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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Northeast Partnership II 453 419 92.8 89.5-95.1 17 3.5 2.0- 5.9 17 3.8 2.2- 6.4
GENDER
Male 152 141 94.5 89.5-97.2 6 2.7 1.1- 6.4 5 2.8 1.0- 7.4
Female 301 278 91.3 86.4-94.5 11 4.1 2.0- 8.1 12 4.6 2.4- 8.6
RACE
White 288 276 96.9 94.4-98.3 6 1.5 0.6- 3.6 6 1.6 0.7- 3.7
Other 165 143 87.5 80.6-92.1 11 5.9 3.0-11.4 11 6.6 3.4-12.4
AGE
18-44 140 133 94.3 88.1-97.4 4 3.3 1.2- 8.7 3 2.4 0.7- 7.8
45+ 310 283 91.6 87.3-94.5 13 3.6 1.9- 6.7 14 4.8 2.6- 8.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 231 91.0 86.4-94.1 13 4.2 2.3- 7.8 14 4.8 2.6- 8.6
Some College + 195 188 95.4 89.6-98.0 4 2.4 0.7- 7.2 3 2.3 0.6- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 252 92.5 87.9-95.4 12 4.9 2.6- 9.0 8 2.7 1.2- 5.8
$50,000+ 110 109 99.3 95.2-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8

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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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