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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 13,245 572 2.7 2.4- 3.1 12,673 97.3 96.9-97.6
-Western NC 2,819 118 3.0 2.4- 3.9 2,701 97.0 96.1-97.6
GENDER
Male 1,085 50 3.2 2.2- 4.5 1,035 96.8 95.5-97.8
Female 1,734 68 2.9 2.1- 4.0 1,666 97.1 96.0-97.9
RACE
White 2,591 103 2.9 2.2- 3.8 2,488 97.1 96.2-97.8
African American 78 8 7.5 2.9-18.2 70 92.5 81.8-97.1
Other Minorities 137 6 1.9 0.6- 5.6 131 98.1 94.4-99.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 59 99.4 95.6-99.9
Non-Hispanic 2,753 116 3.1 2.4- 4.0 2,637 96.9 96.0-97.6
AGE
18-24 89 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 88 99.4 95.5-99.9
25-34 193 0 0.0 . - . 193 100 . - .
35-44 346 5 2.0 0.8- 5.0 341 98.0 95.0-99.2
45-54 495 12 2.0 1.1- 3.9 483 98.0 96.1-98.9
55-64 651 27 4.9 2.9- 8.0 624 95.1 92.0-97.1
65+ 1,023 73 6.6 4.9- 8.9 950 93.4 91.1-95.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 401 31 5.3 3.1- 9.0 370 94.7 91.0-96.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 921 46 3.7 2.5- 5.3 875 96.3 94.7-97.5
Some Post-H.S. 690 23 2.3 1.4- 4.0 667 97.7 96.0-98.6
College Graduate 803 18 1.7 1.0- 3.1 785 98.3 96.9-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 367 37 6.8 4.1-11.0 330 93.2 89.0-95.9
$15,000- 24,999 521 23 3.5 2.2- 5.6 498 96.5 94.4-97.8
$25,000- 34,999 348 13 3.5 1.8- 6.5 335 96.5 93.5-98.2
$35,000- 49,999 371 9 1.7 0.8- 3.8 362 98.3 96.2-99.2
$50,000-74,999 360 6 1.4 0.5- 3.7 354 98.6 96.3-99.5
$75,000+ 409 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8 404 98.9 97.2-99.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,070 93 8.3 6.3-10.8 977 91.7 89.2-93.7
No 1,615 24 0.8 0.5- 1.3 1,591 99.2 98.7-99.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 358 22 4.9 3.0- 8.1 336 95.1 91.9-97.0
Non-Veteran 2,228 88 2.9 2.2- 3.9 2,140 97.1 96.1-97.8

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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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