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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Mecklenburg County 779 701 85.7 81.6-89.0 24 4.0 2.5- 6.4 54 10.3 7.5-14.2
GENDER
Male 271 238 83.1 75.9-88.5 13 5.2 2.7- 9.8 20 11.7 7.1-18.7
Female 508 463 88.1 83.6-91.5 11 2.8 1.5- 5.4 34 9.1 6.1-13.3
RACE
White 543 508 91.4 87.1-94.4 15 3.8 2.0- 7.1 20 4.8 2.6- 8.5
Other 234 191 74.3 65.7-81.4 9 4.3 2.1- 8.7 34 21.3 14.6-30.0
AGE
18-44 310 268 80.1 73.2-85.6 15 5.4 3.0- 9.7 27 14.5 9.6-21.2
45+ 464 431 92.5 89.2-94.9 8 2.2 1.0- 4.8 25 5.2 3.4- 8.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 165 75.3 64.7-83.6 8 4.2 1.9- 8.9 24 20.5 12.7-31.4
Some College + 580 534 89.7 85.9-92.5 16 3.9 2.1- 7.1 30 6.4 4.3- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 306 272 80.9 72.7-87.1 9 4.3 1.8- 9.7 25 14.8 9.3-22.7
$50,000+ 354 331 91.8 87.7-94.7 9 3.0 1.5- 5.9 14 5.2 3.0- 8.9

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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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