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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Mountain AHEC 1,055 565 50.2 46.1-54.2 313 33.2 29.3-37.2 177 16.7 14.0-19.8
GENDER
Male 368 152 40.2 34.0-46.8 145 41.1 34.7-47.7 71 18.7 14.2-24.3
Female 687 413 58.7 53.8-63.5 168 26.3 22.0-31.1 106 15.0 12.0-18.5
RACE
White 919 515 53.3 49.1-57.4 268 32.0 28.1-36.1 136 14.7 12.1-17.8
African American 56 26 36.7 21.2-55.4 18 41.8 23.2-63.1 12 21.5 10.6-38.7
Other Minorities 80 24 29.6 16.3-47.6 27 38.5 23.4-56.1 29 31.9 18.6-49.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 12 29.6 14.0-52.1 14 37.0 19.7-58.5 16 33.3 17.1-54.7
Non-Hispanic 1,012 553 51.7 47.6-55.7 298 32.8 29.0-36.9 161 15.5 12.9-18.5
AGE
18-24 57 24 38.5 24.4-54.8 22 43.2 28.3-59.4 11 18.4 9.1-33.7
25-34 157 65 39.9 31.3-49.2 61 39.9 30.8-49.7 31 20.2 13.8-28.6
35-44 168 87 52.5 43.2-61.7 58 34.5 26.4-43.7 23 13.0 8.2-19.9
45-54 174 97 52.7 43.5-61.8 52 33.2 25.0-42.6 25 14.1 9.1-21.2
55-64 190 116 56.7 48.1-65.0 45 25.8 19.1-33.9 29 17.4 11.5-25.5
65-74 158 103 66.2 57.2-74.2 32 21.0 14.4-29.7 23 12.8 8.2-19.4
75+ 147 70 52.8 43.4-62.0 42 26.2 18.9-35.0 35 21.0 14.7-29.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 150 54 32.0 22.4-43.3 54 39.2 28.1-51.6 42 28.8 19.3-40.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 307 159 45.7 38.3-53.2 99 38.9 31.5-46.9 49 15.4 10.9-21.3
Some Post-H.S. 277 169 63.8 56.4-70.5 68 22.7 17.2-29.3 40 13.6 9.5-19.1
College Graduate 318 182 52.2 45.4-58.9 91 33.6 27.4-40.5 45 14.2 10.2-19.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 65 39.4 28.2-51.9 38 36.2 24.7-49.6 31 24.4 15.7-35.8
$15,000- 24,999 213 107 43.8 34.8-53.1 67 34.7 26.0-44.5 39 21.6 14.5-31.0
$25,000- 34,999 146 76 51.0 40.8-61.2 47 35.3 25.7-46.2 23 13.7 8.5-21.5
$35,000- 49,999 153 84 53.0 43.3-62.4 49 34.2 25.6-44.1 20 12.8 7.5-20.8
$50,000-74,999 130 71 54.3 44.0-64.2 44 33.9 25.0-44.1 15 11.8 6.8-19.8
$75,000+ 125 83 64.5 54.4-73.5 27 23.3 15.9-32.7 15 12.2 6.8-20.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 343 187 53.0 45.7-60.3 95 31.3 24.9-38.6 61 15.6 11.5-20.8
No 701 376 49.3 44.4-54.1 212 33.7 29.1-38.7 113 17.0 13.6-21.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 68 46.2 36.6-56.1 49 38.2 29.2-48.1 20 15.6 9.6-24.5
Non-Veteran 918 497 50.7 46.3-55.1 264 32.4 28.3-36.9 157 16.8 13.9-20.3

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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