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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Mecklenburg County 780 720 90.8 87.5-93.3 34 4.5 3.1- 6.5 26 4.7 2.7- 7.8
GENDER
Male 272 248 89.6 83.6-93.6 15 4.5 2.6- 7.8 9 5.8 2.7-12.2
Female 508 472 91.9 88.3-94.5 19 4.5 2.7- 7.4 17 3.5 1.9- 6.5
RACE
White 544 516 95.3 93.0-96.9 18 3.0 1.8- 5.0 10 1.6 0.8- 3.3
Other 234 202 81.9 73.5-88.0 16 7.5 4.4-12.5 16 10.6 5.6-19.2
AGE
18-44 310 286 88.6 82.6-92.6 15 5.3 3.1- 8.9 9 6.1 3.0-12.1
45+ 465 431 93.6 90.8-95.6 19 3.7 2.3- 5.9 15 2.7 1.5- 5.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 199 166 79.0 69.4-86.1 14 6.4 3.5-11.3 19 14.7 8.3-24.5
Some College + 579 552 95.5 93.2-97.1 20 3.8 2.3- 6.1 7 0.7 0.3- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 308 272 84.3 76.9-89.6 22 6.7 4.2-10.5 14 9.1 4.7-16.9
$50,000+ 354 344 97.1 94.1-98.6 8 2.7 1.3- 5.8 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8

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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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