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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Heart Attack and Stroke

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,307 6,586 68.2 66.6-69.8 838 9.8 8.8-10.9 1,883 22.0 20.6-23.4
-Eastern NC 3,256 2,312 70.6 67.8-73.2 293 8.1 6.7- 9.7 651 21.3 19.0-23.9
GENDER
Male 1,137 766 67.8 63.1-72.2 118 8.4 6.2-11.3 253 23.8 19.8-28.3
Female 2,119 1,546 73.1 69.9-76.1 175 7.8 6.2- 9.8 398 19.1 16.5-22.0
RACE
White 2,038 1,510 73.9 70.6-77.0 168 7.1 5.6- 9.0 360 19.0 16.2-22.1
African American 959 654 67.0 61.5-72.0 97 9.8 6.9-13.8 208 23.2 18.7-28.3
Other Minorities 243 136 56.5 44.8-67.5 28 10.8 5.8-19.5 79 32.7 22.9-44.2
AGE
18-24 196 117 66.3 55.3-75.8 27 11.9 6.9-20.0 52 21.7 13.9-32.2
25-34 485 326 64.2 56.9-70.8 34 7.8 4.5-13.0 125 28.1 21.9-35.2
35-44 591 415 71.0 65.0-76.3 67 9.1 6.2-13.0 109 20.0 15.5-25.4
45-54 635 506 78.0 71.8-83.1 44 4.6 3.0- 6.9 85 17.4 12.6-23.7
55-64 556 417 75.3 69.1-80.7 40 5.6 3.6- 8.5 99 19.1 14.1-25.4
65-74 451 321 73.9 67.6-79.4 44 8.0 5.3-11.7 86 18.1 13.4-24.1
75+ 324 197 63.0 54.8-70.4 34 10.2 6.3-16.1 93 26.8 20.3-34.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 651 388 56.0 49.2-62.5 72 11.7 8.1-16.8 191 32.3 26.1-39.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,088 747 69.3 64.5-73.6 111 8.6 6.4-11.5 230 22.1 18.2-26.5
Some Post-H.S. 833 621 72.8 66.8-78.1 74 9.1 6.2-13.3 138 18.1 13.6-23.7
College Graduate 680 553 82.1 77.1-86.1 36 2.9 1.8- 4.5 91 15.0 11.2-19.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 462 305 63.6 55.6-71.0 49 10.5 6.8-15.8 108 25.9 19.3-33.7
$15,000- 24,999 650 423 60.7 53.8-67.2 69 10.9 7.5-15.7 158 28.4 22.4-35.2
$25,000- 34,999 375 265 65.6 56.9-73.4 30 11.4 6.2-20.0 80 23.0 16.8-30.7
$35,000- 49,999 418 318 73.4 65.9-79.8 35 7.1 4.3-11.5 65 19.5 13.8-26.8
$50,000-74,999 331 254 78.8 68.8-86.3 24 4.3 2.6- 6.9 53 16.9 9.8-27.5
$75,000+ 289 242 82.2 73.8-88.3 21 6.3 3.1-12.3 26 11.5 6.6-19.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 449 334 73.1 67.8-77.8 35 8.3 5.7-11.9 80 18.6 14.6-23.5
Guilford 443 327 73.2 67.8-78.1 46 11.2 7.7-15.8 70 15.6 12.0-20.1
Mecklenburg 442 311 65.1 59.0-70.8 32 6.9 4.7- 9.9 99 28.0 22.6-34.2
Orange 450 322 62.2 53.9-69.9 40 14.7 8.4-24.4 88 23.1 17.2-30.3
Wake 446 308 64.2 58.2-69.7 45 11.9 8.4-16.6 93 23.9 19.0-29.7
Chatham/Lee 393 268 65.4 59.0-71.3 35 9.0 5.8-13.7 90 25.6 20.5-31.5
Nash/Wilson 371 279 73.4 67.7-78.4 35 9.4 6.6-13.2 57 17.2 13.0-22.5
Craven/Pamlico 446 307 67.4 61.6-72.6 47 10.3 7.2-14.4 92 22.4 17.8-27.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 429 298 68.6 63.0-73.7 43 8.7 6.3-11.9 88 22.7 18.1-28.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 303 63.9 57.1-70.2 44 13.3 8.4-20.6 106 22.8 18.3-28.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 350 73.1 66.5-78.9 34 8.0 5.1-12.2 87 18.9 14.2-24.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 292 62.4 52.6-71.3 39 11.1 7.4-16.3 92 26.5 17.6-37.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 326 67.7 62.4-72.6 40 9.5 6.6-13.5 103 22.8 18.6-27.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 294 67.6 61.4-73.1 40 11.9 8.3-16.9 77 20.5 16.0-25.8
Northeast NC I 452 306 69.6 64.0-74.6 53 10.8 8.0-14.5 93 19.6 15.5-24.5
Northeast NC II 505 362 70.0 64.7-74.8 38 8.2 5.4-12.2 105 21.8 17.6-26.7
Northeastern Partnership 957 668 69.9 65.9-73.5 91 9.1 7.0-11.9 198 21.0 17.9-24.6
Mountain AHEC 1,293 936 71.8 68.0-75.4 111 9.1 7.1-11.6 246 19.0 16.0-22.6
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 3,994 2,820 67.1 64.8-69.3 358 10.4 9.0-12.1 816 22.4 20.5-24.5
Western NC 2,057 1,454 67.8 64.3-71.1 187 10.8 8.6-13.4 416 21.5 18.6-24.6

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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