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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
GENDER
Male 5,431 3,232 59.7 57.9-61.5 1,356 24.7 23.2-26.4 843 15.5 14.2-16.9
Female 9,844 5,960 61.2 59.9-62.4 2,125 21.0 20.0-22.1 1,759 17.9 16.9-18.9
RACE
White 11,541 7,314 64.8 63.6-66.0 2,448 21.0 20.0-22.1 1,779 14.2 13.4-15.0
African American 2,629 1,356 52.5 49.8-55.2 763 28.7 26.3-31.2 510 18.8 16.9-20.9
Asian 97 52 45.5 34.1-57.3 28 35.1 24.4-47.6 17 19.4 11.7-30.4
Native American 271 146 57.4 49.8-64.6 78 28.8 22.4-36.1 47 13.9 9.9-19.1
Other Minorities 687 299 39.7 34.6-45.0 154 24.3 20.0-29.2 234 36.0 31.0-41.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 808 359 40.3 35.9-44.9 196 25.4 21.4-29.9 253 34.3 29.8-39.0
-English Speaking 243 130 51.9 43.8-59.9 81 32.6 25.7-40.4 32 15.5 10.1-23.0
-Spanish Speaking 565 229 37.0 31.9-42.5 115 23.3 18.7-28.7 221 39.6 34.2-45.3
Non-Hispanic 14,456 8,830 62.5 61.4-63.6 3,281 22.5 21.6-23.5 2,345 15.0 14.2-15.7
AGE
18-24 729 433 57.4 52.6-62.0 159 22.9 19.1-27.3 137 19.7 16.2-23.7
25-34 2,212 1,420 62.4 59.8-65.0 455 21.8 19.6-24.2 337 15.8 13.9-17.8
35-44 2,977 1,897 62.7 60.5-64.9 684 23.2 21.3-25.3 396 14.0 12.5-15.7
45-54 2,966 1,913 64.5 62.4-66.6 637 21.4 19.6-23.2 416 14.1 12.6-15.7
55-64 2,719 1,637 61.7 59.5-63.9 634 22.4 20.6-24.4 448 15.8 14.2-17.5
65-74 2,022 1,117 56.0 53.4-58.5 475 24.1 21.9-26.4 430 19.9 18.0-22.0
75+ 1,579 732 46.7 43.8-49.7 420 26.9 24.4-29.7 427 26.3 23.8-29.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,347 1,009 44.0 41.0-47.1 619 26.8 24.0-29.8 719 29.2 26.5-32.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,592 2,575 57.2 55.2-59.2 1,156 24.9 23.2-26.7 861 17.9 16.4-19.5
Some Post-H.S. 3,747 2,450 65.9 63.8-68.0 822 21.9 20.1-23.8 475 12.2 10.8-13.8
College Graduate 4,563 3,150 68.8 67.1-70.4 875 19.1 17.7-20.6 538 12.1 10.9-13.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,810 899 50.5 47.1-53.9 475 26.3 23.4-29.4 436 23.2 20.6-26.1
$15,000- 24,999 2,710 1,488 52.4 49.6-55.3 685 24.9 22.5-27.5 537 22.6 20.2-25.3
$25,000- 34,999 1,874 1,105 59.7 56.5-62.8 467 24.9 22.3-27.7 302 15.5 13.3-17.9
$35,000- 49,999 2,088 1,360 64.9 62.1-67.6 447 22.5 20.0-25.2 281 12.6 11.0-14.4
$50,000-74,999 2,016 1,373 68.9 66.2-71.4 408 20.3 18.1-22.7 235 10.8 9.3-12.6
$75,000+ 2,568 1,806 70.3 68.1-72.4 484 19.2 17.3-21.2 278 10.5 9.2-12.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,734 2,656 58.5 56.5-60.4 1,168 23.6 22.0-25.3 910 17.9 16.4-19.5
No 10,375 6,456 61.4 60.1-62.7 2,267 22.3 21.2-23.5 1,652 16.2 15.3-17.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,021 1,209 61.8 59.0-64.5 522 25.9 23.5-28.4 290 12.4 10.6-14.4
Non-Veteran 13,244 7,978 60.3 59.1-61.4 2,957 22.3 21.3-23.4 2,309 17.4 16.5-18.3

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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.

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