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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 9,307 6,586 68.2 66.6-69.8 838 9.8 8.8-10.9 1,883 22.0 20.6-23.4
-Piedmont NC 3,994 2,820 67.1 64.8-69.3 358 10.4 9.0-12.1 816 22.4 20.5-24.5
GENDER
Male 1,502 1,009 64.7 61.0-68.2 168 12.8 10.5-15.7 325 22.5 19.5-25.8
Female 2,492 1,811 69.4 66.6-72.0 190 8.2 6.7- 9.9 491 22.4 20.0-25.0
RACE
White 2,937 2,182 71.9 69.3-74.3 245 9.6 8.1-11.4 510 18.5 16.5-20.7
African American 799 536 65.9 60.9-70.6 80 10.8 7.8-14.7 183 23.3 19.4-27.8
Other Minorities 202 77 30.9 22.7-40.5 20 12.3 7.1-20.6 105 56.8 46.8-66.3
AGE
18-24 236 147 62.9 53.7-71.2 27 10.2 6.1-16.6 62 27.0 19.6-35.9
25-34 631 391 57.2 51.6-62.7 72 14.0 10.1-19.1 168 28.8 24.0-34.0
35-44 834 586 68.3 63.7-72.7 84 11.3 8.5-14.8 164 20.4 16.7-24.6
45-54 811 633 74.0 69.0-78.4 57 8.5 5.9-12.1 121 17.5 13.7-22.0
55-64 608 475 76.7 71.4-81.2 38 5.3 3.3- 8.4 95 18.0 13.9-23.0
65-74 464 347 75.3 69.5-80.4 36 8.4 5.5-12.6 81 16.3 12.2-21.5
75+ 380 222 57.5 50.7-64.0 42 14.0 9.6-19.8 116 28.5 23.0-34.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 575 290 45.4 39.4-51.5 59 11.5 8.2-16.0 226 43.1 37.1-49.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,055 714 63.5 58.8-67.9 117 14.7 11.4-18.9 224 21.8 18.2-25.9
Some Post-H.S. 947 706 73.6 69.1-77.6 83 7.9 5.9-10.6 158 18.5 14.9-22.7
College Graduate 1,402 1,105 76.0 72.6-79.1 97 8.4 6.3-11.0 200 15.6 13.1-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 361 200 49.2 41.2-57.2 44 12.3 7.9-18.7 117 38.5 30.7-46.9
$15,000- 24,999 658 420 61.2 55.4-66.8 82 14.1 10.5-18.7 156 24.7 20.0-30.0
$25,000- 34,999 399 287 62.1 54.3-69.3 30 10.5 6.7-16.2 82 27.4 20.7-35.3
$35,000- 49,999 542 402 69.6 63.6-75.0 46 10.1 6.7-15.0 94 20.3 15.8-25.6
$50,000-74,999 468 367 75.5 68.7-81.2 29 7.8 4.5-13.1 72 16.7 11.9-22.9
$75,000+ 653 512 75.2 70.0-79.8 51 10.0 6.6-14.7 90 14.8 11.6-18.8
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***
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
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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