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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 15,261 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
GENDER
Male 5,429 4,524 83.1 81.7-84.5 494 8.2 7.4- 9.2 411 8.6 7.6- 9.8
Female 9,832 8,494 85.7 84.7-86.6 644 6.7 6.1- 7.4 694 7.6 6.9- 8.3
RACE
White 11,531 10,120 88.1 87.2-88.8 755 6.6 6.0- 7.3 656 5.3 4.8- 5.9
African American 2,628 2,134 81.3 79.2-83.2 262 9.7 8.4-11.3 232 9.0 7.6-10.6
Asian 97 75 70.6 57.9-80.8 8 8.4 3.7-18.0 14 21.0 12.2-33.7
Native American 270 219 79.4 72.3-85.0 34 15.0 10.0-21.8 17 5.6 3.2- 9.6
Other Minorities 685 430 59.9 54.6-65.0 73 9.2 6.9-12.1 182 30.9 26.1-36.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 806 499 59.5 54.7-64.1 102 10.9 8.6-13.8 205 29.6 25.3-34.3
-English Speaking 242 171 67.3 59.3-74.5 45 19.4 13.9-26.4 26 13.3 8.4-20.3
-Spanish Speaking 564 328 57.2 51.6-62.7 57 8.5 6.2-11.6 179 34.2 29.0-39.9
Non-Hispanic 14,444 12,511 87.0 86.2-87.7 1,035 7.1 6.6- 7.7 898 5.9 5.4- 6.4
AGE
18-24 729 571 78.5 74.5-82.1 79 9.1 7.0-11.8 79 12.4 9.5-16.0
25-34 2,210 1,841 82.7 80.6-84.7 163 7.5 6.2- 9.1 206 9.8 8.2-11.5
35-44 2,977 2,610 86.9 85.3-88.4 190 6.2 5.2- 7.3 177 6.9 5.8- 8.2
45-54 2,963 2,667 89.4 87.9-90.7 170 5.9 4.9- 7.0 126 4.7 3.8- 5.9
55-64 2,717 2,379 87.5 85.9-89.0 181 6.7 5.6- 7.9 157 5.8 4.8- 7.0
65-74 2,018 1,710 84.3 82.3-86.1 160 8.6 7.2-10.2 148 7.1 5.9- 8.5
75+ 1,576 1,186 75.2 72.6-77.7 188 12.3 10.5-14.4 202 12.5 10.7-14.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,344 1,685 70.2 67.4-73.0 250 9.9 8.5-11.7 409 19.8 17.4-22.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,584 3,862 83.5 81.9-85.0 419 9.2 8.1-10.5 303 7.3 6.3- 8.4
Some Post-H.S. 3,745 3,331 88.4 86.8-89.9 230 6.4 5.4- 7.5 184 5.2 4.1- 6.5
College Graduate 4,562 4,122 90.4 89.2-91.4 236 5.1 4.4- 6.0 204 4.5 3.8- 5.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,807 1,407 75.4 72.2-78.3 189 11.0 9.0-13.3 211 13.6 11.3-16.4
$15,000- 24,999 2,709 2,205 77.7 75.1-80.1 237 8.6 7.3-10.1 267 13.7 11.6-16.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,873 1,620 84.8 82.3-86.9 138 9.1 7.3-11.4 115 6.1 4.9- 7.6
$35,000- 49,999 2,086 1,849 89.0 87.2-90.5 144 6.2 5.1- 7.5 93 4.9 3.8- 6.2
$50,000-74,999 2,015 1,824 90.0 88.2-91.5 112 6.4 5.1- 7.9 79 3.7 2.9- 4.7
$75,000+ 2,566 2,368 92.4 91.0-93.6 124 4.6 3.7- 5.7 74 3.0 2.3- 4.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,730 3,923 82.8 81.2-84.3 388 8.2 7.2- 9.4 419 9.0 7.9-10.3
No 10,372 8,982 85.2 84.2-86.1 725 7.1 6.5- 7.8 665 7.7 7.0- 8.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,018 1,684 84.7 82.8-86.5 213 10.1 8.6-11.9 121 5.1 4.2- 6.3
Non-Veteran 13,233 11,329 84.4 83.5-85.3 924 7.1 6.5- 7.7 980 8.5 7.8- 9.3

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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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