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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 12,499 10,855 85.7 84.3-86.9 562 4.6 4.0- 5.3 1,082 9.8 8.7-11.0
-Piedmont NC 6,400 5,601 84.9 82.9-86.6 286 5.2 4.2- 6.3 513 9.9 8.4-11.7
GENDER
Male 2,402 2,071 83.2 80.0-86.0 137 6.5 4.9- 8.5 194 10.3 7.9-13.3
Female 3,998 3,530 86.4 84.1-88.5 149 4.0 3.0- 5.2 319 9.6 7.8-11.8
RACE
White 5,171 4,610 89.5 87.8-91.0 196 3.4 2.7- 4.3 365 7.1 5.8- 8.6
African American 867 724 80.3 75.4-84.5 56 8.7 5.9-12.7 87 10.9 7.8-15.1
Other Minorities 311 229 63.2 53.0-72.3 31 11.0 6.3-18.6 51 25.8 17.4-36.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 222 149 53.9 42.8-64.6 28 12.4 6.9-21.2 45 33.8 23.4-46.0
Non-Hispanic 6,157 5,434 87.5 85.9-89.0 258 4.6 3.7- 5.6 465 7.9 6.7- 9.4
AGE
18-24 167 133 72.6 62.0-81.2 10 6.4 3.2-12.4 24 20.9 13.0-31.8
25-34 589 523 83.2 76.8-88.0 20 3.9 2.0- 7.7 46 12.9 8.5-19.1
35-44 1,025 902 86.9 83.2-89.8 37 4.9 2.9- 8.0 86 8.3 6.2-11.0
45-54 1,293 1,164 88.7 85.7-91.1 55 5.3 3.6- 7.6 74 6.1 4.4- 8.4
55-64 1,316 1,208 90.9 87.9-93.2 35 3.8 2.1- 6.7 73 5.3 3.9- 7.2
65+ 1,950 1,621 82.7 79.9-85.3 123 7.1 5.4- 9.2 206 10.2 8.2-12.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 752 534 62.5 54.3-70.1 84 12.1 7.9-18.1 134 25.4 18.4-33.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,735 1,460 79.8 75.6-83.4 111 7.5 5.6-10.0 164 12.7 9.5-16.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,569 1,402 88.7 85.9-91.0 52 3.7 2.4- 5.6 115 7.6 5.8-10.0
College Graduate 2,336 2,197 93.8 91.8-95.4 39 2.1 1.2- 3.4 100 4.1 2.8- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 576 427 64.9 55.4-73.4 62 13.5 8.8-20.3 87 21.5 13.9-31.8
$15,000- 24,999 889 730 75.3 69.0-80.7 58 8.1 5.0-12.9 101 16.6 12.0-22.4
$25,000- 34,999 604 534 84.8 77.3-90.1 29 6.3 3.4-11.2 41 9.0 4.7-16.4
$35,000- 49,999 799 729 92.3 89.4-94.4 19 2.2 1.2- 4.2 51 5.5 3.7- 8.0
$50,000-74,999 929 864 92.5 89.0-94.9 20 3.1 1.4- 6.4 45 4.5 2.9- 6.8
$75,000+ 1,639 1,541 93.6 91.4-95.3 28 2.3 1.2- 4.2 70 4.1 3.0- 5.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,094 1,746 80.5 76.7-83.8 132 6.2 4.8- 8.1 216 13.3 10.2-17.0
No 4,195 3,776 87.2 84.8-89.2 144 4.6 3.4- 6.1 275 8.2 6.6-10.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 753 650 86.9 82.7-90.3 40 4.7 3.1- 7.2 63 8.3 5.5-12.3
Non-Veteran 5,115 4,484 84.6 82.4-86.5 229 5.4 4.3- 6.7 402 10.0 8.3-12.0

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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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