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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Mountain AHEC 1,055 973 91.2 88.3-93.4 44 5.0 3.4- 7.4 38 3.8 2.4- 6.0
GENDER
Male 368 328 88.8 83.6-92.5 22 6.0 3.5- 9.9 18 5.2 2.7- 9.9
Female 687 645 93.3 89.8-95.6 22 4.2 2.3- 7.5 20 2.5 1.4- 4.5
RACE
White 919 870 95.1 92.9-96.6 28 3.1 1.9- 5.0 21 1.9 1.1- 3.2
African American 56 47 77.6 57.6-89.9 6 13.3 4.5-33.2 3 9.1 2.7-26.7
Other Minorities 80 56 63.7 45.9-78.4 10 18.2 8.7-34.2 14 18.1 7.7-36.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 23 45.5 26.4-66.1 9 28.1 13.6-49.4 10 26.3 11.7-49.1
Non-Hispanic 1,012 950 94.6 92.5-96.1 34 3.3 2.1- 5.1 28 2.1 1.3- 3.4
AGE
18-24 57 47 83.3 67.6-92.2 7 10.2 4.1-22.9 3 6.6 1.5-24.0
25-34 157 145 90.9 82.9-95.4 4 3.9 1.3-11.2 8 5.2 2.1-11.9
35-44 168 161 93.5 85.4-97.2 4 4.2 1.3-12.9 3 2.3 0.7- 7.2
45-54 174 165 94.7 89.5-97.4 4 2.0 0.7- 5.3 5 3.3 1.3- 8.4
55-64 190 183 96.8 91.2-98.9 3 1.6 0.3- 8.4 4 1.6 0.5- 5.4
65-74 158 143 88.8 81.1-93.6 8 7.7 3.7-15.3 7 3.5 1.5- 8.1
75+ 147 125 87.8 80.9-92.5 14 8.5 4.6-15.1 8 3.7 1.7- 7.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 150 116 71.5 59.2-81.3 15 14.5 7.8-25.2 19 14.0 7.1-25.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 307 284 92.2 86.7-95.6 15 5.3 2.6-10.5 8 2.5 1.0- 6.3
Some Post-H.S. 277 266 96.0 92.3-98.0 6 2.1 0.8- 5.1 5 1.9 0.7- 5.1
College Graduate 318 305 96.9 93.7-98.5 7 1.9 0.7- 5.3 6 1.2 0.5- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 117 75.2 60.3-85.8 10 17.2 8.1-32.9 7 7.6 3.0-18.0
$15,000- 24,999 213 195 90.0 80.9-95.0 10 3.0 1.3- 7.0 8 7.0 2.7-16.7
$25,000- 34,999 146 133 92.9 86.6-96.3 6 4.3 1.8- 9.9 7 2.8 1.0- 7.7
$35,000- 49,999 153 148 97.5 92.0-99.2 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8 3 2.1 0.5- 8.2
$50,000-74,999 130 126 97.3 92.0-99.1 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 3 1.4 0.4- 4.2
$75,000+ 125 122 97.9 93.6-99.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.1 0.6- 6.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 343 318 93.8 89.1-96.6 14 4.4 2.0- 9.2 11 1.8 0.8- 4.0
No 701 647 90.4 86.6-93.2 28 5.1 3.2- 8.1 26 4.5 2.6- 7.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 123 92.9 87.4-96.2 10 5.6 2.8-11.1 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1
Non-Veteran 918 850 90.9 87.7-93.4 34 4.9 3.2- 7.6 34 4.1 2.5- 6.7

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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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