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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 673 612 90.0 86.0-92.9 31 5.4 3.3- 8.5 30 4.7 2.7- 7.9
GENDER
Male 234 207 87.3 79.8-92.3 15 6.3 3.3-11.9 12 6.4 2.9-13.5
Female 439 405 92.1 87.5-95.1 16 4.6 2.3- 9.0 18 3.3 1.8- 6.1
RACE
White 595 554 94.1 91.2-96.0 26 3.9 2.3- 6.4 15 2.1 1.1- 3.9
Other 78 58 62.4 44.2-77.6 5 15.5 6.1-34.2 15 22.1 10.4-40.8
AGE
18-44 231 208 85.6 77.6-91.1 9 7.0 3.5-13.8 14 7.3 3.6-14.1
45+ 439 401 93.8 91.1-95.7 22 3.9 2.4- 6.2 16 2.3 1.3- 4.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 263 82.1 74.7-87.7 24 9.9 5.9-16.1 23 8.0 4.3-14.3
Some College + 363 349 97.4 95.0-98.7 7 1.1 0.5- 2.6 7 1.5 0.6- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 423 382 88.1 82.2-92.2 20 5.6 3.0-10.1 21 6.4 3.4-11.5
$50,000+ 149 147 99.3 97.3-99.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7

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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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