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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Northeast Partnership II 451 285 64.3 58.9-69.5 57 12.7 9.5-16.8 109 23.0 18.7-27.9
GENDER
Male 152 90 63.4 54.2-71.7 26 14.4 9.3-21.7 36 22.2 15.6-30.5
Female 299 195 65.2 58.6-71.2 31 11.2 7.7-16.1 73 23.6 18.5-29.7
RACE
White 287 194 69.4 63.1-75.2 28 9.5 6.3-14.1 65 21.0 16.1-26.9
Other 164 91 57.8 48.4-66.7 29 16.8 11.2-24.4 44 25.4 18.3-34.1
AGE
18-44 140 102 72.3 63.0-80.0 9 6.1 3.0-12.0 29 21.6 14.7-30.6
45+ 308 181 58.4 51.6-64.8 47 17.5 12.8-23.4 80 24.1 19.1-30.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 131 54.8 47.3-62.2 45 16.8 12.2-22.8 80 28.3 22.2-35.4
Some College + 195 154 77.9 70.2-84.1 12 6.8 3.5-12.9 29 15.3 10.3-22.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 166 64.7 57.6-71.2 39 14.6 10.3-20.2 66 20.7 15.8-26.7
$50,000+ 109 85 73.7 62.7-82.4 6 6.0 2.4-14.6 18 20.2 12.6-30.9

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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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