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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-MALES

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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 5,429 4,524 83.1 81.7-84.5 494 8.2 7.4- 9.2 411 8.6 7.6- 9.8
RACE
White 4,209 3,608 86.7 85.3-88.0 350 7.7 6.7- 8.8 251 5.6 4.8- 6.6
African American 775 615 81.2 77.6-84.4 90 9.9 7.8-12.5 70 8.9 6.6-11.9
Asian 33 24 68.7 47.2-84.3 5 12.9 4.5-31.4 4 18.5 6.6-42.1
Native American 95 70 71.7 59.7-81.2 18 21.5 13.0-33.5 7 6.8 3.1-14.4
Other Minorities 297 194 63.1 55.4-70.2 27 7.4 4.6-11.5 76 29.6 22.9-37.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 337 211 61.9 55.0-68.4 39 8.6 5.9-12.4 87 29.5 23.4-36.4
-English Speaking 84 54 64.5 51.2-75.9 17 19.4 11.4-31.1 13 16.1 8.3-28.9
-Spanish Speaking 253 157 61.4 53.4-68.8 22 6.2 3.7-10.3 74 32.4 25.3-40.4
Non-Hispanic 5,090 4,312 85.8 84.6-87.0 455 8.2 7.3- 9.2 323 6.0 5.2- 6.9
AGE
18-24 268 207 78.3 71.8-83.6 28 7.6 4.9-11.5 33 14.1 9.6-20.2
25-34 795 651 81.5 78.0-84.6 67 8.5 6.5-11.2 77 10.0 7.7-12.9
35-44 1,052 905 85.3 82.6-87.7 76 6.7 5.2- 8.6 71 8.0 6.2-10.3
45-54 1,083 960 88.8 86.3-90.9 72 6.1 4.6- 7.9 51 5.1 3.6- 7.2
55-64 1,018 864 85.5 82.8-87.9 95 8.7 6.9-10.9 59 5.8 4.3- 7.7
65-74 706 577 81.6 78.2-84.6 76 11.6 9.2-14.6 53 6.8 5.0- 9.1
75+ 490 350 71.6 66.6-76.1 77 16.4 12.8-20.8 63 12.0 9.1-15.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 881 635 71.0 66.5-75.2 101 9.2 7.1-11.8 145 19.8 16.0-24.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,622 1,339 82.7 80.1-85.0 170 9.8 8.1-11.9 113 7.4 5.9- 9.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,192 1,033 86.8 83.8-89.4 94 7.1 5.5- 9.0 65 6.1 4.2- 8.9
College Graduate 1,725 1,511 88.5 86.6-90.2 127 6.8 5.6- 8.4 87 4.6 3.6- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 477 349 70.9 64.7-76.4 54 10.2 7.3-14.1 74 18.8 14.0-24.9
$15,000- 24,999 884 676 74.0 69.5-78.1 97 8.9 6.9-11.5 111 17.0 13.3-21.5
$25,000- 34,999 682 573 82.4 78.1-86.1 71 12.3 9.1-16.4 38 5.3 3.7- 7.6
$35,000- 49,999 819 701 87.1 84.2-89.6 70 6.8 5.1- 9.0 48 6.0 4.3- 8.4
$50,000-74,999 825 735 89.2 86.4-91.5 62 7.8 5.8-10.3 28 3.0 2.0- 4.5
$75,000+ 1,102 998 91.5 89.3-93.2 65 5.2 3.8- 7.0 39 3.3 2.3- 4.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,600 1,273 80.1 77.2-82.7 170 9.9 8.1-12.0 157 10.0 8.0-12.4
No 3,761 3,200 84.2 82.5-85.7 316 7.7 6.7- 8.8 245 8.1 6.9- 9.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,821 1,507 84.4 82.3-86.3 202 10.3 8.8-12.2 112 5.2 4.2- 6.5
Non-Veteran 3,601 3,014 82.7 81.0-84.4 292 7.5 6.5- 8.7 295 9.7 8.4-11.3

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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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