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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
GENDER
Male 5,421 4,577 82.0 80.4-83.4 325 6.8 5.9- 7.9 519 11.2 10.0-12.6
Female 9,828 8,796 87.8 86.8-88.7 333 4.2 3.6- 4.9 699 8.0 7.2- 8.8
RACE
White 11,523 10,476 90.0 89.1-90.8 388 4.0 3.5- 4.6 659 6.0 5.4- 6.7
African American 2,626 2,193 80.9 78.5-83.1 162 7.1 5.7- 8.8 271 12.0 10.2-14.0
Asian 97 71 70.1 57.7-80.2 7 9.4 3.8-21.3 19 20.5 12.4-31.8
Native American 270 239 88.2 82.5-92.2 11 6.0 3.1-11.3 20 5.8 3.4- 9.7
Other Minorities 684 357 48.2 42.9-53.6 87 15.1 11.7-19.4 240 36.7 31.8-41.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 806 412 46.5 41.8-51.2 130 18.3 14.8-22.3 264 35.3 30.9-39.9
-English Speaking 241 182 66.9 58.4-74.5 29 16.1 10.7-23.6 30 16.9 11.1-24.9
-Spanish Speaking 565 230 40.7 35.3-46.4 101 18.9 14.8-23.8 234 40.4 35.1-46.0
Non-Hispanic 14,432 12,954 88.8 88.1-89.6 527 4.2 3.7- 4.7 951 7.0 6.4- 7.6
AGE
18-24 727 547 72.0 67.4-76.1 70 10.7 8.0-14.2 110 17.3 13.9-21.3
25-34 2,211 1,862 82.2 80.0-84.3 124 6.5 5.3- 7.9 225 11.3 9.6-13.2
35-44 2,976 2,678 87.9 86.2-89.4 108 4.4 3.5- 5.5 190 7.7 6.5- 9.1
45-54 2,960 2,746 91.3 89.9-92.6 82 3.6 2.7- 4.6 132 5.1 4.1- 6.3
55-64 2,714 2,487 91.1 89.6-92.4 80 3.1 2.4- 4.0 147 5.8 4.7- 7.1
65-74 2,018 1,796 88.0 86.1-89.7 86 4.8 3.7- 6.1 136 7.2 5.9- 8.8
75+ 1,573 1,197 76.4 73.8-78.8 105 6.3 5.0- 7.8 271 17.3 15.2-19.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,342 1,606 62.1 59.0-65.2 216 12.1 10.0-14.6 520 25.7 23.0-28.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,577 3,953 84.1 82.5-85.6 240 6.0 5.1- 7.1 384 9.9 8.6-11.3
Some Post-H.S. 3,745 3,476 91.0 89.4-92.4 101 3.7 2.8- 4.9 168 5.3 4.2- 6.6
College Graduate 4,559 4,322 94.0 93.1-94.9 98 2.5 2.0- 3.2 139 3.4 2.8- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,809 1,434 73.0 69.7-76.1 123 9.7 7.6-12.2 252 17.3 14.7-20.2
$15,000- 24,999 2,705 2,203 74.9 72.1-77.4 180 8.7 7.2-10.5 322 16.4 14.2-19.0
$25,000- 34,999 1,871 1,654 83.8 80.9-86.3 82 6.4 4.7- 8.7 135 9.8 8.0-12.1
$35,000- 49,999 2,084 1,923 92.0 90.3-93.4 62 3.0 2.2- 4.1 99 5.0 3.9- 6.5
$50,000-74,999 2,015 1,928 94.5 92.6-95.9 43 3.2 2.0- 5.0 44 2.3 1.6- 3.2
$75,000+ 2,565 2,449 94.8 93.6-95.8 38 1.9 1.3- 2.8 78 3.2 2.5- 4.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,726 4,068 85.6 84.1-87.0 220 5.1 4.3- 6.1 438 9.3 8.2-10.5
No 10,374 9,196 84.9 83.8-86.0 417 5.4 4.8- 6.2 761 9.6 8.8-10.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,015 1,762 88.7 87.1-90.2 104 4.4 3.6- 5.5 149 6.8 5.7- 8.2
Non-Veteran 13,224 11,605 84.4 83.4-85.4 554 5.6 5.0- 6.3 1,065 10.0 9.2-10.8

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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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