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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-WHITES

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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 11,531 10,120 88.1 87.2-88.8 755 6.6 6.0- 7.3 656 5.3 4.8- 5.9
GENDER
Male 4,209 3,608 86.7 85.3-88.0 350 7.7 6.7- 8.8 251 5.6 4.8- 6.6
Female 7,322 6,512 89.3 88.3-90.2 405 5.6 4.9- 6.4 405 5.1 4.5- 5.8
AGE
18-24 459 386 85.2 80.9-88.7 43 8.5 6.0-12.1 30 6.2 4.0- 9.5
25-34 1,445 1,263 87.4 85.0-89.4 92 6.9 5.4- 8.9 90 5.7 4.5- 7.3
35-44 2,137 1,941 90.7 89.1-92.1 100 4.5 3.6- 5.7 96 4.8 3.8- 6.0
45-54 2,242 2,051 91.8 90.4-93.0 119 5.3 4.3- 6.5 72 2.9 2.2- 3.8
55-64 2,176 1,950 89.6 88.0-91.1 126 5.8 4.7- 7.1 100 4.6 3.6- 5.8
65-74 1,668 1,446 86.4 84.3-88.3 119 8.0 6.6- 9.8 103 5.5 4.4- 6.9
75+ 1,356 1,043 77.5 74.8-80.0 150 11.0 9.1-13.1 163 11.5 9.7-13.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,397 1,083 78.9 75.7-81.7 141 10.1 8.1-12.4 173 11.1 9.0-13.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,382 2,917 86.2 84.5-87.8 274 8.5 7.2-10.0 191 5.3 4.4- 6.4
Some Post-H.S. 2,921 2,625 89.9 88.3-91.3 164 5.8 4.8- 7.1 132 4.3 3.4- 5.5
College Graduate 3,814 3,480 91.5 90.3-92.5 175 4.4 3.7- 5.2 159 4.1 3.4- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,091 882 79.0 74.7-82.7 101 10.1 7.5-13.4 108 10.9 8.1-14.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,741 1,470 85.4 83.1-87.5 143 7.9 6.5- 9.7 128 6.6 5.2- 8.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,348 1,195 86.6 83.6-89.1 81 8.0 5.8-10.7 72 5.5 4.1- 7.2
$35,000- 49,999 1,717 1,541 90.3 88.5-91.9 104 5.5 4.4- 6.9 72 4.1 3.1- 5.4
$50,000-74,999 1,732 1,570 90.1 88.2-91.7 93 6.2 4.9- 7.9 69 3.6 2.8- 4.7
$75,000+ 2,267 2,105 92.9 91.5-94.1 104 4.3 3.4- 5.5 58 2.8 2.1- 3.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,496 2,964 85.1 83.3-86.7 262 7.7 6.5- 9.2 270 7.2 6.1- 8.5
No 7,942 7,094 89.3 88.4-90.2 475 6.1 5.4- 6.8 373 4.6 4.0- 5.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,650 1,395 85.8 83.5-87.7 160 9.3 7.7-11.2 95 5.0 3.9- 6.3
Non-Veteran 9,876 8,721 88.5 87.6-89.3 595 6.1 5.5- 6.8 560 5.4 4.8- 6.0

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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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