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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Mecklenburg County 778 670 82.9 78.6-86.4 37 4.9 3.3- 7.2 71 12.3 9.1-16.3
GENDER
Male 271 227 80.3 72.8-86.1 17 5.5 3.1- 9.7 27 14.2 9.0-21.7
Female 507 443 85.3 80.7-88.9 20 4.3 2.6- 7.1 44 10.4 7.3-14.7
RACE
White 543 490 90.1 86.6-92.8 23 4.9 3.0- 8.0 30 5.0 3.4- 7.3
Other 233 178 68.4 59.1-76.5 14 4.9 2.6- 9.0 41 26.7 18.8-36.3
AGE
18-44 309 263 79.0 71.8-84.8 16 5.8 3.3-10.0 30 15.2 10.0-22.3
45+ 464 405 87.7 83.9-90.7 20 3.7 2.3- 5.9 39 8.6 6.1-12.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 147 65.1 54.3-74.5 15 7.2 3.7-13.8 35 27.7 18.8-38.9
Some College + 579 521 89.8 86.6-92.3 22 4.0 2.5- 6.4 36 6.2 4.3- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 253 74.3 65.5-81.5 19 6.0 3.3-10.8 33 19.7 12.9-28.8
$50,000+ 354 321 89.9 85.6-93.0 11 3.5 1.8- 6.6 22 6.7 4.2-10.3

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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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