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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,779 194 5.2 4.1- 6.4 2,585 94.8 93.6-95.9
GENDER
Male 1,070 87 5.4 4.2- 6.9 983 94.6 93.1-95.8
Female 1,709 107 4.9 3.4- 7.0 1,602 95.1 93.0-96.6
RACE
White 2,551 182 5.3 4.2- 6.7 2,369 94.7 93.3-95.8
African American 78 5 5.0 1.7-13.7 73 95.0 86.3-98.3
Other Minorities 137 6 2.6 0.9- 7.3 131 97.4 92.7-99.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 59 99.4 95.6-99.9
Non-Hispanic 2,713 192 5.3 4.3- 6.6 2,521 94.7 93.4-95.7
AGE
18-24 88 0 0.0 . - . 88 100 . - .
25-34 193 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 192 99.5 96.3-99.9
35-44 345 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2 341 98.5 95.8-99.5
45-54 494 18 5.6 2.4-12.4 476 94.4 87.6-97.6
55-64 642 53 7.7 5.7-10.3 589 92.3 89.7-94.3
65+ 995 118 11.7 9.5-14.4 877 88.3 85.6-90.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 387 42 9.0 4.7-16.5 345 91.0 83.5-95.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 905 67 5.1 3.8- 6.9 838 94.9 93.1-96.2
Some Post-H.S. 684 46 3.9 2.8- 5.4 638 96.1 94.6-97.2
College Graduate 800 39 4.4 3.0- 6.4 761 95.6 93.6-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 362 44 8.6 5.8-12.5 318 91.4 87.5-94.2
$15,000- 24,999 513 44 5.7 4.0- 8.0 469 94.3 92.0-96.0
$25,000- 34,999 344 21 5.9 3.6- 9.5 323 94.1 90.5-96.4
$35,000- 49,999 365 22 4.6 2.7- 7.7 343 95.4 92.3-97.3
$50,000-74,999 356 17 3.5 2.0- 5.9 339 96.5 94.1-98.0
$75,000+ 407 16 2.9 1.7- 5.0 391 97.1 95.0-98.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,037 137 12.0 9.2-15.6 900 88.0 84.4-90.8
No 1,608 51 2.2 1.6- 3.1 1,557 97.8 96.9-98.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 352 51 13.8 10.4-18.2 301 86.2 81.8-89.6
Non-Veteran 2,198 124 3.9 2.9- 5.4 2,074 96.1 94.6-97.1

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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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