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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Northeast Partnership I 451 391 85.4 80.1-89.4 30 7.0 4.5-10.6 30 7.7 4.6-12.5
GENDER
Male 158 133 83.1 73.7-89.6 14 8.4 4.5-15.1 11 8.5 3.9-17.7
Female 293 258 87.7 81.8-91.8 16 5.5 3.2- 9.4 19 6.8 3.6-12.3
RACE
White 215 194 89.8 82.6-94.2 10 4.7 2.1-10.0 11 5.5 2.4-12.2
Other 232 194 81.4 73.3-87.5 20 9.1 5.4-14.8 18 9.5 4.9-17.5
AGE
18-44 130 116 82.7 70.8-90.4 9 8.9 4.3-17.5 5 8.5 3.1-21.1
45+ 320 274 87.1 82.3-90.7 21 5.7 3.6- 9.0 25 7.2 4.4-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 229 81.1 73.8-86.7 26 9.8 6.1-15.3 22 9.1 5.1-15.7
Some College + 172 162 93.2 83.9-97.3 4 2.3 0.8- 6.4 6 4.5 1.3-15.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 248 84.5 77.4-89.7 22 7.4 4.4-12.2 17 8.1 4.2-15.0
$50,000+ 83 80 96.2 88.4-98.8 2 3.0 0.8-11.4 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1

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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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