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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 14,282 12,355 86.0 85.0-86.9 1,020 7.6 6.8- 8.3 907 6.4 5.8- 7.2
GENDER
Male 5,148 4,392 84.0 82.2-85.6 437 9.2 7.9-10.6 319 6.9 5.8- 8.2
Female 9,134 7,963 87.9 86.9-88.9 583 6.1 5.3- 6.9 588 6.0 5.4- 6.8
RACE
White 11,228 9,884 89.2 88.3-90.0 712 5.9 5.3- 6.6 632 4.9 4.4- 5.5
African American 2,077 1,715 82.1 79.3-84.7 203 11.0 8.9-13.7 159 6.8 5.4- 8.6
Asian 96 72 67.8 52.9-79.7 13 14.1 6.5-28.1 11 18.1 9.1-33.0
Native American 269 227 82.8 74.9-88.6 26 11.1 6.5-18.4 16 6.1 3.1-11.7
Other Minorities 566 425 70.4 63.9-76.1 60 12.0 8.4-17.0 81 17.6 12.9-23.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 572 430 71.1 65.1-76.5 67 14.1 10.1-19.3 75 14.8 10.9-19.8
-English Speaking 232 184 76.2 67.6-83.1 25 14.9 9.2-23.0 23 9.0 5.3-14.9
-Spanish Speaking 340 246 69.3 61.6-76.0 42 13.8 9.0-20.6 52 16.9 11.9-23.4
Non-Hispanic 13,674 11,901 87.3 86.4-88.2 948 6.9 6.3- 7.7 825 5.7 5.1- 6.4
AGE
18-24 466 395 83.5 78.3-87.7 32 7.7 5.0-11.7 39 8.8 5.8-13.3
25-34 1,446 1,252 85.5 82.6-88.0 103 8.1 6.0-10.7 91 6.4 5.0- 8.2
35-44 2,267 2,034 88.0 85.9-89.8 128 6.9 5.5- 8.7 105 5.1 3.9- 6.5
45-54 2,829 2,541 88.7 86.9-90.2 159 6.3 5.1- 7.6 129 5.0 4.0- 6.3
55-64 2,992 2,664 89.2 87.7-90.6 182 5.9 5.0- 7.1 146 4.8 3.9- 5.9
65-74 2,392 2,031 83.9 81.9-85.8 181 8.0 6.7- 9.5 180 8.1 6.6- 9.8
75+ 1,811 1,376 76.2 73.5-78.6 225 13.2 11.3-15.3 210 10.6 8.9-12.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,046 1,556 74.1 70.6-77.4 243 13.9 11.3-16.9 247 12.0 9.7-14.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,252 3,624 85.5 83.7-87.0 336 8.1 6.9- 9.6 292 6.4 5.4- 7.5
Some Post-H.S. 3,694 3,290 87.6 85.5-89.4 233 7.2 5.7- 9.0 171 5.2 4.2- 6.5
College Graduate 4,271 3,872 91.1 89.5-92.4 207 4.2 3.5- 4.9 192 4.8 3.7- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,480 1,160 77.7 74.1-80.8 156 11.3 8.9-14.1 164 11.1 8.8-13.8
$15,000- 24,999 2,333 1,925 80.2 77.1-83.0 222 11.5 9.1-14.4 186 8.3 6.7-10.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,569 1,339 84.9 82.1-87.4 134 8.5 6.6-10.7 96 6.6 4.9- 8.8
$35,000- 49,999 2,041 1,826 88.6 86.4-90.4 117 6.8 5.3- 8.7 98 4.7 3.6- 6.0
$50,000-74,999 2,039 1,855 90.6 88.4-92.4 95 5.3 3.8- 7.3 89 4.1 3.1- 5.5
$75,000+ 2,871 2,646 91.6 89.6-93.2 131 4.2 3.4- 5.3 94 4.2 2.9- 6.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,202 4,383 83.9 82.0-85.7 417 8.5 7.1-10.0 402 7.6 6.4- 9.0
No 8,849 7,801 87.3 86.2-88.4 572 6.9 6.1- 7.8 476 5.8 5.0- 6.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,114 1,815 87.0 85.0-88.8 180 8.1 6.6-10.0 119 4.8 3.9- 6.0
Non-Veteran 12,165 10,539 85.9 84.7-86.9 839 7.4 6.7- 8.3 787 6.7 6.0- 7.5

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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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