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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Northeastern Partnership 1,040 644 60.5 56.4-64.4 152 17.0 14.0-20.5 244 22.6 19.5-26.0
GENDER
Male 368 208 58.2 51.5-64.6 66 19.8 14.8-26.0 94 22.0 17.3-27.6
Female 672 436 62.8 58.2-67.1 86 14.2 11.2-17.7 150 23.1 19.3-27.3
RACE
White 624 401 62.2 56.9-67.3 87 16.4 12.5-21.2 136 21.4 17.5-25.8
African American 364 213 57.5 50.7-64.0 58 18.7 14.0-24.6 93 23.8 18.6-29.9
Other Minorities 48 29 59.8 43.2-74.4 7 14.4 6.1-30.1 12 25.8 14.2-42.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 34 19 62.1 42.2-78.5 7 19.4 8.6-38.2 8 18.6 8.2-36.8
Non-Hispanic 1,006 625 60.4 56.3-64.3 145 16.8 13.8-20.4 236 22.8 19.6-26.3
AGE
18-24 32 14 47.7 28.6-67.6 7 23.8 10.2-46.3 11 28.5 15.0-47.3
25-34 117 72 61.3 50.5-71.2 20 18.5 11.4-28.5 25 20.2 13.2-29.5
35-44 168 111 62.5 53.2-71.0 24 16.6 10.8-24.7 33 20.9 14.2-29.6
45-54 229 151 66.4 58.4-73.6 34 14.6 9.9-21.0 44 19.0 13.3-26.4
55-64 215 137 62.7 54.7-70.0 31 16.8 11.5-23.9 47 20.5 14.9-27.5
65-74 149 93 62.9 53.8-71.2 13 9.8 5.4-17.1 43 27.3 20.1-35.9
75+ 125 64 49.2 39.5-59.0 22 21.0 13.5-31.1 39 29.8 21.7-39.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 206 102 50.9 41.7-60.1 33 15.7 10.4-22.9 71 33.4 25.2-42.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 388 236 60.2 53.3-66.8 58 17.5 12.5-24.0 94 22.3 17.4-28.0
Some Post-H.S. 229 156 64.7 56.1-72.5 32 17.3 11.2-25.7 41 18.0 12.6-25.0
College Graduate 215 150 65.9 57.9-73.0 29 16.9 11.4-24.2 36 17.3 12.1-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 90 54.6 44.7-64.2 20 14.0 8.1-23.2 62 31.4 23.5-40.5
$15,000- 24,999 198 124 60.2 50.2-69.4 40 25.3 17.5-35.0 34 14.5 9.4-21.7
$25,000- 34,999 138 91 64.0 51.3-75.0 17 15.7 7.6-29.9 30 20.3 12.8-30.5
$35,000- 49,999 116 80 68.3 58.3-76.9 15 13.8 8.1-22.5 21 17.9 11.5-26.7
$50,000-74,999 120 81 59.8 48.8-69.9 20 16.6 10.1-26.1 19 23.6 15.1-34.9
$75,000+ 122 87 69.7 59.4-78.3 17 17.9 10.9-28.0 18 12.4 7.4-20.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 418 248 58.5 51.9-64.8 57 15.9 10.9-22.6 113 25.6 20.7-31.2
No 616 395 61.8 56.6-66.7 95 17.6 14.0-21.9 126 20.6 16.7-25.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 83 61.4 51.2-70.6 27 18.6 12.4-27.0 33 20.0 13.3-29.0
Non-Veteran 892 559 60.3 55.8-64.5 125 16.8 13.5-20.7 208 22.9 19.5-26.7

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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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