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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Northeast Partnership I 451 128 28.7 23.7-34.3 190 42.6 36.5-48.8 133 28.7 23.7-34.3
GENDER
Male 158 48 29.0 21.2-38.2 64 45.3 35.3-55.7 46 25.8 18.3-34.9
Female 293 80 28.5 22.7-35.1 126 39.9 33.6-46.4 87 31.6 25.5-38.5
RACE
White 215 66 31.7 24.1-40.4 88 42.5 33.2-52.3 61 25.8 19.3-33.7
Other 232 62 26.3 20.0-33.7 99 42.3 34.6-50.4 71 31.4 24.3-39.6
AGE
18-44 130 43 31.6 22.6-42.2 59 45.6 34.4-57.2 28 22.9 14.8-33.7
45+ 320 84 26.5 21.1-32.8 131 40.8 34.3-47.6 105 32.7 26.8-39.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 73 25.7 19.6-32.9 118 43.4 35.3-51.8 86 30.9 24.1-38.7
Some College + 172 55 34.0 26.1-42.9 72 41.5 33.0-50.6 45 24.5 18.1-32.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 85 28.2 22.0-35.3 123 45.3 37.3-53.6 79 26.5 20.4-33.7
$50,000+ 83 24 31.7 21.4-44.2 40 45.2 33.6-57.3 19 23.2 14.6-34.7

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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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