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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Heart Attack and Stroke

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Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Northeast Partnership I 451 288 65.7 59.8-71.1 60 12.8 9.3-17.3 103 21.6 17.2-26.7
GENDER
Male 158 100 63.5 53.5-72.4 25 16.9 10.8-25.5 33 19.6 13.1-28.3
Female 293 188 67.8 61.4-73.6 35 8.7 6.0-12.4 70 23.5 18.2-29.7
RACE
White 215 154 75.0 67.5-81.3 21 8.1 4.9-13.2 40 16.9 11.8-23.5
Other 232 133 57.4 49.1-65.3 37 16.7 11.2-24.3 62 25.9 19.3-33.7
AGE
18-44 130 90 69.0 57.9-78.3 15 12.3 6.7-21.4 25 18.7 11.6-28.8
45+ 320 197 63.3 56.6-69.5 45 13.2 9.1-18.6 78 23.5 18.5-29.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 159 60.1 52.1-67.5 43 13.1 9.1-18.4 75 26.9 20.6-34.3
Some College + 172 129 75.5 66.3-82.9 17 12.4 6.6-22.1 26 12.1 7.8-18.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 179 63.5 55.7-70.7 45 15.6 10.7-22.1 63 20.9 15.4-27.7
$50,000+ 83 67 80.3 69.0-88.3 6 6.2 2.6-13.9 10 13.5 6.9-24.6

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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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