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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Northeast Partnership II 451 269 57.7 52.1-63.2 72 17.8 13.9-22.5 110 24.5 20.0-29.6
GENDER
Male 152 76 54.0 44.5-63.1 28 17.0 11.3-24.8 48 29.0 21.5-38.0
Female 299 193 61.0 54.3-67.4 44 18.5 13.6-24.6 62 20.5 15.6-26.5
RACE
White 287 175 60.1 53.4-66.4 42 15.5 11.4-20.9 70 24.4 19.1-30.6
Other 164 94 54.7 45.1-64.0 30 20.7 14.0-29.4 40 24.6 17.4-33.6
AGE
18-44 140 86 57.7 47.9-66.9 23 17.7 11.6-26.1 31 24.5 17.0-34.0
45+ 308 181 57.6 50.8-64.1 49 18.0 13.3-23.9 78 24.4 19.3-30.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 135 53.4 45.7-60.9 47 19.9 14.5-26.6 74 26.7 20.7-33.7
Some College + 195 134 63.9 55.4-71.6 25 14.8 9.8-21.7 36 21.3 14.9-29.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 167 62.4 55.0-69.2 40 17.1 12.2-23.5 64 20.5 15.6-26.5
$50,000+ 109 71 57.5 46.5-67.8 18 18.3 11.5-27.9 20 24.2 15.4-35.9

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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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