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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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Northeast Partnership I 451 236 51.4 45.2-57.5 125 26.5 21.6-31.9 90 22.2 16.7-28.9
GENDER
Male 158 80 47.7 37.8-57.7 48 28.9 20.9-38.4 30 23.4 14.5-35.5
Female 293 156 55.1 48.2-61.7 77 24.0 19.0-29.9 60 20.9 15.5-27.5
RACE
White 215 132 58.4 48.5-67.7 50 22.1 15.6-30.4 33 19.5 11.4-31.3
Other 232 102 44.8 37.0-52.9 75 30.7 24.0-38.3 55 24.5 17.7-32.8
AGE
18-44 130 73 48.8 37.7-60.1 41 27.4 19.3-37.2 16 23.8 13.2-39.0
45+ 320 162 52.9 46.1-59.5 84 26.0 20.2-32.7 74 21.2 16.5-26.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 122 43.1 35.4-51.1 90 30.0 23.4-37.4 65 26.9 19.3-36.3
Some College + 172 114 65.6 56.3-73.9 35 20.8 14.3-29.2 23 13.6 7.9-22.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 152 50.2 42.2-58.2 84 27.9 21.6-35.2 51 21.9 14.6-31.4
$50,000+ 83 54 64.3 51.7-75.2 23 27.1 17.6-39.3 6 8.6 3.4-20.1

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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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