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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,123 757 4.4 3.7- 5.2 12,366 95.6 94.8-96.3
-Eastern NC 3,613 232 5.8 4.0- 8.3 3,381 94.2 91.7-96.0
GENDER
Male 1,308 105 7.2 3.9-12.7 1,203 92.8 87.3-96.1
Female 2,305 127 4.5 3.4- 5.9 2,178 95.5 94.1-96.6
RACE
White 2,411 183 5.3 4.2- 6.6 2,228 94.7 93.4-95.8
African American 837 32 2.4 1.4- 4.0 805 97.6 96.0-98.6
Other Minorities 342 14 15.1 4.8-38.5 328 84.9 61.5-95.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 143 4 22.3 6.7-53.6 139 77.7 46.4-93.3
Non-Hispanic 3,463 228 4.6 3.7- 5.6 3,235 95.4 94.4-96.3
AGE
18-24 136 0 0.0 . - . 136 100 . - .
25-34 394 2 5.3 0.8-27.2 392 94.7 72.8-99.2
35-44 552 5 3.9 0.8-16.8 547 96.1 83.2-99.2
45-54 714 21 2.5 1.2- 5.3 693 97.5 94.7-98.8
55-64 735 59 10.0 6.9-14.1 676 90.0 85.9-93.1
65+ 1,055 143 13.1 10.2-16.5 912 86.9 83.5-89.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 491 41 4.1 2.7- 6.4 450 95.9 93.6-97.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,151 82 7.4 3.5-14.8 1,069 92.6 85.2-96.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,006 61 6.2 3.2-11.7 945 93.8 88.3-96.8
College Graduate 959 48 4.1 2.8- 6.1 911 95.9 93.9-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 452 51 13.7 5.0-32.4 401 86.3 67.6-95.0
$15,000- 24,999 615 51 9.8 4.8-19.1 564 90.2 80.9-95.2
$25,000- 34,999 371 20 2.7 1.4- 5.0 351 97.3 95.0-98.6
$35,000- 49,999 486 26 3.9 1.9- 7.9 460 96.1 92.1-98.1
$50,000-74,999 488 33 4.6 2.8- 7.5 455 95.4 92.5-97.2
$75,000+ 683 17 1.9 1.0- 3.7 666 98.1 96.3-99.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,336 161 8.2 6.4-10.3 1,175 91.8 89.7-93.6
No 2,039 68 5.1 2.6- 9.9 1,971 94.9 90.1-97.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 572 52 10.7 5.4-20.1 520 89.3 79.9-94.6
Non-Veteran 2,733 158 4.9 3.0- 7.9 2,575 95.1 92.1-97.0

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

**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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