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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 9,307 6,586 68.2 66.6-69.8 838 9.8 8.8-10.9 1,883 22.0 20.6-23.4
-Appalachian/Wilkes 453 303 63.9 57.1-70.2 44 13.3 8.4-20.6 106 22.8 18.3-28.0
GENDER
Male 166 103 55.8 44.9-66.3 25 21.8 12.2-35.9 38 22.3 15.5-31.2
Female 287 200 70.2 62.9-76.7 19 6.6 3.9-11.0 68 23.2 17.6-29.9
RACE
White 432 293 64.3 57.3-70.8 42 13.4 8.3-20.9 97 22.3 17.7-27.7
Other 21 10 52.0 28.7-74.4 2 11.7 2.9-37.0 9 36.3 17.8-60.1
AGE
18-44 183 104 56.5 46.5-66.1 23 14.0 8.6-22.1 56 29.5 21.8-38.6
45+ 267 197 70.9 60.7-79.4 21 12.8 5.6-26.5 49 16.3 11.8-21.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 135 52.4 43.1-61.5 19 13.7 6.1-28.0 72 33.9 26.3-42.5
Some College + 225 166 73.7 65.3-80.6 25 13.3 8.2-21.0 34 13.0 8.7-18.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 274 179 60.2 50.5-69.1 31 17.7 10.1-29.0 64 22.2 16.5-29.1
$50,000+ 89 68 79.8 69.9-87.1 9 9.8 5.0-18.3 12 10.4 5.7-18.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 449 334 73.1 67.8-77.8 35 8.3 5.7-11.9 80 18.6 14.6-23.5
Guilford 443 327 73.2 67.8-78.1 46 11.2 7.7-15.8 70 15.6 12.0-20.1
Mecklenburg 442 311 65.1 59.0-70.8 32 6.9 4.7- 9.9 99 28.0 22.6-34.2
Orange 450 322 62.2 53.9-69.9 40 14.7 8.4-24.4 88 23.1 17.2-30.3
Wake 446 308 64.2 58.2-69.7 45 11.9 8.4-16.6 93 23.9 19.0-29.7
Chatham/Lee 393 268 65.4 59.0-71.3 35 9.0 5.8-13.7 90 25.6 20.5-31.5
Nash/Wilson 371 279 73.4 67.7-78.4 35 9.4 6.6-13.2 57 17.2 13.0-22.5
Craven/Pamlico 446 307 67.4 61.6-72.6 47 10.3 7.2-14.4 92 22.4 17.8-27.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 429 298 68.6 63.0-73.7 43 8.7 6.3-11.9 88 22.7 18.1-28.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 350 73.1 66.5-78.9 34 8.0 5.1-12.2 87 18.9 14.2-24.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 292 62.4 52.6-71.3 39 11.1 7.4-16.3 92 26.5 17.6-37.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 326 67.7 62.4-72.6 40 9.5 6.6-13.5 103 22.8 18.6-27.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 294 67.6 61.4-73.1 40 11.9 8.3-16.9 77 20.5 16.0-25.8
Northeast NC I 452 306 69.6 64.0-74.6 53 10.8 8.0-14.5 93 19.6 15.5-24.5
Northeast NC II 505 362 70.0 64.7-74.8 38 8.2 5.4-12.2 105 21.8 17.6-26.7
Northeastern Partnership 957 668 69.9 65.9-73.5 91 9.1 7.0-11.9 198 21.0 17.9-24.6
Mountain AHEC 1,293 936 71.8 68.0-75.4 111 9.1 7.1-11.6 246 19.0 16.0-22.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,256 2,312 70.6 67.8-73.2 293 8.1 6.7- 9.7 651 21.3 19.0-23.9
Piedmont 3,994 2,820 67.1 64.8-69.3 358 10.4 9.0-12.1 816 22.4 20.5-24.5
Western NC 2,057 1,454 67.8 64.3-71.1 187 10.8 8.6-13.4 416 21.5 18.6-24.6

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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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