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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 15,237 5,755 38.0 37.0-39.1 5,667 37.7 36.6-38.8 3,815 24.3 23.4-25.2
GENDER
Male 5,418 2,147 39.3 37.6-41.1 2,102 39.0 37.3-40.8 1,169 21.6 20.2-23.2
Female 9,819 3,608 36.8 35.5-38.0 3,565 36.5 35.3-37.7 2,646 26.8 25.6-27.9
RACE
White 11,517 4,134 36.8 35.6-38.0 4,521 39.8 38.6-41.0 2,862 23.4 22.4-24.4
African American 2,619 1,224 46.5 43.9-49.2 783 31.5 29.0-34.2 612 22.0 19.9-24.1
Asian 97 48 38.4 28.0-49.9 30 35.7 24.9-48.2 19 25.9 16.4-38.3
Native American 270 124 46.1 38.6-53.8 92 36.7 29.6-44.6 54 17.2 12.5-23.2
Other Minorities 685 207 29.8 25.2-34.8 224 31.6 26.8-36.8 254 38.6 33.5-44.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 806 239 28.3 24.3-32.6 277 34.4 30.0-39.0 290 37.3 32.8-42.1
-English Speaking 241 106 41.9 34.3-49.9 85 37.2 29.6-45.5 50 20.9 14.9-28.6
-Spanish Speaking 565 133 24.5 20.0-29.6 192 33.6 28.5-39.0 240 42.0 36.5-47.7
Non-Hispanic 14,420 5,513 39.0 37.9-40.1 5,387 38.0 37.0-39.1 3,520 22.9 22.1-23.9
AGE
18-24 727 316 41.6 37.1-46.3 251 35.3 30.8-40.1 160 23.1 19.4-27.3
25-34 2,211 854 37.9 35.4-40.5 852 39.5 36.9-42.0 505 22.7 20.5-24.9
35-44 2,973 1,087 36.7 34.6-38.9 1,259 41.2 39.1-43.4 627 22.1 20.2-24.1
45-54 2,960 1,092 37.3 35.1-39.5 1,204 40.4 38.2-42.6 664 22.3 20.5-24.3
55-64 2,713 955 35.2 33.0-37.4 1,060 39.4 37.2-41.7 698 25.4 23.4-27.5
65-74 2,012 784 38.5 36.0-41.1 624 31.9 29.5-34.3 604 29.6 27.3-32.0
75+ 1,571 634 41.7 38.8-44.7 401 24.5 22.1-27.1 536 33.8 31.1-36.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,339 933 37.2 34.3-40.2 619 28.5 25.7-31.6 787 34.3 31.4-37.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,571 1,886 41.6 39.7-43.7 1,439 32.7 30.7-34.6 1,246 25.7 24.0-27.4
Some Post-H.S. 3,743 1,484 40.3 38.2-42.5 1,413 37.9 35.8-40.0 846 21.8 20.1-23.7
College Graduate 4,558 1,444 32.9 31.2-34.6 2,190 48.0 46.2-49.8 924 19.1 17.7-20.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,804 799 42.6 39.4-46.0 488 29.3 26.2-32.5 517 28.1 25.1-31.2
$15,000- 24,999 2,703 1,135 42.0 39.2-44.8 819 28.6 26.2-31.1 749 29.4 26.8-32.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,870 726 38.5 35.4-41.7 679 38.4 35.2-41.8 465 23.1 20.7-25.7
$35,000- 49,999 2,084 787 38.1 35.5-40.9 822 40.0 37.2-42.8 475 21.9 19.7-24.2
$50,000-74,999 2,015 705 36.2 33.5-39.0 875 43.2 40.4-46.0 435 20.6 18.5-22.9
$75,000+ 2,564 779 31.9 29.7-34.2 1,295 50.2 47.9-52.6 490 17.9 16.2-19.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,724 1,929 40.6 38.6-42.5 1,536 33.8 31.9-35.8 1,259 25.6 24.0-27.4
No 10,370 3,768 37.1 35.9-38.4 4,087 39.2 38.0-40.5 2,515 23.6 22.5-24.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,012 836 42.0 39.2-44.8 757 38.3 35.6-41.0 419 19.8 17.7-21.9
Non-Veteran 13,215 4,916 37.4 36.3-38.6 4,908 37.6 36.5-38.8 3,391 25.0 23.9-26.0

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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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