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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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 (Excludes Buncombe) 673 406 58.7 53.6-63.7 138 22.5 18.3-27.5 129 18.7 15.1-23.0
GENDER
Male 234 135 55.3 47.0-63.4 54 24.9 18.3-33.1 45 19.7 13.7-27.7
Female 439 271 61.4 55.1-67.4 84 20.6 15.4-27.0 84 17.9 13.9-22.7
RACE
White 595 376 63.1 57.9-68.0 117 21.5 17.1-26.6 102 15.5 12.4-19.1
Other 78 30 29.3 17.4-45.0 21 29.9 16.7-47.5 27 40.8 25.1-58.6
AGE
18-44 231 129 50.9 42.4-59.3 52 26.6 19.2-35.7 50 22.5 16.1-30.4
45+ 439 274 65.5 60.0-70.5 86 19.1 15.1-23.7 79 15.5 12.0-19.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 158 49.2 41.7-56.7 78 28.4 21.7-36.1 74 22.4 16.5-29.6
Some College + 363 248 67.7 61.0-73.7 60 17.0 12.1-23.5 55 15.2 11.3-20.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 423 247 55.3 48.7-61.7 92 23.9 18.5-30.4 84 20.8 15.8-26.8
$50,000+ 149 107 74.1 65.5-81.2 21 12.6 7.9-19.6 21 13.2 8.2-20.6

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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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