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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Mecklenburg County 778 562 69.7 65.3-73.7 59 8.3 6.1-11.3 157 22.0 18.5-26.1
GENDER
Male 271 194 69.1 61.8-75.5 30 10.7 7.0-16.2 47 20.2 14.8-26.9
Female 507 368 70.2 65.1-74.9 29 6.0 3.9- 9.1 110 23.8 19.5-28.7
RACE
White 543 419 76.4 71.8-80.5 40 8.5 5.8-12.5 84 15.0 12.0-18.8
Other 233 142 56.4 47.9-64.5 18 7.6 4.4-12.8 73 36.0 28.1-44.6
AGE
18-44 309 212 64.9 57.9-71.3 27 9.6 6.1-14.8 70 25.5 19.9-32.2
45+ 464 348 75.4 70.7-79.6 30 6.6 4.5- 9.8 86 17.9 14.4-22.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 119 56.4 46.4-66.0 18 11.0 5.9-19.4 60 32.6 24.0-42.6
Some College + 579 441 74.8 70.4-78.7 41 7.3 5.1-10.2 97 18.0 14.6-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 204 62.4 54.5-69.6 23 6.4 3.9-10.2 78 31.2 24.3-39.2
$50,000+ 354 283 78.4 73.1-83.0 22 6.6 4.2-10.2 49 14.9 11.1-19.8

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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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