BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a stroke?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,228	648	2.8	2.5- 3.1	16,580	97.2	96.9-97.5
-Mecklenburg County	881	24	1.7	1.1- 2.6	857	98.3	97.4-98.9
GENDER
Male	314	8	1.4	0.7- 2.9	306	98.6	97.1-99.3
Female	567	16	2.0	1.2- 3.4	551	98.0	96.6-98.8
RACE
White	601	16	1.8	1.1- 3.0	585	98.2	97.0-98.9
Other	276	8	1.6	0.8- 3.3	268	98.4	96.7-99.2
AGE
18-44	346	2	0.3	0.1- 1.2	344	99.7	98.8-99.9
45+	526	21	3.2	2.0- 5.0	505	96.8	95.0-98.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	9	2.1	1.0- 4.2	223	97.9	95.8-99.0
Some College +	647	15	1.6	0.9- 2.7	632	98.4	97.3-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	361	16	2.8	1.6- 4.7	345	97.2	95.3-98.4
$50,000+	385	6	1.2	0.5- 2.7	379	98.8	97.3-99.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,228	648	2.8	2.5- 3.1	16,580	97.2	96.9-97.5
-Mecklenburg County	881	24	1.7	1.1- 2.6	857	98.3	97.4-98.9
GENDER
Male	314	8	1.4	0.7- 2.9	306	98.6	97.1-99.3
Female	567	16	2.0	1.2- 3.4	551	98.0	96.6-98.8
RACE
White	601	16	1.8	1.1- 3.0	585	98.2	97.0-98.9
Other	276	8	1.6	0.8- 3.3	268	98.4	96.7-99.2
AGE
18-44	346	2	0.3	0.1- 1.2	344	99.7	98.8-99.9
45+	526	21	3.2	2.0- 5.0	505	96.8	95.0-98.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	9	2.1	1.0- 4.2	223	97.9	95.8-99.0
Some College +	647	15	1.6	0.9- 2.7	632	98.4	97.3-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	361	16	2.8	1.6- 4.7	345	97.2	95.3-98.4
$50,000+	385	6	1.2	0.5- 2.7	379	98.8	97.3-99.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a stroke?