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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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 12,536 11,203 85.4 83.9-86.8 711 8.1 7.1- 9.2 622 6.5 5.5- 7.7
-Piedmont NC 6,418 5,733 84.3 82.3-86.0 372 8.7 7.4-10.2 313 7.0 5.7- 8.6
GENDER
Male 2,411 2,097 80.2 76.9-83.2 191 12.1 9.9-14.6 123 7.7 5.6-10.6
Female 4,007 3,636 88.1 85.8-90.0 181 5.6 4.3- 7.2 190 6.4 4.9- 8.2
RACE
White 5,185 4,771 90.9 89.3-92.3 232 5.0 4.1- 6.2 182 4.1 3.1- 5.3
African American 871 718 75.9 70.7-80.4 84 14.8 11.2-19.2 69 9.3 6.4-13.4
Other Minorities 311 210 56.0 46.3-65.2 47 19.1 12.9-27.4 54 24.9 16.6-35.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 222 136 47.3 37.0-57.9 41 23.8 15.8-34.2 45 28.9 19.1-41.1
Non-Hispanic 6,175 5,587 87.6 85.9-89.1 326 7.3 6.2- 8.7 262 5.1 4.1- 6.4
AGE
18-24 167 108 62.0 52.0-71.1 35 18.9 12.9-26.9 24 19.1 11.8-29.5
25-34 591 523 81.5 75.5-86.4 36 10.3 6.8-15.1 32 8.2 4.8-13.5
35-44 1,027 929 86.2 82.1-89.5 52 7.4 4.9-11.0 46 6.4 4.3- 9.4
45-54 1,294 1,207 91.4 88.7-93.5 50 5.3 3.6- 7.7 37 3.4 2.2- 5.1
55-64 1,320 1,230 91.3 88.3-93.5 46 5.2 3.4- 8.0 44 3.5 2.4- 5.2
65+ 1,959 1,685 85.2 82.5-87.4 149 9.2 7.3-11.7 125 5.6 4.4- 7.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 757 574 66.2 58.1-73.5 79 13.2 9.0-19.0 104 20.5 14.1-28.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,738 1,520 78.3 73.8-82.2 130 13.4 10.4-17.2 88 8.3 5.6-12.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,573 1,434 87.4 84.0-90.2 86 8.2 5.9-11.4 53 4.4 3.0- 6.3
College Graduate 2,342 2,197 92.8 91.0-94.2 77 4.0 2.9- 5.4 68 3.2 2.3- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 577 456 67.1 57.3-75.6 56 14.1 8.7-21.8 65 18.9 11.6-29.2
$15,000- 24,999 893 761 75.7 69.5-81.0 69 12.5 8.6-18.0 63 11.7 8.0-16.9
$25,000- 34,999 606 551 83.6 76.9-88.6 31 11.2 6.9-17.9 24 5.2 3.0- 8.7
$35,000- 49,999 804 753 92.7 89.4-95.0 29 3.9 2.3- 6.7 22 3.4 1.9- 5.9
$50,000-74,999 929 870 88.9 83.5-92.7 36 7.0 4.0-12.0 23 4.1 2.1- 7.9
$75,000+ 1,640 1,546 92.9 90.8-94.6 57 4.9 3.5- 6.9 37 2.1 1.4- 3.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,099 1,843 84.2 80.5-87.3 140 8.3 6.5-10.6 116 7.5 5.0-11.1
No 4,199 3,804 85.2 82.8-87.2 217 8.6 7.0-10.5 178 6.3 4.8- 8.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 757 675 86.8 82.4-90.3 53 8.7 6.0-12.4 29 4.5 2.6- 7.8
Non-Veteran 5,127 4,584 84.3 82.1-86.3 292 8.7 7.3-10.4 251 7.0 5.6- 8.8

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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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