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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 12,502 4,353 35.5 34.0-37.0 4,688 39.0 37.4-40.5 3,461 25.5 24.2-26.9
-Eastern NC 3,413 1,294 38.0 34.9-41.3 1,162 36.6 33.3-40.1 957 25.3 22.8-28.0
GENDER
Male 1,228 495 36.7 31.7-41.9 416 39.1 33.5-45.0 317 24.2 20.2-28.8
Female 2,185 799 39.4 35.6-43.3 746 34.3 30.9-37.9 640 26.3 23.4-29.5
RACE
White 2,304 771 32.8 29.5-36.3 890 42.1 38.2-46.1 643 25.1 22.1-28.2
African American 766 376 51.4 44.5-58.3 173 22.0 17.4-27.3 217 26.6 21.1-32.9
Other Minorities 324 141 40.4 28.9-53.0 92 35.8 23.2-50.7 91 23.8 15.9-34.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 136 56 36.7 21.2-55.4 43 35.8 18.3-58.2 37 27.5 15.6-43.8
Non-Hispanic 3,270 1,237 38.2 35.1-41.4 1,119 36.8 33.6-40.1 914 25.0 22.5-27.7
AGE
18-24 119 54 44.1 30.6-58.5 36 38.8 25.1-54.5 29 17.1 10.0-27.7
25-34 363 138 36.1 28.1-45.1 141 39.7 30.2-50.0 84 24.2 17.8-32.0
35-44 506 175 34.7 27.5-42.6 207 38.6 31.9-45.8 124 26.7 20.4-34.1
45-54 667 257 37.6 32.1-43.4 249 39.8 34.1-45.8 161 22.6 17.8-28.3
55-64 707 267 35.5 30.3-41.1 246 37.4 32.0-43.2 194 27.1 22.4-32.4
65+ 1,029 397 41.9 37.3-46.8 273 25.3 21.5-29.6 359 32.7 28.4-37.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 459 201 42.6 34.3-51.3 107 27.4 19.7-36.6 151 30.1 22.9-38.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,074 439 40.4 34.5-46.7 301 32.9 26.5-40.0 334 26.7 22.0-32.0
Some Post-H.S. 960 358 37.1 31.0-43.5 357 40.3 33.9-47.0 245 22.7 18.3-27.7
College Graduate 914 293 33.3 28.5-38.5 395 42.7 37.7-47.9 226 24.0 19.8-28.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 435 203 45.5 35.4-55.9 103 29.7 18.7-43.7 129 24.8 18.2-32.8
$15,000- 24,999 590 242 40.2 32.4-48.6 161 29.4 22.6-37.3 187 30.3 23.6-38.0
$25,000- 34,999 347 142 43.7 33.6-54.4 98 31.8 21.8-43.9 107 24.5 17.6-33.0
$35,000- 49,999 465 181 41.8 34.6-49.4 155 32.9 25.6-41.1 129 25.3 19.6-32.0
$50,000-74,999 465 150 33.6 27.0-41.0 210 43.0 36.0-50.3 105 23.4 17.4-30.6
$75,000+ 647 208 29.8 24.1-36.3 294 48.4 40.9-56.1 145 21.7 16.7-27.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,306 530 44.2 39.0-49.5 404 33.0 27.6-39.0 372 22.8 19.2-26.8
No 2,055 749 35.2 31.2-39.4 744 38.6 34.4-42.9 562 26.2 22.9-29.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 536 217 37.8 30.4-45.8 189 39.8 32.5-47.6 130 22.4 17.0-28.8
Non-Veteran 2,585 954 38.3 34.6-42.2 888 36.7 32.8-40.9 743 24.9 22.0-28.1

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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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