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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
GENDER
Male 5,417 4,419 80.4 78.9-81.9 422 7.7 6.8- 8.8 576 11.8 10.6-13.2
Female 9,818 8,279 83.4 82.3-84.4 521 5.6 5.0- 6.3 1,018 11.0 10.2-11.9
RACE
White 11,516 9,960 86.6 85.7-87.4 594 5.4 4.8- 6.0 962 8.1 7.4- 8.8
African American 2,619 2,057 77.3 74.9-79.6 221 8.8 7.3-10.5 341 13.9 12.1-16.0
Asian 97 73 70.1 57.4-80.3 7 8.8 3.7-19.5 17 21.1 12.5-33.5
Native American 270 208 76.9 70.0-82.6 26 11.1 7.1-17.0 36 12.0 8.0-17.4
Other Minorities 684 364 51.3 46.0-56.6 91 12.5 9.6-16.0 229 36.2 31.2-41.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 805 432 49.3 44.6-54.1 116 14.5 11.5-18.2 257 36.1 31.6-40.9
-English Speaking 241 174 71.0 62.9-77.9 37 14.1 9.5-20.3 30 15.0 9.7-22.5
-Spanish Speaking 564 258 43.2 37.8-48.8 79 14.7 11.2-19.1 227 42.1 36.6-47.8
Non-Hispanic 14,419 12,259 85.2 84.4-86.0 827 5.8 5.3- 6.4 1,333 8.9 8.3- 9.6
AGE
18-24 727 555 74.1 69.7-78.1 63 9.2 6.7-12.5 109 16.7 13.4-20.6
25-34 2,211 1,796 80.2 77.9-82.3 138 6.0 4.8- 7.3 277 13.9 12.0-15.9
35-44 2,972 2,552 84.3 82.5-86.0 182 6.8 5.7- 8.1 238 8.9 7.6-10.3
45-54 2,959 2,604 87.1 85.5-88.6 141 5.3 4.3- 6.5 214 7.6 6.5- 8.9
55-64 2,713 2,358 87.0 85.3-88.5 124 4.7 3.8- 5.8 231 8.3 7.1- 9.8
65-74 2,013 1,681 84.2 82.2-86.0 124 6.5 5.3- 8.0 208 9.3 7.9-10.8
75+ 1,570 1,098 69.0 66.2-71.7 168 10.6 8.9-12.6 304 20.4 18.1-22.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,338 1,512 60.4 57.3-63.5 267 12.9 10.9-15.3 559 26.6 23.9-29.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,571 3,754 81.5 79.8-83.0 333 7.5 6.5- 8.7 484 11.0 9.8-12.3
Some Post-H.S. 3,743 3,255 87.2 85.5-88.7 193 4.9 3.9- 6.0 295 7.9 6.7- 9.3
College Graduate 4,557 4,162 90.5 89.3-91.5 147 3.6 2.9- 4.3 248 6.0 5.1- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,805 1,337 71.8 68.6-74.8 173 10.4 8.4-12.7 295 17.8 15.3-20.6
$15,000- 24,999 2,702 2,074 71.9 69.1-74.6 240 9.5 7.9-11.4 388 18.6 16.2-21.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,870 1,565 81.5 78.9-83.9 118 6.8 5.4- 8.4 187 11.7 9.7-14.0
$35,000- 49,999 2,084 1,843 88.0 86.1-89.8 92 4.4 3.4- 5.7 149 7.5 6.1- 9.2
$50,000-74,999 2,015 1,817 88.9 86.8-90.7 80 5.0 3.7- 6.8 118 6.1 4.9- 7.6
$75,000+ 2,563 2,373 92.2 90.8-93.5 76 3.2 2.4- 4.2 114 4.5 3.7- 5.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,724 3,793 80.6 78.9-82.1 335 7.1 6.1- 8.2 596 12.3 11.0-13.7
No 10,371 8,819 82.7 81.5-83.7 587 6.3 5.6- 7.0 965 11.0 10.1-12.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,012 1,689 85.5 83.6-87.2 145 6.6 5.4- 7.9 178 7.9 6.7- 9.4
Non-Veteran 13,213 11,003 81.4 80.4-82.4 798 6.6 6.0- 7.3 1,412 11.9 11.1-12.8

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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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