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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Mecklenburg County 779 242 32.1 28.2-36.4 295 34.4 30.5-38.6 242 33.4 29.2-38.0
GENDER
Male 272 94 35.9 29.4-43.1 101 32.4 26.3-39.1 77 31.7 25.0-39.3
Female 507 148 28.6 24.2-33.3 194 36.4 31.7-41.3 165 35.1 30.0-40.4
RACE
White 543 157 30.7 26.1-35.8 224 38.1 33.4-43.2 162 31.1 26.4-36.2
Other 234 85 35.1 27.9-43.1 70 27.2 20.9-34.4 79 37.7 29.6-46.6
AGE
18-44 309 101 32.3 26.3-38.9 109 30.7 25.1-37.1 99 37.0 30.3-44.2
45+ 465 140 31.8 27.1-37.0 182 38.4 33.5-43.6 143 29.8 25.2-34.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 199 55 27.7 20.2-36.7 66 29.4 21.7-38.6 78 42.9 33.2-53.1
Some College + 578 186 33.7 29.2-38.5 228 36.5 32.1-41.0 164 29.8 25.5-34.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 308 96 32.4 25.8-39.8 110 29.0 23.3-35.4 102 38.6 31.0-46.7
$50,000+ 353 115 33.2 27.6-39.2 138 36.3 30.9-42.1 100 30.5 25.0-36.6

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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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