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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Mountain AHEC 1,053 921 86.8 83.5-89.6 69 7.3 5.3-10.0 63 5.9 4.0- 8.5
GENDER
Male 367 308 83.8 77.7-88.5 35 8.6 5.5-13.3 24 7.6 4.3-13.0
Female 686 613 89.4 85.8-92.2 34 6.2 3.9- 9.6 39 4.4 3.0- 6.5
RACE
White 917 834 92.2 89.8-94.0 45 4.9 3.4- 7.2 38 2.9 2.0- 4.2
African American 56 39 69.1 49.9-83.3 9 18.5 8.0-37.3 8 12.4 4.9-28.2
Other Minorities 80 48 48.1 31.8-64.8 15 22.2 10.9-40.2 17 29.6 15.6-49.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 16 29.1 15.2-48.4 13 32.9 16.5-54.9 13 38.0 19.8-60.3
Non-Hispanic 1,010 905 91.1 88.7-93.0 55 5.4 3.8- 7.5 50 3.6 2.5- 4.9
AGE
18-24 57 46 78.3 61.5-89.0 8 15.0 6.6-30.3 3 6.8 1.7-23.8
25-34 157 139 90.6 83.3-94.9 7 4.2 1.5-10.8 11 5.3 2.4-11.1
35-44 168 146 83.6 73.7-90.3 12 8.1 4.3-14.9 10 8.3 3.4-18.8
45-54 174 159 90.7 83.8-94.8 9 6.0 2.8-12.5 6 3.3 1.3- 8.2
55-64 189 180 96.2 90.6-98.5 3 1.6 0.3- 8.4 6 2.2 0.8- 6.2
65-74 158 139 86.8 78.7-92.1 10 8.3 4.2-15.8 9 4.9 2.1-10.9
75+ 146 108 77.2 68.9-83.8 20 11.0 6.7-17.5 18 11.8 7.1-19.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 150 102 65.5 53.1-76.2 21 15.1 8.7-24.9 27 19.4 10.8-32.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 306 268 87.1 80.1-91.9 19 7.3 3.6-14.5 19 5.5 3.1- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 277 253 91.2 86.4-94.4 16 7.0 4.1-11.8 8 1.8 0.8- 3.8
College Graduate 317 296 94.6 91.4-96.7 12 2.9 1.5- 5.4 9 2.5 1.2- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 106 72.3 58.9-82.6 12 13.2 5.9-26.9 16 14.6 7.8-25.6
$15,000- 24,999 213 183 82.9 72.6-89.9 18 8.2 4.5-14.6 12 8.8 3.6-20.2
$25,000- 34,999 146 125 85.3 74.3-92.1 13 11.5 5.3-23.2 8 3.2 1.3- 7.5
$35,000- 49,999 153 145 94.9 89.5-97.6 5 2.9 1.1- 7.7 3 2.2 0.7- 6.7
$50,000-74,999 129 121 95.1 89.7-97.7 3 1.8 0.6- 5.7 5 3.1 1.1- 8.3
$75,000+ 125 116 93.4 87.0-96.8 4 3.7 1.3-10.2 5 2.8 1.1- 7.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 343 297 86.8 80.2-91.5 21 6.0 3.3-10.8 25 7.2 3.7-13.3
No 700 618 87.1 83.1-90.3 47 7.8 5.4-11.3 35 5.0 3.1- 8.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 136 119 92.8 87.7-95.8 15 6.4 3.5-11.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6
Non-Veteran 917 802 86.0 82.2-89.0 54 7.4 5.2-10.5 61 6.6 4.5- 9.5

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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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