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

Heart Attack and Stroke

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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 (Excludes Buncombe) 671 583 85.4 81.0-88.9 26 4.7 2.8- 7.7 62 10.0 7.1-13.9
GENDER
Male 233 193 80.3 72.2-86.5 12 6.0 2.9-12.1 28 13.7 8.5-21.2
Female 438 390 89.4 84.6-92.8 14 3.6 1.7- 7.3 34 7.0 4.4-11.1
RACE
White 593 529 89.2 85.3-92.1 20 3.4 1.8- 6.4 44 7.4 5.1-10.6
Other 78 54 59.7 42.0-75.2 6 12.8 5.1-28.8 18 27.5 14.3-46.3
AGE
18-44 231 194 80.4 72.0-86.7 11 6.0 2.8-12.2 26 13.6 8.4-21.4
45+ 437 386 89.8 86.0-92.6 15 3.5 1.8- 6.6 36 6.8 4.6- 9.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 308 244 76.6 68.8-82.9 20 7.8 4.3-13.6 44 15.7 10.5-22.9
Some College + 363 339 93.7 89.9-96.1 6 1.7 0.6- 5.0 18 4.6 2.7- 7.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 422 355 80.0 73.6-85.2 20 6.1 3.4-10.7 47 13.9 9.5-19.8
$50,000+ 149 145 98.5 95.4-99.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6

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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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