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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Northeastern Partnership 1,045 944 90.3 87.5-92.5 50 4.7 3.2- 6.8 51 5.0 3.4- 7.2
GENDER
Male 369 330 89.7 84.8-93.2 22 5.3 3.0- 9.2 17 5.0 2.7- 9.2
Female 676 614 90.9 87.8-93.2 28 4.1 2.7- 6.4 34 5.0 3.3- 7.5
RACE
White 626 588 94.4 91.2-96.5 19 3.2 1.6- 6.4 19 2.3 1.3- 4.2
African American 366 315 85.3 79.6-89.6 25 6.1 3.9- 9.5 26 8.5 5.1-14.1
Other Minorities 49 38 79.0 62.9-89.3 6 10.6 4.2-24.4 5 10.4 3.7-26.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 27 75.3 55.5-88.2 4 12.9 4.6-31.3 4 11.8 3.9-30.6
Non-Hispanic 1,010 917 91.3 88.6-93.4 46 4.2 2.8- 6.2 47 4.6 3.1- 6.7
AGE
18-24 32 22 72.9 53.4-86.3 5 12.8 4.6-30.8 5 14.3 5.5-32.2
25-34 117 111 92.9 83.8-97.1 3 3.4 1.0-10.5 3 3.7 1.0-13.1
35-44 169 161 96.3 92.4-98.3 6 3.0 1.3- 7.0 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6
45-54 231 219 95.9 91.9-98.0 8 2.1 0.9- 4.6 4 2.0 0.7- 6.2
55-64 216 197 91.7 86.3-95.0 11 5.2 2.7-10.0 8 3.1 1.3- 7.0
65-74 150 131 89.0 82.3-93.4 7 3.7 1.6- 8.2 12 7.3 3.8-13.5
75+ 125 98 78.2 68.8-85.3 10 8.4 4.3-15.8 17 13.4 7.8-22.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 208 162 78.0 69.5-84.6 22 9.3 5.7-15.0 24 12.7 7.4-21.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 391 358 92.4 88.6-95.1 19 4.1 2.4- 7.0 14 3.4 1.7- 6.7
Some Post-H.S. 229 216 91.6 82.9-96.1 6 4.7 1.5-13.7 7 3.7 1.3-10.0
College Graduate 215 208 97.3 94.1-98.8 3 1.2 0.4- 4.2 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 173 148 87.9 81.2-92.4 11 5.0 2.4-10.2 14 7.2 3.9-12.9
$15,000- 24,999 199 173 82.2 72.4-89.0 20 12.5 7.0-21.4 6 5.3 2.0-13.5
$25,000- 34,999 139 132 95.8 90.0-98.3 4 2.1 0.7- 5.8 3 2.1 0.5- 8.5
$35,000- 49,999 116 113 97.7 92.8-99.3 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4
$50,000-74,999 120 116 97.7 93.7-99.2 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
$75,000+ 123 121 98.8 95.3-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 419 366 88.9 84.8-92.0 26 5.5 3.5- 8.6 27 5.6 3.4- 9.0
No 617 571 91.1 87.3-93.9 23 4.2 2.4- 7.2 23 4.7 2.7- 7.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 126 91.0 84.6-94.9 11 5.4 2.8-10.2 6 3.6 1.3- 9.6
Non-Veteran 897 816 90.3 87.2-92.8 39 4.6 3.0- 7.0 42 5.1 3.3- 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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