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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Northeast Partnership II 451 366 78.3 73.0-82.8 50 13.4 9.7-18.3 35 8.3 5.6-12.0
GENDER
Male 152 115 73.9 64.5-81.5 25 18.7 12.1-27.7 12 7.4 3.9-13.7
Female 299 251 82.2 76.1-87.0 25 8.8 5.7-13.5 23 9.0 5.6-14.2
RACE
White 287 245 84.0 78.0-88.6 26 11.2 7.2-17.0 16 4.8 2.8- 8.3
Other 164 121 71.0 61.5-79.0 24 16.3 10.2-25.1 19 12.6 7.6-20.4
AGE
18-44 140 112 74.8 64.9-82.6 17 15.2 9.1-24.3 11 10.0 5.3-18.0
45+ 308 252 80.9 74.8-85.8 33 12.2 8.1-18.0 23 6.8 4.4-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 191 72.8 65.5-79.1 38 16.5 11.5-23.1 27 10.7 6.9-16.2
Some College + 195 175 86.1 77.4-91.8 12 9.1 4.5-17.5 8 4.8 2.1-10.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 220 78.5 71.4-84.2 35 16.7 11.4-23.7 16 4.9 2.8- 8.3
$50,000+ 109 101 90.4 79.6-95.8 5 5.8 1.9-16.2 3 3.8 1.0-12.9

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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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