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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Mecklenburg County 778 497 60.1 55.6-64.4 114 15.5 12.5-18.9 167 24.5 20.7-28.6
GENDER
Male 271 155 57.1 49.8-64.0 50 17.5 12.8-23.5 66 25.5 19.6-32.3
Female 507 342 62.9 57.6-68.0 64 13.5 10.3-17.5 101 23.5 19.1-28.7
RACE
White 543 357 63.7 58.6-68.5 82 16.9 13.2-21.4 104 19.4 15.8-23.5
Other 233 140 53.4 45.0-61.6 31 12.4 8.3-18.2 62 34.2 26.3-43.0
AGE
18-44 309 164 51.3 44.4-58.2 60 18.2 13.7-23.8 85 30.5 24.5-37.3
45+ 464 333 71.1 66.1-75.7 50 11.2 8.2-15.1 81 17.7 14.0-22.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 119 54.2 44.2-63.8 29 13.9 8.5-22.1 49 31.9 23.2-42.0
Some College + 579 377 62.3 57.5-66.9 84 16.0 12.8-19.9 118 21.7 17.9-25.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 193 57.7 49.9-65.2 40 10.8 7.5-15.2 72 31.5 24.4-39.5
$50,000+ 354 239 66.0 60.1-71.4 50 15.1 11.3-19.9 65 18.9 14.7-24.1

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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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