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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Northeast Partnership I 449 356 81.4 76.4-85.4 37 7.9 5.4-11.4 56 10.8 7.6-15.0
GENDER
Male 157 125 83.1 75.2-88.9 16 9.6 5.6-16.2 16 7.2 3.7-13.7
Female 292 231 79.6 73.2-84.8 21 6.2 3.9- 9.6 40 14.3 9.7-20.5
RACE
White 215 186 87.8 81.3-92.2 14 5.9 3.3-10.2 15 6.3 3.1-12.4
Other 230 168 75.6 68.1-81.8 22 9.6 5.8-15.5 40 14.8 9.9-21.4
AGE
18-44 129 108 82.7 72.6-89.6 11 7.4 3.9-13.8 10 9.9 4.6-20.0
45+ 319 247 80.4 74.9-84.9 26 8.2 5.2-12.8 46 11.4 8.1-15.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 275 212 78.2 71.0-84.0 26 9.2 5.8-14.4 37 12.6 8.1-19.0
Some College + 172 144 87.3 81.3-91.5 11 5.7 3.0-10.6 17 7.1 4.2-11.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 285 230 84.0 78.2-88.4 24 7.0 4.4-10.8 31 9.1 5.6-14.2
$50,000+ 83 77 93.6 85.8-97.3 4 4.5 1.6-11.6 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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