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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 14,294 13,320 92.7 91.9-93.4 521 4.3 3.7- 5.0 453 3.0 2.6- 3.4
GENDER
Male 5,150 4,762 91.2 89.7-92.4 217 5.6 4.5- 7.0 171 3.2 2.6- 4.0
Female 9,144 8,558 94.2 93.5-94.8 304 3.1 2.7- 3.7 282 2.7 2.3- 3.2
RACE
White 11,236 10,634 95.5 94.9-96.1 331 2.7 2.3- 3.2 271 1.8 1.5- 2.1
African American 2,080 1,871 90.1 87.6-92.2 102 5.8 4.1- 8.3 107 4.0 3.1- 5.1
Asian 96 79 80.6 67.2-89.3 12 13.3 6.2-26.2 5 6.1 2.1-16.4
Native American 269 253 95.6 91.5-97.7 8 2.8 1.1- 7.1 8 1.6 0.7- 3.5
Other Minorities 567 444 75.5 69.9-80.3 64 13.5 9.6-18.5 59 11.1 8.1-15.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 573 453 74.5 68.8-79.5 63 14.4 10.3-19.7 57 11.1 8.1-15.2
-English Speaking 232 211 85.7 77.1-91.5 19 13.6 8.0-22.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
-Spanish Speaking 341 242 70.4 63.2-76.8 44 14.7 9.8-21.4 55 14.9 10.7-20.3
Non-Hispanic 13,685 12,841 94.3 93.7-94.9 452 3.4 2.9- 4.0 392 2.3 2.0- 2.6
AGE
18-24 466 432 91.4 87.3-94.3 19 5.8 3.4- 9.7 15 2.8 1.5- 5.2
25-34 1,448 1,363 92.0 89.3-94.1 52 5.5 3.7- 8.1 33 2.5 1.7- 3.8
35-44 2,268 2,171 94.7 93.2-95.9 55 3.4 2.3- 4.8 42 1.9 1.3- 2.8
45-54 2,830 2,700 94.3 93.0-95.4 70 3.1 2.4- 4.2 60 2.5 1.9- 3.5
55-64 2,994 2,844 95.0 93.9-95.9 72 2.3 1.8- 3.1 78 2.7 2.0- 3.5
65-74 2,394 2,198 91.3 89.7-92.7 119 5.1 4.0- 6.4 77 3.6 2.7- 4.8
75+ 1,815 1,543 85.1 82.8-87.1 129 7.1 5.8- 8.7 143 7.8 6.2- 9.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,048 1,704 79.9 76.6-82.9 165 11.3 8.9-14.3 179 8.7 7.0-10.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,255 3,943 92.4 91.0-93.6 158 4.2 3.2- 5.4 154 3.4 2.7- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 3,697 3,510 95.1 93.5-96.3 112 3.2 2.2- 4.8 75 1.7 1.2- 2.2
College Graduate 4,275 4,145 97.3 96.5-97.8 86 2.0 1.5- 2.6 44 0.8 0.5- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,481 1,291 86.6 83.5-89.2 91 7.2 5.1-10.1 99 6.2 4.8- 8.0
$15,000- 24,999 2,334 2,094 87.2 84.3-89.6 131 7.1 5.1- 9.8 109 5.7 4.3- 7.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,570 1,460 93.0 91.0-94.6 68 3.9 2.8- 5.3 42 3.1 2.0- 4.8
$35,000- 49,999 2,042 1,963 95.8 94.3-97.0 44 2.7 1.7- 4.2 35 1.5 0.9- 2.3
$50,000-74,999 2,041 1,980 96.6 94.9-97.8 35 2.4 1.4- 4.1 26 1.0 0.6- 1.6
$75,000+ 2,874 2,807 97.5 96.5-98.3 45 1.8 1.1- 2.9 22 0.6 0.4- 1.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,203 4,773 91.3 89.7-92.7 210 4.8 3.7- 6.4 220 3.9 3.2- 4.7
No 8,849 8,350 93.8 92.9-94.5 289 3.8 3.1- 4.5 210 2.5 2.0- 3.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,114 1,983 94.7 93.3-95.8 78 3.2 2.3- 4.3 53 2.1 1.5- 3.0
Non-Veteran 12,177 11,336 92.4 91.5-93.2 443 4.5 3.8- 5.3 398 3.1 2.7- 3.6

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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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