.8 | 91.1-92.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,511 | 483 | 9.1 | 8.1-10.3 | 3,028 | 90.9 | 89.7-91.9 |
Female | 6,126 | 560 | 7.3 | 6.6- 8.1 | 5,566 | 92.7 | 91.9-93.4 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,479 | 856 | 8.5 | 7.8- 9.2 | 6,623 | 91.5 | 90.8-92.2 |
African American | 1,571 | 156 | 8.3 | 6.8- 9.9 | 1,415 | 91.7 | 90.1-93.2 |
Other Minorities | 546 | 26 | 5.9 | 3.2-10.4 | 520 | 94.1 | 89.6-96.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 556 | 26 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.6 | 530 | 94.8 | 90.4-97.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 9,076 | 1,016 | 8.5 | 7.9- 9.2 | 8,060 | 91.5 | 90.8-92.1 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 439 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.3 | 433 | 97.7 | 93.7-99.2 |
25-34 | 1,360 | 17 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.8 | 1,343 | 98.6 | 97.2-99.3 |
35-44 | 1,890 | 48 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.1 | 1,842 | 97.7 | 96.9-98.4 |
45-54 | 1,834 | 121 | 6.7 | 5.5- 8.2 | 1,713 | 93.3 | 91.8-94.5 |
55-64 | 1,722 | 236 | 14.4 | 12.5-16.6 | 1,486 | 85.6 | 83.4-87.5 |
65-74 | 1,292 | 281 | 22.5 | 19.9-25.4 | 1,011 | 77.5 | 74.6-80.1 |
75+ | 1,051 | 326 | 30.9 | 27.6-34.4 | 725 | 69.1 | 65.6-72.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,496 | 290 | 13.7 | 11.4-16.2 | 1,206 | 86.3 | 83.8-88.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,741 | 338 | 9.6 | 8.4-11.0 | 2,403 | 90.4 | 89.0-91.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,295 | 204 | 6.3 | 5.3- 7.4 | 2,091 | 93.7 | 92.6-94.7 |
College Graduate | 3,086 | 203 | 5.5 | 4.7- 6.5 | 2,883 | 94.5 | 93.5-95.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,033 | 237 | 17.9 | 15.1-21.0 | 796 | 82.1 | 79.0-84.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,630 | 232 | 10.8 | 9.0-12.8 | 1,398 | 89.2 | 87.2-91.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,135 | 119 | 9.4 | 7.0-12.5 | 1,016 | 90.6 | 87.5-93.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,262 | 94 | 6.4 | 5.1- 8.1 | 1,168 | 93.6 | 91.9-94.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,309 | 89 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.2 | 1,220 | 95.1 | 93.8-96.1 |
$75,000+ | 1,812 | 71 | 3.6 | 2.7- 4.7 | 1,741 | 96.4 | 95.3-97.3 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,806 | 663 | 19.8 | 18.1-21.6 | 2,143 | 80.2 | 78.4-81.9 |
No | 6,560 | 365 | 4.4 | 3.8- 5.2 | 6,195 | 95.6 | 94.8-96.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,144 | 247 | 17.3 | 15.0-19.8 | 897 | 82.7 | 80.2-85.0 |
Non-Veteran | 8,481 | 795 | 7.0 | 6.4- 7.7 | 7,686 | 93.0 | 92.3-93.6 |
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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions
^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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