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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Mecklenburg County 782 403 48.2 43.8-52.6 244 33.1 29.1-37.4 135 18.7 15.4-22.6
GENDER
Male 272 128 44.7 37.7-52.0 103 37.0 30.4-44.1 41 18.2 13.0-24.9
Female 510 275 51.5 46.3-56.6 141 29.4 24.9-34.4 94 19.1 15.3-23.7
RACE
White 545 315 55.7 50.5-60.7 159 32.0 27.3-37.1 71 12.3 9.6-15.6
Other 235 88 33.9 26.6-42.0 83 34.7 27.5-42.7 64 31.4 23.9-40.1
AGE
18-44 311 127 40.2 33.6-47.2 126 39.2 32.8-46.0 58 20.6 15.3-27.0
45+ 466 275 57.5 52.3-62.6 117 26.3 21.9-31.3 74 16.2 12.7-20.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 199 91 41.8 32.4-51.8 58 29.4 21.7-38.4 50 28.8 20.5-38.9
Some College + 581 312 50.9 46.1-55.7 185 34.6 30.1-39.5 84 14.4 11.5-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 308 150 44.1 36.7-51.7 87 26.9 20.9-33.9 71 29.0 22.2-36.9
$50,000+ 354 201 55.2 49.1-61.2 114 34.2 28.6-40.3 39 10.5 7.5-14.6

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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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