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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Franklin/Granville/Vance 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 9,329 6,460 69.2 67.6-70.7 1,390 14.2 13.1-15.4 1,479 16.7 15.4-18.0
-Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 311 68.7 61.7-75.0 79 12.6 9.6-16.5 81 18.7 13.6-25.1
GENDER
Male 173 121 69.8 57.4-79.9 27 10.9 6.7-17.3 25 19.3 11.2-31.2
Female 298 190 67.6 60.8-73.8 52 14.4 10.6-19.2 56 18.0 13.2-24.2
RACE
White 287 208 75.9 68.6-82.0 40 10.3 7.2-14.6 39 13.8 8.7-21.2
Other 183 102 59.3 44.9-72.3 39 15.6 9.9-23.7 42 25.1 15.6-37.7
AGE
18-44 183 119 66.9 54.8-77.2 32 11.6 7.4-17.7 32 21.5 13.2-33.1
45+ 288 192 70.8 64.4-76.5 47 13.8 10.0-18.8 49 15.4 11.3-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 173 66.8 57.2-75.2 51 14.3 9.9-20.1 59 18.9 13.0-26.7
Some College + 184 137 71.9 60.7-80.9 27 9.9 6.5-15.0 20 18.1 10.0-30.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 267 174 68.9 58.9-77.3 48 14.0 9.5-20.0 45 17.2 11.2-25.4
$50,000+ 88 66 70.3 52.1-83.8 12 8.3 4.2-15.8 10 21.4 9.1-42.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 315 69.9 64.6-74.8 72 15.5 12.0-19.8 63 14.6 10.9-19.2
Guilford 443 321 73.0 67.7-77.7 72 15.3 11.6-19.8 50 11.7 8.6-15.8
Mecklenburg 445 320 69.2 63.1-74.6 59 12.5 8.8-17.4 66 18.3 14.0-23.7
Orange 450 314 65.6 57.2-73.2 60 15.9 10.2-24.1 76 18.4 12.6-26.3
Wake 448 317 68.5 62.6-73.8 60 13.0 9.6-17.4 71 18.5 14.0-24.1
Chatham/Lee 394 268 67.3 61.1-73.0 56 12.6 9.4-16.7 70 20.1 15.2-26.0
Nash/Wilson 373 247 65.9 60.0-71.3 63 15.3 11.6-20.0 63 18.8 14.5-24.0
Craven/Pamlico 446 291 67.2 61.8-72.3 79 15.6 12.3-19.6 76 17.2 13.1-22.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 432 307 70.2 64.5-75.3 65 14.8 11.3-19.1 60 15.0 11.1-20.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 352 76.3 69.6-81.9 48 12.1 7.5-18.9 53 11.6 8.4-15.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 300 66.9 56.6-75.8 55 10.4 7.4-14.4 69 22.7 13.9-34.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 310 65.3 60.0-70.3 76 16.8 13.1-21.4 83 17.9 14.1-22.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 268 66.9 61.1-72.2 60 13.8 10.3-18.2 83 19.3 15.1-24.3
Northeast NC I 453 299 66.5 59.4-73.0 81 17.2 13.3-21.8 73 16.3 10.5-24.5
Northeast NC II 507 342 69.4 64.4-74.1 81 16.3 12.6-20.8 84 14.3 11.2-18.0
Northeastern Partnership 960 641 68.4 64.3-72.3 162 16.6 13.8-19.9 157 15.0 12.0-18.6
Mountain AHEC 1,296 912 70.7 66.8-74.2 200 15.2 12.7-18.0 184 14.2 11.4-17.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,262 2,167 67.5 64.7-70.2 525 15.2 13.2-17.5 570 17.2 15.1-19.6
Piedmont 4,004 2,807 69.5 67.2-71.6 574 13.7 12.2-15.4 623 16.8 15.1-18.8
Western NC 2,063 1,486 71.5 68.3-74.6 291 13.8 11.7-16.2 286 14.6 12.2-17.4

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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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