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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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-Piedmont NC 6,417 5,643 86.3 84.5-87.9 383 6.5 5.5- 7.7 391 7.2 5.9- 8.7
GENDER
Male 2,410 2,101 84.7 81.8-87.3 177 7.7 6.2- 9.6 132 7.6 5.5-10.3
Female 4,007 3,542 87.8 85.7-89.6 206 5.4 4.2- 6.9 259 6.8 5.4- 8.5
RACE
White 5,184 4,631 89.7 88.2-91.0 264 4.8 4.0- 5.9 289 5.5 4.5- 6.7
African American 871 732 82.0 77.1-86.0 76 9.4 6.9-12.7 63 8.6 5.5-13.4
Other Minorities 311 245 74.7 64.7-82.6 38 10.7 6.6-16.8 28 14.6 8.0-25.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 222 158 65.5 53.8-75.5 36 16.0 9.8-25.1 28 18.5 10.3-31.1
Non-Hispanic 6,174 5,473 88.3 86.7-89.7 343 5.6 4.8- 6.6 358 6.1 5.0- 7.4
AGE
18-24 167 133 75.7 65.4-83.7 17 10.4 6.0-17.6 17 13.9 7.4-24.4
25-34 591 517 86.1 81.3-89.8 39 5.6 3.9- 8.1 35 8.3 5.2-13.0
35-44 1,027 932 88.5 85.0-91.3 55 6.6 4.4- 9.7 40 4.9 3.2- 7.4
45-54 1,294 1,176 89.6 86.0-92.3 58 5.2 3.6- 7.5 60 5.2 3.1- 8.6
55-64 1,319 1,193 89.1 86.2-91.5 69 6.1 4.2- 8.8 57 4.8 3.4- 6.6
65+ 1,959 1,640 84.3 81.7-86.6 142 6.9 5.5- 8.7 177 8.7 7.0-10.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 757 580 74.4 66.7-80.8 82 10.9 7.3-16.0 95 14.7 9.3-22.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,738 1,470 79.5 75.1-83.2 129 8.9 6.7-11.8 139 11.6 8.5-15.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,573 1,402 88.5 85.7-90.8 87 6.4 4.6- 8.7 84 5.2 3.7- 7.1
College Graduate 2,341 2,183 94.1 92.7-95.2 85 3.4 2.5- 4.5 73 2.6 1.9- 3.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 577 456 75.1 66.4-82.1 58 12.1 7.5-19.1 63 12.8 7.6-20.9
$15,000- 24,999 893 739 77.1 70.8-82.4 80 9.7 6.4-14.5 74 13.2 9.0-19.1
$25,000- 34,999 606 546 86.7 79.0-91.8 27 6.1 3.5-10.6 33 7.2 3.2-15.4
$35,000- 49,999 803 739 91.0 87.5-93.6 34 6.1 3.9- 9.5 30 2.8 1.8- 4.5
$50,000-74,999 929 856 92.9 90.2-94.9 40 2.8 1.9- 4.2 33 4.3 2.6- 6.9
$75,000+ 1,640 1,525 93.0 91.0-94.5 62 4.1 2.9- 5.7 53 2.9 2.0- 4.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,098 1,778 82.3 78.4-85.6 148 7.4 5.8- 9.5 172 10.3 7.3-14.2
No 4,199 3,782 88.6 86.6-90.3 217 6.0 4.8- 7.4 200 5.4 4.2- 7.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 756 657 88.7 84.8-91.7 55 6.4 4.3- 9.5 44 4.9 3.0- 7.9
Non-Veteran 5,127 4,527 86.0 84.0-87.8 297 6.7 5.6- 8.0 303 7.3 5.8- 9.1

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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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