BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,216	969	4.3	4.0- 4.6	16,247	95.7	95.4-96.0
-Northeast Partnership I	516	43	6.8	4.9- 9.5	473	93.2	90.5-95.1
GENDER
Male	181	21	7.9	4.9-12.7	160	92.1	87.3-95.1
Female	335	22	5.8	3.7- 9.0	313	94.2	91.0-96.3
RACE
White	236	27	8.7	5.7-13.1	209	91.3	86.9-94.3
Other	275	15	5.1	2.9- 9.0	260	94.9	91.0-97.1
AGE
18-44	142	3	1.7	0.5- 5.3	139	98.3	94.7-99.5
45+	372	40	9.9	7.0-13.8	332	90.1	86.2-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	321	33	8.2	5.5-12.0	288	91.8	88.0-94.5
Some College +	193	10	4.6	2.4- 8.6	183	95.4	91.4-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	334	29	7.5	4.9-11.2	305	92.5	88.8-95.1
$50,000+	92	2	1.5	0.4- 6.0	90	98.5	94.0-99.6

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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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,216	969	4.3	4.0- 4.6	16,247	95.7	95.4-96.0
-Northeast Partnership I	516	43	6.8	4.9- 9.5	473	93.2	90.5-95.1
GENDER
Male	181	21	7.9	4.9-12.7	160	92.1	87.3-95.1
Female	335	22	5.8	3.7- 9.0	313	94.2	91.0-96.3
RACE
White	236	27	8.7	5.7-13.1	209	91.3	86.9-94.3
Other	275	15	5.1	2.9- 9.0	260	94.9	91.0-97.1
AGE
18-44	142	3	1.7	0.5- 5.3	139	98.3	94.7-99.5
45+	372	40	9.9	7.0-13.8	332	90.1	86.2-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	321	33	8.2	5.5-12.0	288	91.8	88.0-94.5
Some College +	193	10	4.6	2.4- 8.6	183	95.4	91.4-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	334	29	7.5	4.9-11.2	305	92.5	88.8-95.1
$50,000+	92	2	1.5	0.4- 6.0	90	98.5	94.0-99.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction?