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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Northeastern Partnership 1,046 475 41.2 37.4-45.2 345 36.7 32.8-40.8 226 22.1 18.9-25.6
GENDER
Male 369 134 34.3 28.2-40.9 145 42.6 36.1-49.4 90 23.1 18.2-28.9
Female 677 341 48.2 43.7-52.7 200 30.8 26.8-35.1 136 21.0 17.3-25.2
RACE
White 626 326 47.1 41.9-52.4 191 36.1 30.9-41.6 109 16.8 13.5-20.7
African American 367 128 32.5 26.6-39.0 137 37.9 31.8-44.5 102 29.6 23.5-36.6
Other Minorities 49 19 32.0 19.4-47.9 17 37.1 22.8-54.2 13 30.9 18.0-47.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 9 20.0 9.1-38.3 15 54.5 35.0-72.6 11 25.6 12.9-44.4
Non-Hispanic 1,011 466 42.6 38.6-46.7 330 35.6 31.7-39.7 215 21.8 18.6-25.4
AGE
18-24 32 7 27.5 12.6-50.0 14 42.5 24.2-63.1 11 30.0 15.9-49.2
25-34 117 48 43.4 32.8-54.8 46 38.0 28.3-48.7 23 18.6 12.0-27.7
35-44 169 71 37.0 29.1-45.7 70 45.4 36.5-54.6 28 17.6 11.5-26.0
45-54 231 108 39.5 32.3-47.2 85 42.1 34.2-50.4 38 18.4 12.4-26.6
55-64 216 114 55.3 47.5-62.8 56 25.0 18.9-32.2 46 19.7 14.5-26.3
65-74 150 80 49.5 40.5-58.7 34 24.6 17.5-33.5 36 25.8 18.4-34.9
75+ 126 46 35.8 27.1-45.5 39 29.0 21.2-38.4 41 35.2 26.1-45.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 209 82 34.6 26.9-43.2 59 30.1 22.3-39.2 68 35.3 26.6-45.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 391 164 41.2 34.5-48.3 144 39.5 32.9-46.5 83 19.3 14.9-24.6
Some Post-H.S. 229 115 41.9 34.2-50.1 75 39.2 30.9-48.1 39 18.9 13.1-26.5
College Graduate 215 113 47.3 39.7-55.0 67 34.9 27.7-42.9 35 17.8 12.5-24.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 173 70 36.2 27.7-45.6 53 37.9 28.2-48.8 50 25.9 18.6-34.8
$15,000- 24,999 200 88 35.3 27.0-44.6 74 40.3 30.7-50.8 38 24.4 16.4-34.7
$25,000- 34,999 139 72 57.4 45.7-68.3 43 27.9 19.2-38.5 24 14.8 9.1-23.1
$35,000- 49,999 116 65 54.6 44.4-64.5 33 29.3 20.8-39.4 18 16.1 10.0-25.1
$50,000-74,999 120 48 30.9 22.7-40.4 47 46.0 35.7-56.7 25 23.1 15.2-33.5
$75,000+ 123 70 55.0 44.8-64.8 40 34.7 25.4-45.2 13 10.3 5.8-17.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 419 187 44.7 38.3-51.3 133 33.8 28.2-39.8 99 21.6 17.2-26.7
No 617 285 39.6 34.9-44.6 209 38.2 33.1-43.5 123 22.2 18.1-26.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 56 41.9 31.6-52.9 55 38.1 28.8-48.5 32 20.0 13.4-28.7
Non-Veteran 898 418 41.1 37.0-45.4 288 36.5 32.2-41.0 192 22.4 18.9-26.3

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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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