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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont 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 9,329 6,460 69.2 67.6-70.7 1,390 14.2 13.1-15.4 1,479 16.7 15.4-18.0
-Piedmont NC 4,004 2,807 69.5 67.2-71.6 574 13.7 12.2-15.4 623 16.8 15.1-18.8
GENDER
Male 1,507 1,064 69.2 65.5-72.6 225 14.7 12.3-17.6 218 16.1 13.4-19.3
Female 2,497 1,743 69.7 67.0-72.3 349 12.7 11.0-14.7 405 17.5 15.4-19.9
RACE
White 2,944 2,181 74.3 71.9-76.6 384 12.4 10.7-14.2 379 13.3 11.5-15.3
African American 801 513 66.4 61.4-71.1 149 17.6 13.9-22.1 139 15.9 12.6-19.9
Other Minorities 203 82 34.2 25.8-43.7 27 14.2 8.5-22.5 94 51.6 41.8-61.4
AGE
18-24 241 172 66.9 57.7-75.1 27 11.9 6.9-19.7 42 21.2 14.5-29.8
25-34 631 449 70.0 64.4-75.1 81 12.3 9.0-16.7 101 17.6 13.5-22.7
35-44 835 623 72.8 68.2-76.9 107 12.7 9.8-16.3 105 14.5 11.4-18.4
45-54 812 590 72.0 67.1-76.4 114 13.5 10.5-17.1 108 14.6 11.1-19.0
55-64 608 450 78.1 73.3-82.2 76 9.8 7.2-13.3 82 12.1 8.9-16.1
65-74 465 290 62.2 55.8-68.3 92 20.7 15.8-26.7 83 17.0 12.7-22.4
75+ 382 210 50.5 43.8-57.2 74 22.8 17.5-29.0 98 26.7 21.1-33.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 578 294 46.7 40.7-52.7 97 16.4 12.5-21.3 187 36.9 31.0-43.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,058 710 67.9 63.3-72.1 167 14.6 11.7-18.1 181 17.5 14.0-21.7
Some Post-H.S. 949 715 76.0 71.6-79.9 137 13.6 10.6-17.3 97 10.4 7.8-13.7
College Graduate 1,404 1,081 76.9 73.6-79.9 168 11.5 9.3-14.3 155 11.6 9.4-14.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 362 221 56.3 48.0-64.2 63 18.0 12.6-25.0 78 25.7 18.8-34.1
$15,000- 24,999 660 429 68.1 62.5-73.1 107 13.1 9.9-17.0 124 18.9 14.8-23.8
$25,000- 34,999 399 286 67.4 59.6-74.3 55 14.2 9.9-20.0 58 18.4 12.5-26.2
$35,000- 49,999 543 397 72.5 66.9-77.5 83 13.9 10.3-18.4 63 13.6 9.9-18.3
$50,000-74,999 468 365 78.0 72.1-83.0 50 10.7 7.0-16.1 53 11.3 8.1-15.6
$75,000+ 655 519 78.4 72.9-83.0 76 11.2 7.9-15.6 60 10.4 7.1-15.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 315 69.9 64.6-74.8 72 15.5 12.0-19.8 63 14.6 10.9-19.2
Guilford 443 321 73.0 67.7-77.7 72 15.3 11.6-19.8 50 11.7 8.6-15.8
Mecklenburg 445 320 69.2 63.1-74.6 59 12.5 8.8-17.4 66 18.3 14.0-23.7
Orange 450 314 65.6 57.2-73.2 60 15.9 10.2-24.1 76 18.4 12.6-26.3
Wake 448 317 68.5 62.6-73.8 60 13.0 9.6-17.4 71 18.5 14.0-24.1
Chatham/Lee 394 268 67.3 61.1-73.0 56 12.6 9.4-16.7 70 20.1 15.2-26.0
Nash/Wilson 373 247 65.9 60.0-71.3 63 15.3 11.6-20.0 63 18.8 14.5-24.0
Craven/Pamlico 446 291 67.2 61.8-72.3 79 15.6 12.3-19.6 76 17.2 13.1-22.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 432 307 70.2 64.5-75.3 65 14.8 11.3-19.1 60 15.0 11.1-20.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 352 76.3 69.6-81.9 48 12.1 7.5-18.9 53 11.6 8.4-15.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 311 68.7 61.7-75.0 79 12.6 9.6-16.5 81 18.7 13.6-25.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 300 66.9 56.6-75.8 55 10.4 7.4-14.4 69 22.7 13.9-34.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 310 65.3 60.0-70.3 76 16.8 13.1-21.4 83 17.9 14.1-22.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 268 66.9 61.1-72.2 60 13.8 10.3-18.2 83 19.3 15.1-24.3
Northeast NC I 453 299 66.5 59.4-73.0 81 17.2 13.3-21.8 73 16.3 10.5-24.5
Northeast NC II 507 342 69.4 64.4-74.1 81 16.3 12.6-20.8 84 14.3 11.2-18.0
Northeastern Partnership 960 641 68.4 64.3-72.3 162 16.6 13.8-19.9 157 15.0 12.0-18.6
Mountain AHEC 1,296 912 70.7 66.8-74.2 200 15.2 12.7-18.0 184 14.2 11.4-17.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,262 2,167 67.5 64.7-70.2 525 15.2 13.2-17.5 570 17.2 15.1-19.6
Piedmont 4,004 2,807 69.5 67.2-71.6 574 13.7 12.2-15.4 623 16.8 15.1-18.8
Western NC 2,063 1,486 71.5 68.3-74.6 291 13.8 11.7-16.2 286 14.6 12.2-17.4

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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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