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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Mountain AHEC 1,053 912 87.2 84.3-89.6 66 5.9 4.4- 8.0 75 6.9 5.1- 9.3
GENDER
Male 367 313 86.6 81.7-90.4 26 5.0 3.2- 7.8 28 8.4 5.2-13.1
Female 686 599 87.6 84.1-90.5 40 6.7 4.5-10.0 47 5.6 4.0- 7.9
RACE
White 917 812 89.9 87.4-91.9 48 4.8 3.4- 6.8 57 5.3 3.9- 7.1
African American 56 44 75.5 56.2-88.1 7 13.6 4.9-32.5 5 10.9 3.8-27.6
Other Minorities 80 56 69.0 51.7-82.2 11 11.6 5.6-22.5 13 19.5 8.7-38.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 23 56.7 36.0-75.3 9 14.3 5.5-32.2 10 29.0 13.7-51.3
Non-Hispanic 1,010 889 89.4 87.0-91.4 56 5.3 3.8- 7.2 65 5.3 4.0- 7.0
AGE
18-24 57 47 81.7 66.3-91.0 6 9.9 4.0-22.4 4 8.4 2.6-24.1
25-34 157 138 90.3 83.8-94.4 6 3.0 1.2- 7.5 13 6.7 3.4-12.7
35-44 168 153 89.0 82.0-93.5 5 3.5 1.4- 8.7 10 7.5 3.9-13.8
45-54 174 159 91.2 85.1-94.9 9 4.7 2.4- 9.1 6 4.1 1.6- 9.9
55-64 189 170 90.6 84.0-94.6 9 4.6 2.0-10.5 10 4.8 2.2-10.1
65-74 158 137 87.4 80.7-92.0 10 6.9 3.6-13.0 11 5.7 3.0-10.5
75+ 146 104 73.5 64.9-80.6 21 13.6 8.5-21.0 21 12.9 8.1-19.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 150 111 74.2 62.4-83.2 15 10.7 5.6-19.6 24 15.1 8.1-26.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 306 264 86.7 81.2-90.8 23 7.0 4.1-11.6 19 6.3 3.6-10.6
Some Post-H.S. 277 246 90.2 85.7-93.4 14 4.5 2.5- 8.1 17 5.3 3.1- 8.7
College Graduate 317 289 92.3 88.4-95.0 13 3.2 1.6- 6.0 15 4.5 2.5- 7.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 106 78.2 66.0-86.9 16 12.8 6.3-24.2 12 9.0 4.1-18.8
$15,000- 24,999 213 184 85.2 76.5-91.1 14 5.3 2.8- 9.8 15 9.5 4.6-18.5
$25,000- 34,999 146 120 85.5 78.2-90.6 9 5.0 2.4-10.0 17 9.6 5.6-16.0
$35,000- 49,999 153 140 92.3 86.4-95.8 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 9 6.3 3.1-12.2
$50,000-74,999 129 119 92.7 85.9-96.3 4 3.7 1.3-10.0 6 3.6 1.5- 8.8
$75,000+ 125 115 92.2 85.6-95.9 6 5.1 2.2-11.5 4 2.7 1.0- 7.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 343 285 86.2 81.0-90.1 28 6.8 4.0-11.2 30 7.0 4.5-10.8
No 700 619 87.6 84.0-90.5 37 5.6 3.8- 8.1 44 6.8 4.6- 9.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 136 116 88.0 81.2-92.5 14 8.1 4.6-13.9 6 4.0 1.7- 9.0
Non-Veteran 917 796 87.0 83.8-89.7 52 5.6 4.0- 7.9 69 7.3 5.3-10.0

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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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