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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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Mountain AHEC 1,055 633 60.3 56.2-64.2 225 22.9 19.4-26.8 197 16.8 14.1-19.9
GENDER
Male 368 216 58.3 51.6-64.8 89 25.5 19.9-32.1 63 16.2 11.8-21.8
Female 687 417 61.9 57.0-66.7 136 20.7 16.6-25.5 134 17.4 14.2-21.0
RACE
White 919 575 64.3 60.3-68.2 184 21.0 17.5-24.9 160 14.7 12.3-17.5
African American 56 26 37.8 22.1-56.6 19 38.2 20.0-60.3 11 24.0 11.9-42.6
Other Minorities 80 32 36.4 22.2-53.5 22 31.3 18.0-48.6 26 32.3 17.9-51.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 15 28.9 14.1-50.2 11 30.1 15.1-51.0 16 41.0 22.4-62.6
Non-Hispanic 1,012 618 62.6 58.5-66.5 213 22.4 18.8-26.3 181 15.1 12.7-17.8
AGE
18-24 57 30 52.7 36.8-68.2 17 34.0 20.1-51.4 10 13.2 5.8-27.6
25-34 157 99 58.9 49.1-68.1 32 24.0 16.0-34.3 26 17.1 11.2-25.2
35-44 168 103 61.2 51.5-70.1 37 20.7 14.1-29.3 28 18.1 11.3-27.7
45-54 174 120 73.0 64.9-79.8 29 14.2 9.5-20.8 25 12.8 8.1-19.5
55-64 190 113 61.0 52.5-68.9 36 20.4 14.3-28.4 41 18.6 13.0-25.7
65-74 158 93 58.5 49.4-67.1 38 24.9 17.8-33.7 27 16.6 11.1-24.0
75+ 147 71 52.5 43.1-61.8 36 24.3 17.2-33.3 40 23.1 16.4-31.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 150 64 41.0 30.4-52.6 39 30.8 20.5-43.4 47 28.2 18.5-40.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 307 168 57.2 49.5-64.5 76 26.0 19.5-33.7 63 16.9 12.4-22.5
Some Post-H.S. 277 183 67.8 59.9-74.7 61 21.8 15.6-29.6 33 10.5 7.0-15.3
College Graduate 318 217 67.4 60.8-73.4 48 16.1 11.6-21.9 53 16.5 12.3-21.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 61 44.8 33.0-57.3 32 29.5 18.7-43.2 41 25.7 17.0-36.8
$15,000- 24,999 213 124 53.8 44.1-63.2 48 22.8 15.4-32.4 41 23.4 15.8-33.2
$25,000- 34,999 146 85 60.7 50.6-70.0 32 22.2 15.0-31.7 29 17.1 11.1-25.2
$35,000- 49,999 153 99 67.2 57.6-75.6 31 21.6 14.4-31.2 23 11.2 7.0-17.3
$50,000-74,999 130 85 69.4 59.6-77.7 28 17.9 11.8-26.3 17 12.7 7.4-20.8
$75,000+ 125 98 81.0 73.0-87.1 13 9.6 5.4-16.3 14 9.4 5.4-15.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 343 187 57.8 50.2-65.0 81 23.7 17.6-31.1 75 18.5 13.5-24.9
No 701 442 61.5 56.6-66.2 141 22.7 18.5-27.5 118 15.8 12.7-19.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 87 65.5 55.7-74.0 30 23.0 15.7-32.5 20 11.5 7.0-18.2
Non-Veteran 918 546 59.5 55.0-63.8 195 22.9 19.1-27.2 177 17.6 14.6-21.1

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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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