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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 15,237 5,755 38.0 37.0-39.1 5,667 37.7 36.6-38.8 3,815 24.3 23.4-25.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 670 255 39.3 34.5-44.4 230 34.7 30.1-39.5 185 26.0 21.9-30.5
GENDER
Male 232 93 41.7 33.8-50.0 83 35.6 28.3-43.7 56 22.7 16.6-30.3
Female 438 162 37.5 31.5-43.8 147 34.0 28.4-40.0 129 28.6 23.4-34.3
RACE
White 592 222 40.6 35.5-45.9 208 34.6 29.9-39.6 162 24.8 20.8-29.3
Other 78 33 30.8 17.4-48.4 22 35.5 21.4-52.6 23 33.8 19.6-51.5
AGE
18-44 231 92 38.0 30.0-46.8 83 37.0 29.4-45.2 56 25.0 18.4-32.9
45+ 436 161 40.1 34.6-45.9 146 32.8 27.6-38.4 129 27.1 22.5-32.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 307 132 40.6 33.3-48.3 82 30.3 23.8-37.7 93 29.1 22.8-36.4
Some College + 363 123 38.2 31.8-45.0 148 38.8 32.7-45.3 92 23.0 18.2-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 422 164 39.7 33.5-46.3 137 33.7 27.9-40.0 121 26.6 21.4-32.6
$50,000+ 149 53 37.0 28.5-46.4 64 42.5 33.4-52.2 32 20.4 14.0-28.9

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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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