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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Northeast Partnership I 451 369 80.1 74.8-84.6 38 9.4 6.4-13.5 44 10.5 7.2-15.1
GENDER
Male 158 126 79.4 70.7-86.1 19 13.4 8.3-21.1 13 7.1 3.5-14.0
Female 293 243 80.8 74.0-86.1 19 5.4 3.2- 8.9 31 13.9 9.1-20.7
RACE
White 215 191 87.5 80.0-92.4 12 6.9 3.5-13.1 12 5.6 2.5-12.0
Other 232 176 73.7 65.7-80.3 25 11.4 7.2-17.6 31 14.9 9.7-22.1
AGE
18-44 130 108 76.9 65.7-85.2 13 12.1 6.6-21.0 9 11.0 5.2-21.7
45+ 320 260 82.2 76.8-86.5 25 7.6 4.8-11.8 35 10.2 7.0-14.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 212 73.2 65.4-79.7 33 13.1 8.7-19.2 32 13.8 8.9-20.7
Some College + 172 157 92.3 86.8-95.7 5 3.3 1.3- 8.2 10 4.4 2.1- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 238 80.8 73.9-86.2 28 10.8 6.9-16.4 21 8.4 4.9-14.1
$50,000+ 83 76 91.5 81.9-96.2 3 4.0 1.1-12.9 4 4.5 1.5-12.9

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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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