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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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 12,510 8,998 71.9 70.4-73.3 936 7.5 6.8- 8.3 2,576 20.6 19.3-22.0
-Western NC 2,689 1,901 71.6 68.3-74.6 174 5.6 4.3- 7.2 614 22.9 20.0-26.0
GENDER
Male 1,029 700 66.5 60.9-71.6 81 7.4 5.1-10.7 248 26.1 21.2-31.7
Female 1,660 1,201 76.2 73.0-79.1 93 3.9 3.0- 5.1 366 19.9 17.1-23.0
RACE
White 2,477 1,779 73.0 69.7-76.1 149 5.3 4.0- 7.1 549 21.7 18.7-24.9
African American 72 35 44.5 28.6-61.7 14 12.3 6.3-22.7 23 43.1 26.0-62.1
Other Minorities 128 77 63.5 49.1-75.8 10 5.7 2.3-13.5 41 30.8 19.3-45.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 55 28 52.9 33.5-71.5 4 4.7 1.0-18.9 23 42.4 24.7-62.3
Non-Hispanic 2,628 1,870 72.2 69.0-75.3 169 5.6 4.3- 7.3 589 22.2 19.3-25.3
AGE
18-24 84 53 63.9 44.9-79.3 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0 29 34.7 19.4-54.0
25-34 182 144 79.0 70.0-85.8 4 1.8 0.6- 5.4 34 19.2 12.6-28.1
35-44 331 248 73.0 65.2-79.7 20 8.8 4.0-18.2 63 18.2 13.7-23.7
45-54 475 364 74.7 68.5-80.1 28 5.4 3.5- 8.2 83 19.9 14.8-26.1
55-64 626 466 73.8 69.3-77.9 29 4.7 3.0- 7.2 131 21.5 17.7-25.8
65+ 971 610 64.9 61.0-68.5 90 8.7 6.6-11.3 271 26.4 23.1-30.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 368 171 44.5 34.0-55.5 47 8.3 5.3-12.7 150 47.2 35.8-58.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 868 582 68.1 63.6-72.4 68 6.4 4.7- 8.8 218 25.4 21.5-29.8
Some Post-H.S. 669 529 80.1 74.3-84.9 35 6.6 3.3-12.5 105 13.3 10.1-17.3
College Graduate 780 617 81.3 77.2-84.9 24 2.3 1.5- 3.7 139 16.3 12.9-20.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 349 195 59.4 50.4-67.8 41 11.3 7.2-17.3 113 29.3 22.0-37.8
$15,000- 24,999 494 325 66.2 60.1-71.8 37 6.2 4.1- 9.3 132 27.6 22.5-33.5
$25,000- 34,999 336 260 80.8 75.5-85.2 15 4.8 2.6- 8.6 61 14.5 10.8-19.1
$35,000- 49,999 358 279 77.3 70.9-82.7 17 5.0 2.7- 9.1 62 17.7 12.9-23.8
$50,000-74,999 352 286 83.1 77.8-87.3 13 3.3 1.7- 6.1 53 13.6 9.9-18.5
$75,000+ 393 318 79.5 70.8-86.1 11 4.9 1.4-16.0 64 15.6 10.7-22.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,037 674 65.6 61.2-69.8 87 7.3 5.6- 9.6 276 27.1 23.1-31.4
No 1,612 1,196 75.4 72.0-78.6 85 4.9 3.3- 7.3 331 19.6 16.9-22.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 338 244 70.8 64.3-76.5 27 8.9 5.7-13.8 67 20.3 15.3-26.3
Non-Veteran 2,127 1,502 71.4 67.6-74.9 131 5.2 3.8- 7.1 494 23.4 20.1-27.1

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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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