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BRFSS Survey Results 2004 for South Carolina

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Cardiovascular Disease

Why do you take aspirin...
9a. To relieve pain?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,982 331 18.9 16.8-21.1 1,651 81.1 78.9-83.2
GENDER
Male 895 129 16.3 13.6-19.5 766 83.7 80.5-86.4
Female 1,087 202 21.5 18.6-24.7 885 78.5 75.3-81.4
RACE
White 1,653 239 15.6 13.7-17.7 1,414 84.4 82.3-86.3
African American 289 81 28.7 22.9-35.3 208 71.3 64.7-77.1
Other 24 7 31.4 13.8-56.8 17 68.6 43.2-86.2
HISPANIC
Yes 19 5 24.0 8.5-51.9 14 76.0 48.1-91.5
No 1,935 320 18.5 16.5-20.7 1,615 81.5 79.3-83.5
AGE
35-44 180 76 42.6 34.6-50.9 104 57.4 49.1-65.4
45-54 420 105 23.8 19.5-28.8 315 76.2 71.2-80.5
55-64 599 71 12.3 9.5-15.6 528 87.7 84.4-90.5
65+ 783 79 11.8 9.2-15.1 704 88.2 84.9-90.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 267 65 28.8 22.4-36.1 202 71.2 63.9-77.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 633 117 23.2 19.3-27.6 516 76.8 72.4-80.7
Some Post-H.S. 476 81 17.0 13.5-21.3 395 83.0 78.7-86.5
College Graduate 600 66 10.2 7.9-13.2 534 89.8 86.8-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 276 80 33.4 26.5-41.1 196 66.6 58.9-73.5
$15,000- $24,999 341 63 22.2 17.3-28.1 278 77.8 71.9-82.7
$25,000- $34,999 218 39 19.6 14.1-26.6 179 80.4 73.4-85.9
$35,000- $49,999 266 35 15.7 11.2-21.5 231 84.3 78.5-88.8
$50,000+ 610 78 12.8 10.2-16.0 532 87.2 84.0-89.8
Health District**
Appalachia I 118 27 23.9 16.4-33.5 91 76.1 66.5-83.6
Appalachia II 215 32 15.4 10.8-21.6 183 84.6 78.4-89.2
Appalachia III 143 24 18.4 12.1-27.0 119 81.6 73.0-87.9
Catawba 141 19 16.0 10.0-24.5 122 84.0 75.5-90.0
Edisto Savannah 165 28 18.9 12.8-27.0 137 81.1 73.0-87.2
Low Country 114 17 17.4 10.5-27.6 97 82.6 72.4-89.5
Palmetto 284 48 18.8 13.9-24.9 236 81.2 75.1-86.1
Pee Dee 144 24 19.3 12.6-28.4 120 80.7 71.6-87.4
Trident 249 45 22.9 16.9-30.4 204 77.1 69.6-83.1
Upper Savannah 97 16 22.8 13.2-36.6 81 77.2 63.4-86.8
Waccamaw 194 33 19.0 12.9-27.2 161 81.0 72.8-87.1
Wateree 106 18 15.2 9.2-23.9 88 84.8 76.1-90.8
Region***
Region I 215 43 23.4 17.0-31.3 172 76.6 68.7-83.0
Region II 358 56 16.7 12.7-21.5 302 83.3 78.5-87.3
Region III 425 67 17.8 13.8-22.6 358 82.2 77.4-86.2
Region IV 250 42 17.5 12.7-23.7 208 82.5 76.3-87.3
Region V 165 28 18.9 12.8-27.0 137 81.1 73.0-87.2
Region VI 194 33 19.0 12.9-27.2 161 81.0 72.8-87.1
Region VII 249 45 22.9 16.9-30.4 204 77.1 69.6-83.1
Region VIII 114 17 17.4 10.5-27.6 97 82.6 72.4-89.5

*This question was asked only of respondents aged 35+ and took aspirin regularly.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Appalachia I: Anderson, Oconee
Appalachia II: Greenville, Pickens
Appalachia III: Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Catawba: Chester, Lancaster, York
Edisto Savannah: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Low Country: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
Palmetto: Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland
Pee Dee: Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Trident: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Upper Savannah: Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Saluda
Waccamaw: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Wateree: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter

*** Region I: Anderson, Oconee, Abbeville, Laurens, McCormick, Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield
Region II: Greenville, Pickens, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Region III: Chester, Lancaster, York, Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
Region IV: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Region V: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Region VI: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Region VII: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Region VIII: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper

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