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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 12,516 11,479 89.6 88.4-90.6 291 3.5 2.9- 4.2 746 7.0 6.1- 8.0
-Piedmont NC 6,407 5,897 89.2 87.6-90.6 151 3.8 2.9- 4.8 359 7.0 5.8- 8.4
GENDER
Male 2,405 2,173 87.0 84.3-89.4 76 5.0 3.6- 6.7 156 8.0 6.1-10.5
Female 4,002 3,724 91.2 89.3-92.9 75 2.7 1.7- 4.1 203 6.1 4.8- 7.7
RACE
White 5,175 4,855 93.5 92.2-94.6 80 1.8 1.2- 2.7 240 4.6 3.7- 5.8
African American 870 778 86.7 82.4-90.1 33 6.0 3.8- 9.2 59 7.3 4.8-11.0
Other Minorities 311 223 63.4 53.9-71.9 35 12.1 7.7-18.6 53 24.5 16.9-34.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 222 148 55.2 44.3-65.7 30 17.0 10.4-26.6 44 27.7 18.7-39.0
Non-Hispanic 6,164 5,731 92.1 90.9-93.2 121 2.7 2.0- 3.5 312 5.2 4.3- 6.3
AGE
18-24 167 135 82.2 73.8-88.3 10 6.1 2.9-12.3 22 11.7 6.9-19.3
25-34 591 532 85.7 80.4-89.8 21 4.1 2.5- 6.7 38 10.2 6.6-15.5
35-44 1,025 961 90.6 86.7-93.4 29 5.3 3.1- 8.9 35 4.1 2.5- 6.7
45-54 1,293 1,231 93.0 90.2-95.1 23 3.0 1.7- 5.1 39 4.0 2.5- 6.4
55-64 1,317 1,251 93.9 91.0-96.0 19 1.7 0.8- 3.3 47 4.4 2.6- 7.2
65+ 1,954 1,735 87.6 84.8-89.9 46 2.7 1.6- 4.5 173 9.8 7.8-12.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 756 580 68.8 61.1-75.6 44 7.4 4.3-12.3 132 23.9 17.6-31.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,736 1,562 85.0 81.2-88.1 52 6.3 4.2- 9.4 122 8.7 6.5-11.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,570 1,482 93.9 91.6-95.7 28 2.3 1.3- 4.1 60 3.7 2.4- 5.6
College Graduate 2,337 2,265 96.2 94.9-97.2 27 1.6 1.0- 2.6 45 2.1 1.4- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 577 474 69.4 59.8-77.6 29 10.2 5.4-18.5 74 20.4 13.4-29.6
$15,000- 24,999 891 791 80.1 73.6-85.3 27 6.3 3.5-11.1 73 13.6 9.3-19.6
$25,000- 34,999 604 567 90.6 84.8-94.3 14 4.8 2.5- 9.1 23 4.7 2.1-10.0
$35,000- 49,999 801 765 96.0 94.0-97.3 11 1.3 0.7- 2.5 25 2.7 1.6- 4.5
$50,000-74,999 929 895 96.1 93.7-97.6 14 1.5 0.8- 3.0 20 2.4 1.2- 4.6
$75,000+ 1,639 1,592 96.4 94.7-97.6 16 1.8 1.0- 3.2 31 1.8 1.0- 3.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,097 1,866 84.9 81.2-87.9 64 4.0 2.8- 5.7 167 11.2 8.4-14.7
No 4,197 3,937 91.2 89.3-92.7 79 3.3 2.4- 4.7 181 5.5 4.3- 7.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 754 689 91.8 88.0-94.4 16 1.4 0.7- 2.7 49 6.8 4.3-10.6
Non-Veteran 5,121 4,718 88.3 86.4-90.0 127 4.2 3.3- 5.5 276 7.4 6.1- 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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