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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 14,283 12,614 85.4 84.4-86.4 928 8.3 7.5- 9.2 741 6.3 5.6- 7.0
GENDER
Male 5,147 4,404 81.5 79.6-83.3 433 10.7 9.3-12.4 310 7.8 6.6- 9.1
Female 9,136 8,210 89.1 88.1-90.0 495 6.0 5.3- 6.8 431 4.8 4.2- 5.6
RACE
White 11,229 10,229 90.7 89.7-91.6 561 5.6 4.9- 6.5 439 3.7 3.2- 4.3
African American 2,077 1,683 79.0 76.2-81.6 212 11.3 9.4-13.5 182 9.7 7.8-11.9
Asian 96 55 56.4 43.0-68.9 23 18.9 11.4-29.8 18 24.7 14.6-38.6
Native American 269 237 86.8 76.8-92.9 20 8.0 3.3-18.5 12 5.2 2.2-11.6
Other Minorities 566 373 58.0 51.7-64.0 106 23.0 18.1-28.9 87 19.0 14.4-24.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 572 380 57.8 51.7-63.7 107 22.0 17.5-27.2 85 20.2 15.4-26.0
-English Speaking 232 198 79.0 69.3-86.3 26 16.0 9.7-25.2 8 5.0 1.8-12.9
-Spanish Speaking 340 182 50.2 42.7-57.6 81 24.2 18.6-30.7 77 25.7 19.5-33.1
Non-Hispanic 13,675 12,209 87.8 86.8-88.8 817 7.1 6.3- 7.9 649 5.1 4.5- 5.7
AGE
18-24 466 346 70.7 64.8-75.9 71 17.0 12.8-22.2 49 12.3 8.8-17.0
25-34 1,446 1,243 84.3 81.6-86.8 113 8.7 6.8-11.0 90 7.0 5.4- 8.9
35-44 2,268 2,058 88.7 86.7-90.4 131 7.5 6.0- 9.2 79 3.9 3.0- 5.1
45-54 2,830 2,588 90.1 88.5-91.5 135 5.5 4.5- 6.8 107 4.4 3.5- 5.5
55-64 2,991 2,762 91.8 90.4-93.0 123 4.6 3.7- 5.8 106 3.6 2.8- 4.6
65-74 2,392 2,116 87.2 85.2-88.9 162 7.0 5.8- 8.5 114 5.8 4.6- 7.3
75+ 1,811 1,437 78.8 76.1-81.2 186 10.6 8.9-12.6 188 10.6 8.8-12.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,045 1,564 71.6 67.8-75.0 244 15.2 12.4-18.4 237 13.3 10.8-16.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,251 3,683 83.4 81.4-85.3 325 10.3 8.7-12.1 243 6.3 5.2- 7.6
Some Post-H.S. 3,696 3,363 88.9 87.0-90.5 198 6.2 5.1- 7.6 135 4.9 3.7- 6.4
College Graduate 4,272 3,991 91.3 89.5-92.7 159 4.8 3.7- 6.3 122 3.9 3.0- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,479 1,201 75.6 71.4-79.4 150 12.9 10.1-16.3 128 11.5 8.7-15.0
$15,000- 24,999 2,332 1,951 79.1 76.0-82.0 222 12.0 9.7-14.7 159 8.9 7.0-11.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,569 1,387 85.4 82.3-88.0 112 9.0 7.0-11.6 70 5.6 4.0- 7.8
$35,000- 49,999 2,041 1,851 87.9 85.5-89.9 103 6.4 4.9- 8.3 87 5.7 4.3- 7.5
$50,000-74,999 2,039 1,911 90.6 87.8-92.9 79 6.3 4.4- 9.0 49 3.1 2.0- 4.7
$75,000+ 2,873 2,704 92.2 90.1-93.9 97 4.9 3.4- 6.8 72 2.9 2.1- 4.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,200 4,540 85.2 83.4-86.9 341 8.3 6.9-10.0 319 6.5 5.5- 7.6
No 8,849 7,909 86.1 84.8-87.4 551 8.0 7.0- 9.0 389 5.9 5.1- 6.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,114 1,872 88.8 86.6-90.6 148 7.0 5.6- 8.9 94 4.2 3.2- 5.6
Non-Veteran 12,166 10,741 84.9 83.7-86.0 779 8.5 7.6- 9.5 646 6.6 5.8- 7.4

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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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