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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 9,309 3,887 43.2 41.5-44.8 2,886 28.9 27.5-30.4 2,536 27.9 26.4-29.4
GENDER
Male 3,409 1,496 44.6 41.9-47.3 1,078 28.5 26.2-30.9 835 26.9 24.6-29.4
Female 5,900 2,391 41.9 39.9-43.8 1,808 29.3 27.6-31.1 1,701 28.8 27.1-30.6
RACE
White 6,851 2,716 42.5 40.6-44.4 2,314 31.7 30.0-33.4 1,821 25.8 24.2-27.5
African American 1,831 938 52.3 48.7-56.0 429 22.7 19.7-26.0 464 25.0 22.0-28.2
Asian 47 19 52.7 31.3-73.2 16 30.6 14.5-53.2 12 16.7 7.4-33.5
Native American 226 113 45.3 33.9-57.1 56 19.3 12.7-28.3 57 35.4 23.3-49.7
Other Minorities 320 88 22.7 16.9-29.7 57 15.4 10.3-22.5 175 61.9 53.7-69.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 332 85 19.6 14.3-26.3 80 15.7 10.6-22.7 167 64.7 56.6-72.1
-English Speaking 134 55 35.2 23.4-49.2 48 24.1 14.8-36.9 31 40.7 26.6-56.4
-Spanish Speaking 198 30 14.1 8.8-21.9 32 12.8 7.1-21.7 136 73.1 63.3-81.1
Non-Hispanic 8,967 3,802 44.8 43.1-46.4 2,799 29.7 28.3-31.2 2,366 25.5 24.1-26.9
AGE
18-24 568 276 47.7 41.4-54.1 148 25.8 20.5-31.9 144 26.5 21.1-32.6
25-34 1,398 605 43.4 39.5-47.5 396 25.6 22.4-29.0 397 31.0 27.3-35.0
35-44 1,767 732 43.1 39.7-46.6 612 31.1 28.1-34.4 423 25.7 22.8-28.9
45-54 1,826 791 44.9 41.3-48.5 602 30.9 27.8-34.3 433 24.2 21.2-27.4
55-64 1,516 613 41.0 37.4-44.8 474 30.9 27.6-34.5 429 28.0 24.8-31.5
65-74 1,255 493 39.8 35.9-43.9 375 30.2 26.6-34.0 387 30.0 26.3-33.9
75+ 918 356 39.6 35.1-44.3 257 26.4 22.5-30.8 305 34.0 29.7-38.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,568 644 40.5 36.5-44.7 331 17.9 15.1-21.1 593 41.6 37.5-45.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,784 1,286 47.0 44.0-50.0 691 23.4 21.0-26.1 807 29.6 26.8-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,323 1,007 46.6 43.3-50.0 764 30.8 27.7-34.0 552 22.6 19.9-25.5
College Graduate 2,609 942 37.4 34.7-40.3 1,094 39.8 37.1-42.6 573 22.8 20.5-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,092 499 44.3 39.4-49.3 248 20.7 17.1-24.8 345 35.0 30.1-40.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,712 776 45.4 41.4-49.4 425 22.3 19.4-25.6 511 32.3 28.5-36.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,028 443 43.3 38.5-48.3 299 26.4 22.4-30.9 286 30.3 25.6-35.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,230 528 45.5 41.4-49.8 427 31.8 28.1-35.8 275 22.6 19.3-26.3
$50,000-74,999 1,004 390 43.4 38.8-48.1 394 34.4 30.1-38.9 220 22.2 18.5-26.4
$75,000+ 1,147 404 38.6 34.4-42.9 490 40.2 36.1-44.4 253 21.2 17.9-25.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 449 177 39.6 34.3-45.1 157 33.1 28.2-38.3 115 27.4 22.5-32.8
Guilford 443 178 43.0 37.5-48.8 156 32.9 28.0-38.2 109 24.1 19.8-29.0
Mecklenburg 443 185 42.3 36.5-48.3 133 25.6 21.0-30.8 125 32.1 26.6-38.2
Orange 450 137 32.2 25.8-39.4 192 36.8 30.5-43.5 121 31.0 23.8-39.4
Wake 446 161 34.0 29.0-39.3 171 37.3 32.0-42.9 114 28.7 23.5-34.6
Chatham/Lee 393 177 45.6 39.3-52.0 115 28.0 22.4-34.4 101 26.4 21.1-32.4
Nash/Wilson 371 157 43.9 37.9-50.0 112 27.1 22.4-32.4 102 29.0 23.8-34.8
Craven/Pamlico 446 184 45.4 39.8-51.2 149 31.8 26.9-37.2 113 22.8 18.6-27.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 429 169 37.0 31.7-42.5 131 33.1 27.3-39.5 129 29.9 24.8-35.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 174 38.6 32.6-44.9 129 28.7 22.9-35.4 150 32.7 26.5-39.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 202 46.5 38.2-55.1 150 26.6 21.3-32.7 119 26.9 20.9-33.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 180 41.2 33.9-48.9 122 28.0 22.2-34.6 121 30.8 21.9-41.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 232 51.0 45.7-56.2 119 24.1 19.8-29.0 118 25.0 20.7-29.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 190 49.1 42.9-55.4 104 23.0 18.6-28.2 117 27.8 22.9-33.4
Northeast NC I 452 189 45.3 38.9-52.0 145 31.0 25.9-36.6 118 23.7 19.3-28.7
Northeast NC II 505 227 47.1 41.8-52.4 149 29.2 24.7-34.1 129 23.8 19.7-28.4
Northeastern Partnership 957 416 46.5 42.3-50.6 294 29.8 26.4-33.5 247 23.7 20.6-27.1
Mountain AHEC 1,293 526 42.0 37.7-46.4 415 30.6 27.2-34.3 352 27.4 23.8-31.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,257 1,459 46.7 43.7-49.6 936 27.0 24.5-29.6 862 26.4 23.8-29.1
Piedmont 3,995 1,601 41.6 39.3-43.9 1,316 29.9 27.9-32.0 1,078 28.5 26.4-30.6
Western NC 2,057 827 42.2 38.7-45.8 634 28.9 26.0-31.9 596 28.9 25.8-32.3

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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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