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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 672 582 86.2 81.9-89.6 50 7.4 5.1-10.6 40 6.4 4.0-10.1
GENDER
Male 233 197 83.6 75.5-89.4 23 8.0 4.7-13.1 13 8.4 4.0-16.9
Female 439 385 88.2 83.5-91.8 27 7.0 4.1-11.5 27 4.8 3.0- 7.6
RACE
White 594 533 91.3 88.2-93.7 38 6.0 4.0- 9.0 23 2.6 1.6- 4.3
Other 78 49 51.3 34.6-67.7 12 16.8 7.7-32.7 17 31.9 17.3-51.2
AGE
18-44 231 195 81.9 73.7-88.0 21 9.4 5.5-15.6 15 8.6 4.3-16.5
45+ 438 384 89.9 86.3-92.7 29 5.6 3.6- 8.7 25 4.4 2.8- 7.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 309 245 77.9 70.1-84.1 31 10.2 6.3-16.2 33 11.9 7.2-19.1
Some College + 363 337 94.0 90.7-96.2 19 4.7 2.8- 7.9 7 1.2 0.5- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 423 362 83.8 77.6-88.6 36 8.4 5.4-12.8 25 7.8 4.3-13.8
$50,000+ 149 142 96.7 92.5-98.6 2 1.5 0.3- 6.2 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7

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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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