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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
GENDER
Male 5,431 4,864 88.7 87.4-89.8 331 5.9 5.1- 6.8 236 5.4 4.6- 6.5
Female 9,840 9,079 91.8 91.0-92.5 380 4.0 3.5- 4.6 381 4.2 3.6- 4.8
RACE
White 11,538 10,819 94.3 93.7-94.8 434 3.5 3.1- 3.9 285 2.3 1.9- 2.7
African American 2,629 2,316 87.3 85.4-89.0 164 6.5 5.4- 7.9 149 6.2 5.0- 7.7
Asian 97 87 87.0 75.7-93.5 7 10.2 4.4-21.8 3 2.8 0.9- 8.5
Native American 271 238 84.2 77.2-89.3 23 12.4 7.8-19.2 10 3.4 1.7- 7.0
Other Minorities 686 442 61.3 56.1-66.4 80 13.1 10.0-17.1 164 25.5 21.2-30.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 807 500 57.7 52.9-62.3 120 16.2 13.0-20.0 187 26.1 22.0-30.6
-English Speaking 243 188 76.8 69.3-82.9 40 17.5 12.3-24.4 15 5.7 2.9-11.0
-Spanish Speaking 564 312 52.3 46.6-57.9 80 15.8 12.1-20.4 172 31.9 26.9-37.4
Non-Hispanic 14,453 13,435 93.6 93.1-94.1 590 3.8 3.4- 4.2 428 2.6 2.3- 3.0
AGE
18-24 729 623 85.2 81.5-88.2 51 6.2 4.4- 8.6 55 8.6 6.3-11.8
25-34 2,210 2,015 89.8 88.0-91.5 77 4.1 3.1- 5.4 118 6.1 4.8- 7.6
35-44 2,978 2,801 92.1 90.6-93.4 101 4.3 3.4- 5.4 76 3.6 2.8- 4.7
45-54 2,965 2,811 94.2 93.1-95.2 100 3.7 2.9- 4.7 54 2.1 1.5- 2.9
55-64 2,718 2,541 93.4 92.2-94.5 101 3.7 3.0- 4.7 76 2.9 2.1- 3.8
65-74 2,021 1,808 88.9 87.1-90.4 123 6.7 5.4- 8.1 90 4.5 3.5- 5.7
75+ 1,579 1,284 81.8 79.4-83.9 155 10.1 8.4-12.1 140 8.1 6.7- 9.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,344 1,781 72.7 69.8-75.4 228 10.8 9.0-12.9 335 16.5 14.3-19.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,591 4,191 90.8 89.5-91.9 246 5.5 4.6- 6.4 154 3.8 3.0- 4.7
Some Post-H.S. 3,747 3,550 94.6 93.4-95.6 132 3.5 2.8- 4.3 65 1.9 1.2- 2.9
College Graduate 4,563 4,401 96.5 95.7-97.1 103 2.2 1.7- 2.8 59 1.4 1.0- 1.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,810 1,519 79.5 76.4-82.3 149 10.6 8.5-13.2 142 9.9 7.9-12.3
$15,000- 24,999 2,709 2,369 82.6 80.1-85.0 180 7.8 6.4- 9.6 160 9.5 7.7-11.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,873 1,736 91.8 90.0-93.3 80 4.8 3.7- 6.2 57 3.4 2.4- 4.7
$35,000- 49,999 2,086 1,978 95.4 94.2-96.4 71 2.6 2.0- 3.4 37 2.0 1.3- 3.1
$50,000-74,999 2,016 1,948 96.7 95.6-97.5 49 2.6 1.9- 3.6 19 0.7 0.4- 1.2
$75,000+ 2,568 2,497 97.4 96.5-98.0 44 1.8 1.3- 2.6 27 0.8 0.5- 1.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,732 4,231 90.2 89.0-91.3 266 5.2 4.4- 6.1 235 4.6 3.9- 5.5
No 10,376 9,583 90.5 89.6-91.4 422 4.7 4.1- 5.3 371 4.8 4.2- 5.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,021 1,828 91.9 90.5-93.1 132 5.7 4.7- 6.9 61 2.4 1.8- 3.2
Non-Veteran 13,240 12,110 90.1 89.3-90.8 578 4.8 4.3- 5.3 552 5.1 4.6- 5.8

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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.

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