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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Mountain AHEC 1,052 931 86.2 82.5-89.2 42 4.5 3.0- 6.7 79 9.3 6.7-12.7
GENDER
Male 367 310 81.3 74.5-86.5 21 5.7 3.3- 9.8 36 13.0 8.4-19.6
Female 685 621 90.4 86.8-93.1 21 3.5 1.9- 6.1 43 6.1 4.0- 9.2
RACE
White 916 836 90.6 87.5-93.0 27 3.1 1.8- 5.1 53 6.4 4.4- 9.1
African American 56 44 66.5 42.7-84.0 6 10.5 3.8-26.2 6 23.0 7.7-51.6
Other Minorities 80 51 57.7 40.3-73.3 9 14.4 6.5-28.9 20 28.0 14.7-46.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 22 55.9 35.3-74.6 8 16.1 6.6-34.2 12 28.0 13.0-50.4
Non-Hispanic 1,009 909 88.4 84.9-91.2 34 3.7 2.3- 5.8 66 7.9 5.5-11.2
AGE
18-24 57 42 63.2 46.1-77.5 5 9.5 3.7-22.2 10 27.3 14.5-45.5
25-34 157 141 91.1 83.9-95.3 4 2.0 0.6- 6.1 12 6.9 3.3-14.1
35-44 168 152 90.4 82.4-95.0 6 3.7 1.1-12.0 10 5.9 2.8-12.0
45-54 174 158 88.6 81.0-93.4 6 5.0 2.0-12.3 10 6.4 3.3-12.1
55-64 188 174 92.7 86.6-96.2 7 4.7 2.0-10.6 7 2.6 1.0- 6.5
65-74 158 145 91.5 85.2-95.3 4 2.6 0.9- 7.1 9 5.9 2.8-11.7
75+ 146 115 82.1 74.4-87.8 10 5.3 2.6-10.5 21 12.6 7.9-19.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 150 109 63.5 50.2-75.0 9 10.2 4.7-20.8 32 26.3 15.8-40.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 305 260 83.6 76.5-88.9 21 5.9 3.3-10.3 24 10.5 6.2-17.4
Some Post-H.S. 277 260 93.8 89.4-96.4 5 2.1 0.8- 5.5 12 4.1 2.1- 7.9
College Graduate 317 300 94.7 90.7-97.1 6 1.9 0.6- 5.9 11 3.4 1.8- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 104 67.2 53.3-78.7 11 13.3 5.8-27.8 19 19.4 10.8-32.4
$15,000- 24,999 212 180 82.5 73.1-89.2 12 5.8 2.7-12.1 20 11.6 6.2-20.9
$25,000- 34,999 146 129 86.2 77.5-91.9 6 4.3 1.8- 9.9 11 9.5 4.8-17.9
$35,000- 49,999 153 143 92.2 83.3-96.6 2 1.4 0.3- 7.2 8 6.4 2.5-15.3
$50,000-74,999 129 126 98.7 96.1-99.6 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3
$75,000+ 125 121 97.0 91.5-99.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 3 1.9 0.5- 6.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 343 300 89.4 84.4-92.9 20 6.5 3.6-11.5 23 4.1 2.5- 6.6
No 700 625 85.1 80.3-88.9 21 3.7 2.1- 6.3 54 11.2 7.8-15.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 136 117 89.4 83.0-93.6 9 4.8 2.2- 9.8 10 5.8 2.9-11.3
Non-Veteran 916 814 85.7 81.6-89.0 33 4.5 2.9- 7.0 69 9.8 6.9-13.7

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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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