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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 670 414 60.6 55.6-65.4 105 17.7 14.1-21.9 151 21.7 17.9-26.1
GENDER
Male 232 134 55.7 47.5-63.7 52 24.1 17.9-31.5 46 20.2 14.3-27.8
Female 438 280 64.4 58.3-70.2 53 12.7 8.8-17.8 105 22.9 18.2-28.4
RACE
White 592 373 62.2 57.1-67.1 90 17.4 13.7-21.9 129 20.4 16.7-24.7
Other 78 41 49.8 33.4-66.2 15 19.5 9.8-35.2 22 30.7 17.1-48.8
AGE
18-44 231 138 57.6 49.1-65.7 42 21.3 15.2-29.0 51 21.1 15.0-28.8
45+ 436 273 62.9 57.3-68.3 63 14.6 10.9-19.1 100 22.5 18.2-27.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 307 156 49.0 41.5-56.6 58 20.4 14.9-27.4 93 30.5 24.0-37.9
Some College + 363 258 71.4 65.3-76.9 47 15.1 10.9-20.6 58 13.5 9.9-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 422 255 58.4 51.9-64.7 74 19.3 14.6-25.1 93 22.2 17.3-28.1
$50,000+ 149 108 70.7 61.3-78.7 19 16.6 10.4-25.5 22 12.7 7.8-19.9

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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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