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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 671 187 30.0 25.4-35.0 262 39.2 34.4-44.1 222 30.9 26.5-35.6
GENDER
Male 232 61 28.4 21.4-36.6 98 40.4 32.8-48.6 73 31.2 24.1-39.3
Female 439 126 31.2 25.5-37.6 164 38.2 32.3-44.4 149 30.6 25.5-36.2
RACE
White 593 166 31.8 26.9-37.0 233 38.7 33.9-43.8 194 29.5 25.2-34.2
Other 78 21 18.0 8.3-34.7 29 42.3 26.9-59.4 28 39.8 24.6-57.2
AGE
18-44 231 83 36.4 28.5-45.1 80 36.6 28.9-45.1 68 27.0 20.4-34.7
45+ 437 102 24.1 19.6-29.2 182 41.9 36.4-47.6 153 34.1 28.8-39.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 308 81 25.0 18.9-32.3 118 42.1 34.8-49.7 109 32.9 26.3-40.3
Some College + 363 106 34.6 28.3-41.5 144 36.5 30.6-42.9 113 28.9 23.6-35.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 423 113 28.0 22.4-34.3 171 41.1 34.9-47.6 139 31.0 25.4-37.1
$50,000+ 149 46 32.9 24.6-42.5 60 39.0 30.3-48.5 43 28.1 20.5-37.3

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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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