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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Appalachian/Wilkes Counties

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 9,308 8,097 85.3 84.0-86.5 311 3.5 2.9- 4.2 900 11.3 10.2-12.4
-Appalachian/Wilkes 453 388 82.3 75.2-87.7 14 5.5 2.0-14.3 51 12.2 8.7-16.9
GENDER
Male 166 137 77.9 64.3-87.4 6 9.3 2.5-29.1 23 12.7 7.9-19.9
Female 287 251 85.7 78.9-90.6 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1 28 11.9 7.3-18.6
RACE
White 432 373 83.0 75.6-88.5 13 5.1 1.7-14.6 46 11.9 8.3-16.7
Other 21 15 63.9 36.8-84.4 1 14.6 2.2-56.2 5 21.5 8.4-45.2
AGE
18-44 183 156 83.8 75.9-89.4 5 3.1 1.2- 7.8 22 13.2 8.2-20.6
45+ 267 229 80.8 68.5-89.0 9 7.8 2.0-25.6 29 11.4 7.0-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 178 72.3 60.8-81.4 9 9.7 3.0-27.0 39 18.0 12.6-25.1
Some College + 225 208 91.2 83.8-95.4 5 1.7 0.6- 4.2 12 7.1 3.3-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 274 238 83.4 72.4-90.5 9 7.1 2.0-22.3 27 9.6 6.1-14.7
$50,000+ 89 78 85.0 70.6-93.1 0 0.0 . - . 11 15.0 6.9-29.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 449 401 88.1 83.5-91.6 18 3.7 2.3- 6.0 30 8.2 5.1-12.8
Guilford 443 400 90.5 86.8-93.2 15 2.7 1.5- 5.0 28 6.8 4.5-10.1
Mecklenburg 442 388 84.5 79.3-88.5 12 2.2 1.2- 4.2 42 13.3 9.5-18.4
Orange 450 400 82.4 73.0-89.0 9 1.7 0.7- 3.7 41 15.9 9.5-25.6
Wake 446 379 79.6 73.5-84.5 21 6.6 3.9-10.9 46 13.8 9.6-19.5
Chatham/Lee 393 337 82.0 76.4-86.5 7 1.7 0.7- 4.1 49 16.2 11.9-21.8
Nash/Wilson 371 324 86.1 81.3-89.9 9 1.9 1.0- 3.8 38 11.9 8.4-16.7
Craven/Pamlico 446 389 85.1 80.1-89.0 18 4.3 2.6- 6.9 39 10.6 7.2-15.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 429 385 89.7 85.8-92.6 11 2.3 1.2- 4.5 33 8.0 5.5-11.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 414 85.4 79.7-89.8 12 2.4 1.2- 4.7 45 12.1 8.1-17.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 371 80.7 67.5-89.4 14 3.8 1.9- 7.2 38 15.5 7.3-30.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 399 84.4 80.1-87.9 16 3.0 1.8- 5.2 54 12.5 9.3-16.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 338 81.5 76.3-85.8 20 5.2 3.0- 9.0 53 13.3 9.7-17.8
Northeast NC I 452 380 85.5 81.3-89.0 26 5.2 3.4- 8.0 46 9.2 6.5-12.9
Northeast NC II 505 449 89.2 85.2-92.2 19 4.1 2.3- 7.1 37 6.7 4.5-10.0
Northeastern Partnership 957 829 87.9 85.0-90.3 45 4.5 3.1- 6.5 83 7.6 5.8-10.0
Mountain AHEC 1,293 1,142 87.0 83.8-89.7 47 3.1 2.2- 4.3 104 9.9 7.4-13.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,257 2,808 85.6 83.1-87.7 126 3.7 2.6- 5.1 323 10.7 8.8-13.0
Piedmont 3,994 3,494 85.3 83.6-87.0 112 3.3 2.5- 4.2 388 11.4 9.9-13.0
Western NC 2,057 1,795 84.2 81.1-86.9 73 4.0 2.7- 5.8 189 11.8 9.5-14.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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