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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,272 1,815 11.3 10.6-12.1 12,457 88.7 87.9-89.4
-Eastern NC 4,631 514 9.6 8.6-10.8 4,117 90.4 89.2-91.4
GENDER
Male 1,599 141 7.3 5.9- 9.0 1,458 92.7 91.0-94.1
Female 3,032 373 11.9 10.5-13.5 2,659 88.1 86.5-89.5
RACE
White 3,137 433 12.7 11.2-14.3 2,704 87.3 85.7-88.8
African American 1,048 51 4.3 3.0- 6.3 997 95.7 93.7-97.0
Other Minorities 427 27 3.9 2.5- 6.1 400 96.1 93.9-97.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 209 5 2.1 0.7- 5.6 204 97.9 94.4-99.3
Non-Hispanic 4,405 509 10.3 9.2-11.6 3,896 89.7 88.4-90.8
AGE
18-24 165 7 4.0 1.8- 8.9 158 96.0 91.1-98.2
25-34 536 39 6.3 4.2- 9.3 497 93.7 90.7-95.8
35-44 733 91 12.0 9.4-15.3 642 88.0 84.7-90.6
45-54 903 124 13.1 10.8-15.9 779 86.9 84.1-89.2
55-64 975 139 14.8 12.3-17.6 836 85.2 82.4-87.7
65-74 758 76 8.5 6.6-10.8 682 91.5 89.2-93.4
75+ 534 37 6.7 4.6- 9.7 497 93.3 90.3-95.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 704 33 3.7 2.2- 6.3 671 96.3 93.7-97.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,491 130 7.3 5.8- 9.2 1,361 92.7 90.8-94.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,229 153 10.8 8.7-13.2 1,076 89.2 86.8-91.3
College Graduate 1,200 198 15.7 13.3-18.5 1,002 84.3 81.5-86.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 524 20 2.7 1.6- 4.4 504 97.3 95.6-98.4
$15,000- 24,999 816 57 5.0 3.5- 7.0 759 95.0 93.0-96.5
$25,000- 34,999 572 56 8.9 6.1-12.7 516 91.1 87.3-93.9
$35,000- 49,999 651 82 9.6 7.3-12.4 569 90.4 87.6-92.7
$50,000-74,999 640 97 14.4 11.1-18.4 543 85.6 81.6-88.9
$75,000+ 782 147 16.2 13.4-19.5 635 83.8 80.5-86.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,771 173 8.7 7.2-10.6 1,598 91.3 89.4-92.8
No 2,780 338 10.3 9.0-11.9 2,442 89.7 88.1-91.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 767 77 9.4 7.1-12.3 690 90.6 87.7-92.9
Non-Veteran 3,863 437 9.7 8.6-11.0 3,426 90.3 89.0-91.4

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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.

** 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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