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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 14,299 8,773 63.5 62.2-64.7 3,186 21.9 20.8-22.9 2,340 14.7 13.8-15.6
GENDER
Male 5,154 3,177 62.7 60.7-64.8 1,244 24.0 22.3-25.9 733 13.3 11.8-14.8
Female 9,145 5,596 64.2 62.8-65.6 1,942 19.8 18.7-21.0 1,607 16.0 14.9-17.1
RACE
White 11,241 7,142 66.6 65.3-67.9 2,358 20.0 18.9-21.1 1,741 13.4 12.5-14.3
African American 2,080 1,102 57.7 54.5-60.9 572 26.2 23.3-29.3 406 16.0 14.0-18.3
Asian 96 45 41.8 29.7-55.0 32 37.5 25.2-51.7 19 20.6 11.9-33.3
Native American 269 164 64.4 55.8-72.1 55 21.2 14.8-29.4 50 14.4 9.9-20.5
Other Minorities 567 299 52.2 46.0-58.3 152 26.0 21.3-31.4 116 21.8 16.5-28.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 573 309 53.1 47.0-59.0 149 26.5 21.7-32.0 115 20.4 15.6-26.2
-English Speaking 232 125 53.0 44.0-61.9 71 35.4 27.0-44.7 36 11.6 7.8-17.0
-Spanish Speaking 341 184 53.1 45.5-60.5 78 23.4 17.7-30.1 79 23.6 17.4-31.1
Non-Hispanic 13,690 8,451 64.4 63.2-65.6 3,025 21.4 20.4-22.5 2,214 14.2 13.3-15.1
AGE
18-24 466 301 64.7 58.8-70.1 90 19.2 15.1-24.2 75 16.1 12.1-21.2
25-34 1,449 979 68.4 65.0-71.7 289 19.9 17.1-23.0 181 11.7 9.6-14.1
35-44 2,268 1,555 66.8 64.1-69.3 470 22.7 20.4-25.1 243 10.5 8.9-12.3
45-54 2,830 1,845 65.2 62.9-67.4 610 21.1 19.2-23.1 375 13.7 12.1-15.5
55-64 2,995 1,847 62.7 60.5-64.9 688 23.4 21.6-25.4 460 13.8 12.4-15.3
65-74 2,396 1,342 56.2 53.6-58.6 535 22.1 20.1-24.4 519 21.7 19.7-23.9
75+ 1,816 858 46.4 43.4-49.3 488 27.9 25.3-30.6 470 25.7 23.1-28.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,048 942 50.0 46.3-53.8 567 27.8 24.7-31.2 539 22.1 19.2-25.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,260 2,437 59.5 57.2-61.8 1,020 23.6 21.6-25.7 803 16.9 15.3-18.6
Some Post-H.S. 3,697 2,440 67.7 65.3-70.0 766 20.6 18.6-22.8 491 11.7 10.3-13.3
College Graduate 4,275 2,948 70.4 68.4-72.4 826 18.3 16.8-19.9 501 11.3 9.8-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,481 721 49.8 45.6-54.0 400 27.6 24.1-31.5 360 22.5 19.2-26.2
$15,000- 24,999 2,334 1,276 56.2 52.8-59.6 615 27.8 24.8-31.1 443 15.9 13.9-18.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,571 952 60.5 56.8-64.2 361 23.5 20.3-27.0 258 16.0 13.5-18.8
$35,000- 49,999 2,042 1,364 69.5 66.6-72.1 415 18.6 16.4-20.9 263 12.0 10.3-14.0
$50,000-74,999 2,042 1,429 72.0 69.1-74.8 376 18.3 15.9-21.1 237 9.6 8.2-11.3
$75,000+ 2,874 1,991 69.8 67.3-72.1 572 19.2 17.4-21.2 311 11.0 9.3-13.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,204 2,968 59.4 57.2-61.5 1,258 23.2 21.5-25.1 978 17.4 15.8-19.2
No 8,850 5,692 65.8 64.3-67.3 1,856 21.0 19.7-22.3 1,302 13.2 12.2-14.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,115 1,284 62.7 59.7-65.5 536 25.4 22.9-28.1 295 11.9 10.3-13.8
Non-Veteran 12,181 7,488 63.6 62.3-65.0 2,650 21.3 20.2-22.5 2,043 15.1 14.1-16.1

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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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