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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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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%)
TOTAL 2,077 1,715 82.1 79.3-84.7 203 11.0 8.9-13.7 159 6.8 5.4- 8.6
GENDER
Male 643 527 80.6 75.3-85.0 71 13.7 9.8-19.0 45 5.7 3.8- 8.4
Female 1,434 1,188 83.6 80.7-86.1 132 8.6 7.0-10.6 114 7.8 5.9-10.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 15 64.7 32.4-87.5 3 21.1 4.4-60.5 2 14.3 2.6-50.5
-English Speaking 20 15 64.7 32.4-87.5 3 21.1 4.4-60.5 2 14.3 2.6-50.5
Non-Hispanic 2,048 1,693 82.3 79.4-84.8 200 11.0 8.8-13.6 155 6.7 5.3- 8.5
AGE
18-24 96 81 83.1 71.5-90.6 10 11.2 5.4-21.5 5 5.7 1.8-16.4
25-34 253 221 84.1 73.5-91.0 22 11.4 5.3-22.8 10 4.4 2.0- 9.4
35-44 350 311 87.2 81.6-91.3 24 8.1 4.8-13.3 15 4.7 2.6- 8.3
45-54 446 383 83.5 77.4-88.2 37 10.5 6.8-15.9 26 6.0 3.3-10.7
55-64 435 352 82.1 76.8-86.4 46 10.8 7.3-15.7 37 7.1 4.7-10.5
65-74 307 238 74.8 68.0-80.6 36 14.8 10.1-21.1 33 10.3 6.9-15.2
75+ 176 118 65.9 56.4-74.2 26 15.5 10.1-23.2 32 18.6 12.2-27.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 423 299 73.1 66.4-78.8 64 17.0 12.0-23.4 60 10.0 7.2-13.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 698 578 83.2 78.8-86.8 69 11.3 8.2-15.3 51 5.6 3.8- 8.1
Some Post-H.S. 553 478 81.3 73.6-87.1 46 10.8 6.2-18.4 29 7.9 4.6-13.2
College Graduate 401 358 90.0 85.9-93.0 24 5.4 3.4- 8.6 19 4.6 2.7- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 345 257 72.7 65.1-79.2 37 13.7 8.8-20.6 51 13.6 9.3-19.5
$15,000- 24,999 465 373 76.2 67.3-83.3 56 16.8 10.2-26.6 36 7.0 4.6-10.5
$25,000- 34,999 304 267 88.3 82.3-92.5 23 6.4 3.8-10.3 14 5.3 2.5-11.1
$35,000- 49,999 282 248 87.5 81.4-91.8 22 9.8 5.9-15.9 12 2.6 1.3- 5.3
$50,000-74,999 204 181 88.1 80.5-93.0 17 7.9 4.5-13.7 6 3.9 1.2-11.9
$75,000+ 166 148 87.6 77.0-93.7 10 4.9 2.3-10.1 8 7.5 2.6-19.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 790 621 75.7 69.5-81.0 80 14.3 9.5-21.0 89 10.0 7.5-13.2
No 1,240 1,056 85.5 82.4-88.1 116 9.1 7.2-11.6 68 5.4 3.7- 7.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 269 233 85.3 78.5-90.2 23 10.1 6.0-16.6 13 4.6 2.3- 8.7
Non-Veteran 1,808 1,482 81.7 78.5-84.5 180 11.2 8.8-14.1 146 7.2 5.6- 9.1

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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.

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