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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 14,240 12,100 84.6 83.6-85.5 767 5.8 5.2- 6.6 1,373 9.6 8.9-10.3
GENDER
Male 5,133 4,327 83.7 82.1-85.2 321 6.8 5.7- 8.1 485 9.5 8.4-10.7
Female 9,107 7,773 85.4 84.2-86.5 446 5.0 4.3- 5.8 888 9.7 8.8-10.6
RACE
White 11,199 9,720 87.6 86.7-88.5 517 4.3 3.8- 4.9 962 8.1 7.4- 8.8
African American 2,067 1,679 81.9 79.0-84.4 144 7.7 5.8-10.1 244 10.4 8.7-12.5
Asian 96 72 65.7 51.4-77.7 7 10.2 4.4-22.1 17 24.0 13.7-38.6
Native American 268 215 84.2 77.6-89.1 18 5.1 2.9- 8.8 35 10.8 6.6-17.0
Other Minorities 564 378 67.0 61.1-72.4 76 14.2 10.3-19.1 110 18.9 14.8-23.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 570 391 66.0 60.0-71.4 69 14.7 10.7-19.7 110 19.3 15.1-24.4
-English Speaking 232 184 79.7 72.5-85.5 19 11.2 6.7-18.1 29 9.1 6.0-13.5
-Spanish Speaking 338 207 61.0 53.5-68.0 50 15.9 11.0-22.5 81 23.1 17.6-29.7
Non-Hispanic 13,634 11,690 86.2 85.3-87.1 694 5.0 4.4- 5.7 1,250 8.7 8.0- 9.5
AGE
18-24 464 377 81.6 76.5-85.7 28 6.3 3.9-10.1 59 12.1 8.8-16.4
25-34 1,440 1,214 83.1 80.2-85.7 87 7.6 5.6-10.2 139 9.3 7.6-11.3
35-44 2,264 1,981 86.0 83.9-87.9 105 5.5 4.2- 7.1 178 8.5 7.2-10.2
45-54 2,823 2,494 88.3 86.8-89.8 134 4.6 3.7- 5.7 195 7.1 6.0- 8.4
55-64 2,984 2,658 89.8 88.4-91.1 114 3.8 3.1- 4.8 212 6.3 5.4- 7.5
65-74 2,389 2,007 83.2 81.1-85.2 133 5.5 4.4- 6.9 249 11.2 9.6-13.1
75+ 1,797 1,307 72.2 69.4-74.8 161 8.9 7.4-10.7 329 18.9 16.6-21.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,032 1,375 67.4 63.8-70.9 219 12.2 9.8-15.1 438 20.4 17.7-23.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,239 3,534 82.8 81.0-84.6 266 6.7 5.6- 8.0 439 10.5 9.1-12.0
Some Post-H.S. 3,686 3,278 88.3 86.3-90.0 160 5.0 3.7- 6.8 248 6.7 5.5- 8.0
College Graduate 4,266 3,903 91.5 90.3-92.6 120 2.6 2.0- 3.3 243 5.9 5.0- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,476 1,116 75.0 71.3-78.4 126 8.3 6.4-10.6 234 16.7 13.8-20.1
$15,000- 24,999 2,328 1,876 78.4 75.2-81.3 169 8.9 6.9-11.6 283 12.7 10.6-15.1
$25,000- 34,999 1,567 1,324 84.0 81.0-86.5 108 6.9 5.2- 9.2 135 9.1 7.2-11.4
$35,000- 49,999 2,039 1,813 88.4 86.3-90.2 85 4.3 3.2- 5.8 141 7.2 5.9- 8.9
$50,000-74,999 2,036 1,875 91.0 88.7-92.9 53 3.4 2.1- 5.3 108 5.6 4.2- 7.3
$75,000+ 2,865 2,624 91.0 89.4-92.4 80 2.8 2.1- 3.9 161 6.1 5.0- 7.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,184 4,264 83.1 81.4-84.8 335 6.4 5.2- 7.7 585 10.5 9.3-11.9
No 8,849 7,694 85.6 84.4-86.7 412 5.4 4.7- 6.3 743 9.0 8.1- 9.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,110 1,799 87.5 85.6-89.1 132 5.5 4.4- 6.9 179 7.0 5.9- 8.4
Non-Veteran 12,127 10,300 84.1 83.0-85.2 634 5.9 5.2- 6.7 1,193 10.0 9.2-10.8

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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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