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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,731 331 3.5 2.9- 4.3 6,400 96.5 95.7-97.1
GENDER
Male 2,534 164 4.6 3.5- 6.1 2,370 95.4 93.9-96.5
Female 4,197 167 2.5 2.0- 3.2 4,030 97.5 96.8-98.0
RACE
White 5,415 288 3.8 3.2- 4.6 5,127 96.2 95.4-96.8
African American 924 33 3.0 1.4- 6.5 891 97.0 93.5-98.6
Other Minorities 338 9 2.9 1.2- 6.6 329 97.1 93.4-98.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 235 8 3.4 1.4- 8.0 227 96.6 92.0-98.6
Non-Hispanic 6,473 323 3.6 2.9- 4.4 6,150 96.4 95.6-97.1
AGE
18-24 184 0 0.0 . - . 184 100 . - .
25-34 636 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 634 99.4 97.6-99.9
35-44 1,089 7 1.1 0.4- 2.9 1,082 98.9 97.1-99.6
45-54 1,346 26 3.2 1.5- 6.9 1,320 96.8 93.1-98.5
55-64 1,372 74 6.1 4.5- 8.3 1,298 93.9 91.7-95.5
65+ 2,036 220 11.2 9.3-13.5 1,816 88.8 86.5-90.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 810 79 5.4 3.7- 7.9 731 94.6 92.1-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,841 96 5.1 3.4- 7.5 1,745 94.9 92.5-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,632 77 3.2 2.3- 4.5 1,555 96.8 95.5-97.7
College Graduate 2,435 78 1.9 1.4- 2.6 2,357 98.1 97.4-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 603 55 5.4 3.5- 8.3 548 94.6 91.7-96.5
$15,000- 24,999 943 66 5.7 3.9- 8.3 877 94.3 91.7-96.1
$25,000- 34,999 634 47 7.6 3.7-15.1 587 92.4 84.9-96.3
$35,000- 49,999 839 36 3.3 1.9- 5.6 803 96.7 94.4-98.1
$50,000-74,999 954 34 2.5 1.6- 3.9 920 97.5 96.1-98.4
$75,000+ 1,703 37 1.4 0.9- 2.2 1,666 98.6 97.8-99.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,127 213 9.0 7.0-11.5 1,914 91.0 88.5-93.0
No 4,178 106 1.6 1.2- 2.2 4,072 98.4 97.8-98.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 780 78 8.6 6.1-12.0 702 91.4 88.0-93.9
Non-Veteran 5,394 223 3.0 2.4- 3.9 5,171 97.0 96.1-97.6

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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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