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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Northeastern Partnership 1,040 821 80.5 77.1-83.5 87 8.2 6.1-11.0 132 11.3 9.1-13.9
GENDER
Male 368 290 81.0 75.1-85.8 38 9.6 6.0-14.9 40 9.4 6.4-13.6
Female 672 531 80.0 76.1-83.3 49 6.9 5.0- 9.4 92 13.1 10.3-16.6
RACE
White 624 524 85.5 81.1-89.0 43 7.2 4.4-11.6 57 7.3 5.3- 9.9
African American 364 265 74.6 68.5-79.8 37 10.0 7.0-14.2 62 15.4 11.1-20.9
Other Minorities 48 30 65.8 49.3-79.2 6 8.4 3.1-21.0 12 25.8 14.1-42.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 34 22 68.3 48.5-83.1 3 6.8 1.8-23.0 9 24.9 12.1-44.3
Non-Hispanic 1,006 799 81.3 77.8-84.3 84 8.3 6.1-11.2 123 10.4 8.3-12.9
AGE
18-24 32 22 68.9 47.2-84.5 2 10.6 2.0-41.0 8 20.5 9.6-38.5
25-34 117 101 87.2 79.1-92.4 8 6.8 3.3-13.4 8 6.1 2.8-12.8
35-44 168 143 86.1 79.0-91.1 13 6.6 3.7-11.6 12 7.3 3.7-13.9
45-54 229 188 83.0 76.7-88.0 19 8.2 4.9-13.3 22 8.8 5.5-13.9
55-64 215 177 86.5 81.0-90.5 10 4.8 2.4- 9.6 28 8.7 5.8-12.8
65-74 149 108 74.1 65.5-81.2 18 12.4 7.5-19.8 23 13.5 8.5-20.6
75+ 125 78 61.5 51.4-70.6 17 13.1 7.7-21.2 30 25.4 17.7-35.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 206 129 66.2 57.3-74.1 29 12.6 8.2-18.8 48 21.2 14.6-29.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 388 312 80.4 73.8-85.7 29 8.0 4.2-14.6 47 11.7 8.2-16.3
Some Post-H.S. 229 192 87.7 82.4-91.6 18 6.1 3.6-10.1 19 6.3 3.6-10.6
College Graduate 215 188 87.0 80.9-91.3 11 7.1 3.8-12.9 16 5.9 3.5- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 115 70.3 61.4-77.9 18 8.9 5.1-14.9 39 20.8 14.5-29.0
$15,000- 24,999 198 156 77.7 66.5-85.9 25 14.3 7.3-26.0 17 8.0 4.1-14.9
$25,000- 34,999 138 115 87.6 80.7-92.3 12 7.3 3.9-13.4 11 5.0 2.6- 9.6
$35,000- 49,999 116 109 92.1 84.0-96.3 3 4.0 1.2-11.9 4 3.9 1.5-10.2
$50,000-74,999 120 103 86.4 78.2-91.8 7 5.3 2.4-11.3 10 8.3 4.2-15.7
$75,000+ 122 113 94.3 88.8-97.2 4 2.8 1.0- 8.0 5 2.8 1.1- 6.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 418 314 78.6 73.6-82.9 37 8.2 5.6-11.7 67 13.2 9.9-17.5
No 616 504 81.7 77.0-85.5 49 8.3 5.5-12.3 63 10.1 7.4-13.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 116 84.2 76.7-89.5 15 9.0 5.2-15.1 12 6.8 3.6-12.6
Non-Veteran 892 703 79.9 76.1-83.3 72 8.2 5.8-11.4 117 11.9 9.5-14.9

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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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