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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Northeast Partnership II 451 389 83.8 78.7-87.8 19 4.5 2.4- 8.3 43 11.7 8.3-16.1
GENDER
Male 152 126 83.1 74.8-89.0 7 4.1 1.7- 9.8 19 12.8 7.7-20.6
Female 299 263 84.4 77.7-89.4 12 4.9 2.1-11.1 24 10.6 6.8-16.2
RACE
White 287 254 87.3 81.0-91.7 11 4.2 1.7-10.0 22 8.6 5.2-13.7
Other 164 135 79.3 70.5-86.0 8 5.0 2.2-11.3 21 15.6 9.8-23.9
AGE
18-44 140 123 81.6 71.7-88.6 4 5.5 1.9-15.0 13 12.9 7.4-21.5
45+ 308 264 85.5 80.0-89.6 15 3.9 2.1- 7.0 29 10.6 7.0-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 207 78.8 71.8-84.5 13 4.9 2.5- 9.5 36 16.3 11.3-22.9
Some College + 195 182 90.9 82.6-95.5 6 4.0 1.2-12.8 7 5.1 2.2-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 233 82.0 74.8-87.5 13 6.8 3.4-13.1 25 11.2 7.2-17.2
$50,000+ 109 105 97.3 92.3-99.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 3 2.3 0.7- 7.6

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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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