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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mountain Area Health Education Center**

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 9,308 8,097 85.3 84.0-86.5 311 3.5 2.9- 4.2 900 11.3 10.2-12.4
-Mountain AHEC 1,293 1,142 87.0 83.8-89.7 47 3.1 2.2- 4.3 104 9.9 7.4-13.1
GENDER
Male 488 421 83.4 77.3-88.2 21 3.4 2.0- 5.7 46 13.2 8.8-19.4
Female 805 721 90.5 87.7-92.8 26 2.7 1.7- 4.3 58 6.7 4.8- 9.3
RACE
White 1,155 1,040 89.8 86.9-92.1 42 3.2 2.2- 4.6 73 7.1 5.1- 9.8
Other 134 100 62.9 47.1-76.4 5 2.3 0.9- 5.9 29 34.8 21.4-51.1
AGE
18-44 435 387 85.7 78.7-90.7 10 1.5 0.7- 3.3 38 12.8 8.0-19.8
45+ 849 746 87.8 84.8-90.4 37 4.3 2.9- 6.2 66 7.9 5.9-10.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 578 479 82.3 76.8-86.8 30 3.8 2.5- 6.0 69 13.8 9.7-19.3
Some College + 712 661 91.5 87.4-94.3 17 2.4 1.3- 4.1 34 6.2 3.6-10.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 749 659 85.5 80.8-89.2 27 3.1 2.0- 4.7 63 11.4 7.9-16.1
$50,000+ 262 247 92.7 86.5-96.2 7 3.0 1.2- 7.1 8 4.3 1.7-10.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 449 401 88.1 83.5-91.6 18 3.7 2.3- 6.0 30 8.2 5.1-12.8
Guilford 443 400 90.5 86.8-93.2 15 2.7 1.5- 5.0 28 6.8 4.5-10.1
Mecklenburg 442 388 84.5 79.3-88.5 12 2.2 1.2- 4.2 42 13.3 9.5-18.4
Orange 450 400 82.4 73.0-89.0 9 1.7 0.7- 3.7 41 15.9 9.5-25.6
Wake 446 379 79.6 73.5-84.5 21 6.6 3.9-10.9 46 13.8 9.6-19.5
Chatham/Lee 393 337 82.0 76.4-86.5 7 1.7 0.7- 4.1 49 16.2 11.9-21.8
Nash/Wilson 371 324 86.1 81.3-89.9 9 1.9 1.0- 3.8 38 11.9 8.4-16.7
Craven/Pamlico 446 389 85.1 80.1-89.0 18 4.3 2.6- 6.9 39 10.6 7.2-15.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 429 385 89.7 85.8-92.6 11 2.3 1.2- 4.5 33 8.0 5.5-11.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 388 82.3 75.2-87.7 14 5.5 2.0-14.3 51 12.2 8.7-16.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 414 85.4 79.7-89.8 12 2.4 1.2- 4.7 45 12.1 8.1-17.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 371 80.7 67.5-89.4 14 3.8 1.9- 7.2 38 15.5 7.3-30.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 399 84.4 80.1-87.9 16 3.0 1.8- 5.2 54 12.5 9.3-16.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 338 81.5 76.3-85.8 20 5.2 3.0- 9.0 53 13.3 9.7-17.8
Northeast NC I 452 380 85.5 81.3-89.0 26 5.2 3.4- 8.0 46 9.2 6.5-12.9
Northeast NC II 505 449 89.2 85.2-92.2 19 4.1 2.3- 7.1 37 6.7 4.5-10.0
Northeastern Partnership 957 829 87.9 85.0-90.3 45 4.5 3.1- 6.5 83 7.6 5.8-10.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,257 2,808 85.6 83.1-87.7 126 3.7 2.6- 5.1 323 10.7 8.8-13.0
Piedmont 3,994 3,494 85.3 83.6-87.0 112 3.3 2.5- 4.2 388 11.4 9.9-13.0
Western NC 2,057 1,795 84.2 81.1-86.9 73 4.0 2.7- 5.8 189 11.8 9.5-14.7

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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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