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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Northeast Partnership II 453 202 38.9 33.7-44.4 152 36.7 31.4-42.3 99 24.4 19.5-30.0
GENDER
Male 152 50 30.5 22.5-40.0 61 41.2 32.3-50.7 41 28.3 20.2-38.0
Female 301 152 46.2 39.8-52.7 91 32.8 26.8-39.3 58 21.0 15.7-27.6
RACE
White 288 153 48.3 41.7-55.0 83 32.4 26.3-39.1 52 19.3 14.2-25.7
Other 165 49 26.9 19.2-36.2 69 42.2 33.3-51.8 47 30.9 22.4-40.9
AGE
18-44 140 59 40.4 31.3-50.2 54 37.3 28.7-46.9 27 22.3 14.8-32.1
45+ 310 142 38.0 32.0-44.4 97 36.1 29.7-43.0 71 25.9 19.9-33.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 105 37.1 30.1-44.6 87 36.6 29.7-44.0 66 26.4 19.9-34.1
Some College + 195 97 41.6 33.9-49.7 65 36.9 29.1-45.5 33 21.5 14.8-30.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 123 40.5 33.4-48.1 87 34.0 27.4-41.4 62 25.5 18.9-33.3
$50,000+ 110 52 41.0 31.5-51.3 39 37.1 27.5-47.8 19 21.9 13.7-32.9

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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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