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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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%)
North Carolina 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Northeast Partnership I 452 211 46.5 40.5-52.7 141 31.5 26.3-37.3 100 21.9 17.4-27.3
GENDER
Male 158 64 44.0 34.0-54.4 58 34.9 26.2-44.6 36 21.2 14.4-30.0
Female 294 147 49.1 42.4-55.8 83 28.2 22.6-34.6 64 22.7 17.1-29.4
RACE
White 215 116 52.7 43.5-61.7 64 31.4 23.6-40.4 35 15.8 10.7-22.9
Other 233 93 40.8 33.1-48.9 77 31.9 25.1-39.5 63 27.4 20.5-35.5
AGE
18-44 130 54 42.0 30.9-54.0 53 38.1 28.4-48.9 23 19.8 12.1-30.8
45+ 321 157 49.7 43.0-56.4 88 27.3 21.4-34.1 76 23.0 17.9-29.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 278 116 42.6 34.6-51.0 90 30.9 24.2-38.4 72 26.5 20.0-34.2
Some College + 172 94 53.1 44.2-61.8 51 32.9 24.9-41.9 27 14.0 9.3-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 288 139 49.5 41.6-57.5 88 30.2 23.6-37.6 61 20.3 14.9-27.1
$50,000+ 83 45 50.1 38.2-62.0 30 39.8 28.4-52.4 8 10.2 4.9-19.8

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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.

** 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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