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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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%)
North Carolina 12,551 7,847 55.6 53.9-57.2 2,943 29.0 27.5-30.6 1,761 15.4 14.1-16.8
-Eastern NC 3,432 2,104 57.1 53.8-60.4 807 28.0 24.9-31.3 521 14.9 12.7-17.4
GENDER
Male 1,233 656 50.8 45.3-56.4 379 34.4 29.2-40.0 198 14.8 11.2-19.2
Female 2,199 1,448 63.1 59.2-66.8 428 21.9 18.5-25.8 323 15.0 12.7-17.7
RACE
White 2,315 1,570 64.8 61.1-68.3 468 24.5 21.2-28.0 277 10.7 9.0-12.8
African American 771 375 45.8 39.1-52.7 228 32.9 26.3-40.1 168 21.3 16.0-27.9
Other Minorities 327 146 37.2 26.9-48.8 107 37.8 25.2-52.2 74 25.0 15.5-37.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 137 53 34.0 20.2-51.1 51 37.6 20.2-58.9 33 28.4 14.6-48.0
Non-Hispanic 3,288 2,047 58.9 55.6-62.1 754 27.2 24.2-30.4 487 13.9 11.9-16.2
AGE
18-24 120 52 45.6 31.7-60.1 49 41.5 28.4-56.0 19 12.9 6.2-25.0
25-34 366 175 43.4 34.7-52.5 132 41.7 32.2-51.9 59 14.9 10.2-21.2
35-44 508 293 59.7 51.9-67.0 146 25.9 20.3-32.5 69 14.4 8.7-22.9
45-54 672 420 60.9 54.9-66.6 165 25.2 20.4-30.8 87 13.9 10.2-18.6
55-64 709 509 74.1 68.9-78.7 122 16.4 12.6-21.2 78 9.5 6.8-13.1
65+ 1,035 638 57.6 52.8-62.3 189 19.1 15.6-23.2 208 23.3 19.3-27.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 465 197 45.3 36.7-54.2 133 29.2 22.1-37.6 135 25.5 19.5-32.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,081 625 53.1 46.6-59.5 285 34.4 27.9-41.5 171 12.5 9.8-15.9
Some Post-H.S. 965 618 58.4 51.6-64.8 229 26.8 21.5-32.9 118 14.8 10.0-21.5
College Graduate 915 661 68.1 62.7-73.0 160 20.2 16.0-25.2 94 11.7 8.6-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 438 221 40.9 31.6-50.9 99 29.4 18.4-43.6 118 29.7 22.0-38.7
$15,000- 24,999 595 334 46.0 38.3-53.9 161 35.2 27.9-43.3 100 18.9 12.3-27.7
$25,000- 34,999 348 208 57.3 46.8-67.2 87 29.2 20.6-39.6 53 13.5 8.9-19.9
$35,000- 49,999 467 296 66.5 59.3-73.0 106 21.1 15.8-27.5 65 12.5 8.6-17.7
$50,000-74,999 469 322 64.9 57.5-71.7 101 24.4 18.7-31.2 46 10.7 6.5-17.1
$75,000+ 648 457 66.6 58.9-73.5 141 26.8 20.2-34.6 50 6.6 4.4- 9.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,310 783 55.8 50.5-61.0 298 27.9 23.2-33.2 229 16.3 13.3-19.7
No 2,055 1,294 58.3 53.9-62.6 488 28.1 24.0-32.5 273 13.6 10.7-17.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 540 330 53.8 45.9-61.5 149 31.4 24.7-38.9 61 14.8 8.5-24.5
Non-Veteran 2,598 1,597 57.0 53.0-60.9 590 28.1 24.4-32.2 411 14.9 12.6-17.5

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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