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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 12,510 8,998 71.9 70.4-73.3 936 7.5 6.8- 8.3 2,576 20.6 19.3-22.0
-Eastern NC 3,416 2,418 70.4 67.2-73.4 284 8.0 6.6- 9.7 714 21.6 18.8-24.8
GENDER
Male 1,228 864 70.1 64.7-74.9 120 9.8 7.4-13.0 244 20.1 15.7-25.4
Female 2,188 1,554 70.7 66.9-74.3 164 6.2 4.9- 7.9 470 23.1 19.6-26.9
RACE
White 2,304 1,715 74.9 71.6-77.9 157 6.9 5.3- 9.0 432 18.2 15.6-21.0
African American 768 505 64.6 57.2-71.3 82 10.4 7.3-14.6 181 25.0 18.6-32.7
Other Minorities 325 183 56.4 43.0-68.9 44 9.3 5.7-14.7 98 34.4 22.2-49.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 136 76 50.7 32.1-69.1 10 6.7 2.8-15.4 50 42.6 24.6-62.8
Non-Hispanic 3,273 2,338 71.9 68.9-74.7 274 8.1 6.6- 9.9 661 20.0 17.5-22.8
AGE
18-24 119 77 68.6 54.4-80.0 12 6.4 3.2-12.2 30 25.0 14.5-39.6
25-34 363 260 67.3 56.5-76.6 31 6.7 3.6-12.1 72 25.9 17.0-37.4
35-44 506 388 76.4 69.4-82.2 36 8.3 4.8-13.9 82 15.3 10.7-21.3
45-54 668 483 70.9 65.0-76.1 56 8.4 5.6-12.4 129 20.7 16.2-26.2
55-64 708 532 75.2 69.8-79.8 43 7.9 4.9-12.2 133 17.0 13.3-21.5
65+ 1,030 663 63.5 58.8-68.0 104 9.9 7.4-13.1 263 26.6 22.6-31.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 459 236 53.8 45.1-62.3 84 15.7 10.8-22.2 139 30.5 23.4-38.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,077 713 63.9 56.9-70.3 103 8.2 5.8-11.4 261 27.9 21.6-35.3
Some Post-H.S. 960 700 75.5 70.4-80.0 65 7.1 4.8-10.2 195 17.4 13.7-22.0
College Graduate 914 764 82.6 78.2-86.2 32 4.4 2.6- 7.4 118 13.1 10.0-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 437 270 61.5 49.3-72.4 56 11.7 7.2-18.4 111 26.8 16.2-41.1
$15,000- 24,999 591 381 68.6 61.3-75.0 67 8.7 5.9-12.8 143 22.7 17.1-29.6
$25,000- 34,999 347 233 62.6 52.2-72.0 30 8.5 4.6-15.2 84 28.9 20.5-39.0
$35,000- 49,999 465 340 76.4 70.1-81.8 21 4.4 2.5- 7.8 104 19.1 14.3-25.2
$50,000-74,999 465 353 74.7 67.7-80.7 35 9.4 5.7-15.3 77 15.8 11.3-21.8
$75,000+ 647 547 84.4 79.1-88.6 28 5.5 3.0-10.1 72 10.0 7.0-14.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,308 868 67.9 63.2-72.4 141 9.9 7.4-13.0 299 22.2 18.5-26.4
No 2,055 1,516 71.7 67.3-75.7 138 7.1 5.4- 9.2 401 21.2 17.4-25.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 536 394 73.0 66.0-79.0 42 7.8 4.9-12.4 100 19.1 14.0-25.6
Non-Veteran 2,588 1,809 69.0 65.1-72.6 219 8.3 6.7-10.4 560 22.7 19.2-26.5

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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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