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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Northeast Partnership I 451 375 81.1 75.7-85.5 28 7.6 4.8-11.8 48 11.3 7.9-15.8
GENDER
Male 158 123 77.8 68.7-84.9 13 10.9 6.0-19.0 22 11.3 6.6-18.5
Female 293 252 84.4 78.0-89.2 15 4.3 2.5- 7.5 26 11.3 7.0-17.7
RACE
White 215 194 88.5 81.0-93.3 7 4.7 2.0-10.8 14 6.7 3.3-13.4
Other 232 178 74.4 66.4-81.0 21 10.3 6.1-17.0 33 15.3 10.2-22.4
AGE
18-44 130 109 79.8 69.0-87.5 6 6.3 2.6-14.5 15 13.9 7.6-24.0
45+ 320 265 81.9 75.9-86.7 22 8.5 5.1-13.9 33 9.6 6.4-14.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 216 74.0 66.2-80.5 27 11.7 7.4-18.1 34 14.3 9.4-21.0
Some College + 172 159 93.7 88.1-96.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 12 5.5 2.7-10.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 234 80.7 73.8-86.1 24 9.1 5.5-14.7 29 10.2 6.4-15.8
$50,000+ 83 80 96.6 88.7-99.0 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 2 1.9 0.4- 9.1

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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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