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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Northeast Partnership II 453 131 32.6 27.4-38.2 192 41.5 36.1-47.1 130 26.0 21.3-31.2
GENDER
Male 152 48 37.1 28.4-46.8 74 44.1 35.0-53.5 30 18.8 12.1-28.1
Female 301 83 28.6 22.9-35.1 118 39.2 33.0-45.8 100 32.2 26.4-38.6
RACE
White 288 76 30.9 24.8-37.7 134 45.8 39.2-52.5 78 23.3 18.4-29.1
Other 165 55 34.8 26.2-44.5 58 35.9 27.3-45.4 52 29.4 21.3-39.0
AGE
18-44 140 60 45.4 35.9-55.2 47 32.2 24.1-41.6 33 22.4 15.6-31.1
45+ 310 69 22.8 17.9-28.7 145 48.5 41.8-55.3 96 28.6 22.7-35.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 67 29.7 23.0-37.4 105 41.5 34.3-49.1 86 28.8 22.3-36.2
Some College + 195 64 36.7 28.9-45.2 87 41.4 33.6-49.6 44 21.9 16.0-29.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 88 35.6 28.6-43.4 112 40.4 33.3-47.9 72 24.0 18.0-31.3
$50,000+ 110 32 35.0 25.4-45.9 52 44.1 34.2-54.6 26 20.9 13.9-30.2

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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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