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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 15,237 5,755 38.0 37.0-39.1 5,667 37.7 36.6-38.8 3,815 24.3 23.4-25.2
-Northeast Partnership I 450 190 41.8 36.1-47.8 145 35.6 29.6-42.0 115 22.6 18.2-27.7
GENDER
Male 158 69 43.1 33.6-53.0 56 41.9 31.9-52.6 33 15.0 9.9-22.2
Female 292 121 40.6 34.2-47.3 89 29.3 23.7-35.6 82 30.1 24.0-37.1
RACE
White 215 88 38.9 30.8-47.8 73 39.5 30.2-49.6 54 21.6 15.7-29.0
Other 231 99 44.1 36.2-52.2 71 32.2 25.0-40.3 61 23.7 17.7-31.1
AGE
18-44 130 56 39.8 29.6-50.9 51 42.4 31.3-54.3 23 17.9 10.9-27.9
45+ 319 133 43.0 36.5-49.7 94 31.2 25.0-38.2 92 25.8 20.7-31.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 126 44.2 36.5-52.3 79 32.6 24.7-41.6 71 23.2 17.4-30.3
Some College + 172 64 38.1 29.9-47.0 66 40.9 32.4-50.0 42 21.0 15.2-28.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 286 127 43.1 35.6-51.0 91 36.4 28.5-45.1 68 20.5 15.4-26.8
$50,000+ 83 29 38.7 27.5-51.1 40 45.4 33.9-57.4 14 15.9 9.1-26.3

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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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