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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 13,245 572 2.7 2.4- 3.1 12,673 97.3 96.9-97.6
-Piedmont NC 6,773 273 2.5 2.1- 3.0 6,500 97.5 97.0-97.9
GENDER
Male 2,559 92 2.2 1.6- 3.0 2,467 97.8 97.0-98.4
Female 4,214 181 2.7 2.2- 3.4 4,033 97.3 96.6-97.8
RACE
White 5,444 206 2.4 1.9- 3.0 5,238 97.6 97.0-98.1
African American 934 59 3.4 2.5- 4.7 875 96.6 95.3-97.5
Other Minorities 341 7 1.4 0.5- 3.9 334 98.6 96.1-99.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 238 6 2.3 0.8- 6.6 232 97.7 93.4-99.2
Non-Hispanic 6,511 265 2.5 2.1- 3.0 6,246 97.5 97.0-97.9
AGE
18-24 185 0 0.0 . - . 185 100 . - .
25-34 638 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 637 99.9 99.6- 100
35-44 1,093 7 0.6 0.2- 1.6 1,086 99.4 98.4-99.8
45-54 1,351 30 2.0 1.2- 3.2 1,321 98.0 96.8-98.8
55-64 1,379 61 4.6 3.3- 6.5 1,318 95.4 93.5-96.7
65+ 2,058 171 8.4 6.7-10.5 1,887 91.6 89.5-93.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 830 69 4.2 3.0- 5.9 761 95.8 94.1-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,851 77 2.8 2.0- 3.9 1,774 97.2 96.1-98.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,636 84 3.2 2.3- 4.6 1,552 96.8 95.4-97.7
College Graduate 2,443 43 1.1 0.7- 1.7 2,400 98.9 98.3-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 611 50 4.6 3.1- 6.7 561 95.4 93.3-96.9
$15,000- 24,999 949 52 3.4 2.1- 5.3 897 96.6 94.7-97.9
$25,000- 34,999 639 37 4.7 2.9- 7.6 602 95.3 92.4-97.1
$35,000- 49,999 845 27 1.7 1.0- 2.6 818 98.3 97.4-99.0
$50,000-74,999 959 29 2.3 1.3- 3.9 930 97.7 96.1-98.7
$75,000+ 1,706 15 0.7 0.4- 1.3 1,691 99.3 98.7-99.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,150 189 6.0 4.8- 7.4 1,961 94.0 92.6-95.2
No 4,195 73 1.2 0.8- 1.7 4,122 98.8 98.3-99.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 786 44 4.2 2.6- 6.6 742 95.8 93.4-97.4
Non-Veteran 5,425 212 2.4 1.9- 2.9 5,213 97.6 97.1-98.1

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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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