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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Northeast Partnership I 451 370 80.5 74.1-85.6 40 10.8 6.6-17.3 41 8.7 5.9-12.6
GENDER
Male 158 123 75.3 63.8-84.1 18 15.1 7.7-27.5 17 9.6 5.2-17.0
Female 293 247 85.6 80.5-89.6 22 6.6 4.0-10.6 24 7.8 5.0-11.9
RACE
White 215 189 83.9 71.6-91.5 12 11.2 4.4-25.4 14 4.9 2.7- 8.7
Other 232 178 77.5 70.1-83.6 27 10.2 6.6-15.6 27 12.2 7.6-19.0
AGE
18-44 130 110 78.5 64.0-88.2 12 15.3 6.8-30.9 8 6.3 2.5-14.8
45+ 320 260 82.2 76.6-86.6 27 7.5 4.8-11.5 33 10.3 6.9-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 219 75.0 65.7-82.4 33 15.0 8.6-24.7 25 10.0 6.1-16.0
Some College + 172 151 90.3 84.8-94.0 7 3.9 1.7- 8.4 14 5.8 3.2-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 238 79.1 69.9-86.1 29 13.9 7.8-23.6 20 7.0 4.0-12.0
$50,000+ 83 76 90.9 81.4-95.8 4 5.2 1.9-13.3 3 3.9 1.1-12.8

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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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