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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 670 549 78.6 73.8-82.8 43 7.9 5.3-11.6 78 13.5 10.2-17.7
GENDER
Male 232 183 75.8 67.4-82.7 23 10.9 6.4-17.9 26 13.3 8.2-20.8
Female 438 366 80.9 75.0-85.6 20 5.5 3.1- 9.7 52 13.6 9.7-18.9
RACE
White 592 501 82.6 78.1-86.3 32 6.4 4.1- 9.8 59 11.0 8.1-14.7
Other 78 48 51.9 35.1-68.3 11 17.8 7.6-36.2 19 30.3 16.3-49.1
AGE
18-44 231 183 72.5 63.7-79.9 17 10.3 5.8-17.7 31 17.1 11.3-25.2
45+ 436 363 84.0 79.6-87.7 26 5.7 3.7- 8.8 47 10.3 7.4-14.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 307 227 68.9 60.9-76.0 28 12.0 7.4-18.9 52 19.0 13.3-26.5
Some College + 363 322 87.7 82.9-91.3 15 4.0 2.2- 7.2 26 8.3 5.3-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 422 347 77.2 70.5-82.8 24 8.5 5.0-14.1 51 14.3 9.9-20.1
$50,000+ 149 133 87.6 79.5-92.8 6 4.1 1.7- 9.4 10 8.3 4.1-16.1

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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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