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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Northeast Partnership I 449 289 65.7 59.8-71.3 60 14.3 10.6-19.1 100 20.0 15.6-25.3
GENDER
Male 157 100 66.7 56.7-75.4 26 17.7 11.5-26.4 31 15.5 9.5-24.3
Female 292 189 64.8 57.9-71.1 34 10.9 7.4-15.8 69 24.4 18.7-31.1
RACE
White 215 149 69.4 60.3-77.2 28 12.8 8.2-19.4 38 17.8 11.4-26.5
Other 230 139 62.6 54.5-70.1 32 15.8 10.4-23.2 59 21.6 15.9-28.6
AGE
18-44 129 88 67.3 56.0-77.0 18 16.0 9.3-26.1 23 16.7 10.0-26.6
45+ 319 201 65.0 58.2-71.2 41 12.8 9.0-17.8 77 22.2 16.9-28.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 275 166 62.5 54.4-69.9 39 14.9 10.3-21.1 70 22.6 16.5-30.2
Some College + 172 123 71.7 62.7-79.3 21 13.4 7.8-22.0 28 14.9 9.8-22.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 285 173 60.7 52.7-68.2 44 18.1 12.8-25.1 68 21.1 15.5-28.1
$50,000+ 83 69 86.1 75.5-92.6 8 7.2 3.4-14.6 6 6.7 2.3-17.9

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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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