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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Northeastern Partnership 1,042 857 78.8 74.8-82.4 97 12.3 9.3-16.1 88 8.9 6.8-11.6
GENDER
Male 369 288 74.0 66.9-80.0 51 18.0 12.7-25.0 30 8.0 5.0-12.6
Female 673 569 83.7 79.9-86.9 46 6.5 4.6- 9.2 58 9.8 7.2-13.1
RACE
White 624 546 84.4 78.8-88.7 45 11.3 7.3-17.1 33 4.3 2.8- 6.5
African American 365 276 72.9 66.4-78.6 45 13.9 9.8-19.5 44 13.1 9.1-18.7
Other Minorities 49 33 60.3 42.9-75.4 6 12.3 4.8-28.3 10 27.4 14.2-46.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 21 52.2 32.6-71.2 8 23.6 11.0-43.7 6 24.2 10.3-47.0
Non-Hispanic 1,007 836 80.5 76.5-84.0 89 11.6 8.5-15.5 82 7.9 6.0-10.3
AGE
18-24 32 16 47.3 28.5-67.0 8 33.1 15.9-56.4 8 19.6 9.0-37.3
25-34 117 99 81.7 71.9-88.7 12 12.1 6.6-20.9 6 6.2 2.6-13.9
35-44 169 145 80.7 70.9-87.8 14 9.9 5.3-17.8 10 9.4 4.4-18.9
45-54 229 202 88.3 81.9-92.6 18 8.4 4.7-14.6 9 3.3 1.5- 6.8
55-64 215 184 86.9 81.0-91.1 16 8.3 4.8-14.0 15 4.8 2.8- 8.1
65-74 150 122 80.0 71.4-86.5 17 12.0 7.1-19.6 11 8.1 4.2-14.8
75+ 125 85 67.7 57.6-76.3 12 10.4 5.2-19.5 28 22.0 14.9-31.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 208 143 63.4 53.9-72.0 28 15.1 9.7-22.8 37 21.5 14.4-30.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 388 312 76.2 68.6-82.4 49 16.6 11.0-24.4 27 7.2 4.5-11.3
Some Post-H.S. 229 206 86.7 78.0-92.3 13 9.5 4.6-18.6 10 3.7 1.7- 7.7
College Graduate 215 196 90.9 85.1-94.6 7 3.8 1.7- 8.3 12 5.2 2.5-10.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 173 127 64.9 53.9-74.5 22 17.5 10.3-28.2 24 17.6 10.5-28.1
$15,000- 24,999 199 160 71.8 60.3-81.1 29 22.1 13.4-34.2 10 6.1 2.9-12.3
$25,000- 34,999 138 121 84.2 69.6-92.6 12 14.0 6.0-29.4 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5
$35,000- 49,999 116 108 91.5 83.0-96.0 5 5.4 2.1-13.2 3 3.1 0.9-10.4
$50,000-74,999 120 108 88.8 79.3-94.2 7 7.0 2.9-15.8 5 4.3 1.5-11.8
$75,000+ 122 114 95.2 89.7-97.8 4 2.5 0.8- 7.6 4 2.4 0.8- 6.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 418 335 77.2 70.4-82.7 44 14.2 9.3-21.0 39 8.7 6.0-12.5
No 617 519 80.0 74.7-84.4 53 11.4 7.9-16.3 45 8.6 5.9-12.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 118 85.2 77.2-90.7 16 11.0 6.2-18.9 9 3.8 1.8- 7.6
Non-Veteran 894 737 77.7 73.1-81.8 81 12.6 9.2-17.0 76 9.7 7.2-12.8

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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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