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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Northeastern Partnership 1,042 850 80.9 77.2-84.1 98 9.7 7.2-13.0 94 9.4 7.3-12.1
GENDER
Male 369 293 79.2 72.6-84.6 43 11.7 7.5-17.9 33 9.0 5.8-13.8
Female 673 557 82.5 78.8-85.7 55 7.7 5.6-10.5 61 9.8 7.3-12.9
RACE
White 624 534 84.8 79.7-88.9 44 8.6 5.3-13.7 46 6.6 4.4- 9.6
African American 365 274 74.4 68.1-79.9 49 12.2 8.7-17.0 42 13.3 9.2-18.9
Other Minorities 49 39 78.1 61.4-88.8 4 6.7 2.1-19.1 6 15.2 6.4-32.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 26 76.1 56.7-88.6 3 6.0 1.6-20.3 6 17.8 7.3-37.4
Non-Hispanic 1,007 824 81.2 77.4-84.5 95 9.9 7.3-13.4 88 8.9 6.8-11.5
AGE
18-24 32 21 64.9 43.7-81.5 4 14.9 4.6-38.8 7 20.2 8.8-39.7
25-34 117 97 80.5 67.9-88.9 10 11.1 4.4-25.3 10 8.4 4.3-16.0
35-44 169 148 89.1 82.7-93.4 11 5.7 3.1-10.4 10 5.1 2.3-11.1
45-54 229 194 83.9 77.0-89.0 16 6.9 3.6-12.9 19 9.2 5.6-14.7
55-64 215 180 84.9 78.6-89.6 22 9.8 6.0-15.6 13 5.3 3.0- 9.4
65-74 150 114 76.4 67.8-83.3 23 14.5 9.2-22.2 13 9.1 5.1-15.8
75+ 125 93 75.2 66.0-82.6 11 10.4 5.6-18.7 21 14.4 9.1-21.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 208 149 72.9 64.3-80.1 25 9.4 5.9-14.6 34 17.7 11.6-26.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 388 308 78.0 70.8-83.8 50 13.8 8.8-21.1 30 8.2 5.4-12.3
Some Post-H.S. 229 200 84.7 76.4-90.5 13 6.8 3.4-13.2 16 8.4 4.2-16.2
College Graduate 215 193 90.8 85.8-94.2 10 5.1 2.7- 9.7 12 4.1 2.2- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 173 131 75.4 65.9-82.9 23 13.8 7.8-23.2 19 10.8 6.6-17.2
$15,000- 24,999 199 159 77.3 68.0-84.6 22 11.6 7.1-18.3 18 11.1 5.8-20.2
$25,000- 34,999 138 115 77.6 61.8-88.1 17 19.3 9.2-36.1 6 3.1 1.2- 7.7
$35,000- 49,999 116 109 94.6 88.8-97.5 3 2.1 0.6- 6.9 4 3.3 1.2- 8.5
$50,000-74,999 120 106 88.2 79.8-93.3 4 2.9 1.1- 7.7 10 8.9 4.4-17.2
$75,000+ 122 110 91.6 85.2-95.4 10 6.9 3.6-13.0 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 418 329 76.4 69.0-82.5 48 15.1 9.5-23.1 41 8.5 6.0-12.0
No 617 516 83.2 79.0-86.8 50 7.1 5.0- 9.9 51 9.7 6.8-13.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 112 76.9 64.6-85.8 23 19.3 10.9-32.0 8 3.8 1.6- 9.0
Non-Veteran 894 736 81.7 77.8-85.1 75 8.0 5.7-11.2 83 10.3 7.8-13.4

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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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