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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Graham/Swain/Jackson 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 9,321 8,275 86.7 85.3-87.9 402 4.7 4.0- 5.6 644 8.6 7.6- 9.7
-Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 388 85.8 70.7-93.8 16 3.1 1.6- 6.0 20 11.1 3.7-28.5
GENDER
Male 161 143 79.3 53.4-92.8 8 3.9 1.5- 9.6 10 16.8 4.5-46.6
Female 263 245 92.9 88.5-95.7 8 2.3 1.1- 4.7 10 4.8 2.4- 9.1
RACE
White 366 339 94.3 91.5-96.3 15 2.9 1.7- 4.8 12 2.8 1.5- 5.3
Other 57 48 49.6 20.0-79.4 1 4.4 0.6-27.0 8 46.1 16.2-79.0
AGE
18-44 160 151 81.6 54.0-94.3 2 1.9 0.3- 9.5 7 16.6 4.4-46.1
45+ 263 236 90.6 86.3-93.7 14 4.6 2.6- 7.8 13 4.8 2.7- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 171 75.0 50.4-89.8 12 4.9 2.2-10.9 14 20.1 6.3-48.6
Some College + 225 215 95.9 92.0-98.0 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 6 2.6 1.1- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 239 81.5 59.2-93.1 13 4.2 1.9- 8.7 11 14.3 3.9-40.7
$50,000+ 79 75 95.9 89.0-98.6 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 3 2.9 0.9- 9.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 412 89.7 85.2-92.9 17 3.7 2.2- 6.1 21 6.7 4.0-11.1
Guilford 443 404 91.4 87.8-94.0 15 2.8 1.5- 5.2 24 5.8 3.7- 9.0
Mecklenburg 443 397 87.7 83.0-91.2 18 4.1 2.5- 6.8 28 8.2 5.3-12.6
Orange 450 407 81.6 71.3-88.7 16 10.4 4.5-22.2 27 8.1 4.7-13.7
Wake 448 389 81.0 75.0-85.8 23 7.4 4.6-11.9 36 11.6 7.7-17.1
Chatham/Lee 394 337 80.7 73.7-86.2 18 6.8 3.1-14.3 39 12.5 8.7-17.7
Nash/Wilson 373 325 86.1 81.4-89.7 20 5.1 3.2- 8.2 28 8.8 5.9-13.0
Craven/Pamlico 446 393 88.0 83.3-91.5 19 3.7 2.2- 5.9 34 8.4 5.3-13.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 430 392 90.1 85.7-93.2 12 2.1 1.2- 4.0 26 7.8 4.9-12.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 409 87.1 79.2-92.3 22 4.2 2.5- 7.0 22 8.6 4.0-17.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 425 88.1 83.1-91.8 11 3.1 1.5- 6.2 35 8.8 5.6-13.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 406 86.1 81.8-89.5 28 5.2 3.5- 7.9 35 8.7 5.9-12.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 361 86.9 82.0-90.6 15 3.3 1.8- 6.0 34 9.8 6.6-14.4
Northeast NC I 453 394 87.3 83.1-90.7 29 6.2 4.1- 9.3 30 6.4 4.1-10.0
Northeast NC II 506 439 88.1 84.4-91.0 28 5.0 3.2- 7.8 39 6.9 4.8- 9.9
Northeastern Partnership 959 833 87.8 85.1-90.1 57 5.5 4.0- 7.4 69 6.7 5.0- 9.0
Mountain AHEC 1,296 1,174 86.3 81.0-90.2 52 5.9 2.9-11.6 70 7.9 5.6-11.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,260 2,851 87.4 85.2-89.4 169 4.7 3.6- 6.2 240 7.8 6.2- 9.8
Piedmont 4,001 3,566 86.7 84.8-88.3 149 4.6 3.7- 5.8 286 8.7 7.3-10.3
Western NC 2,060 1,858 85.1 81.2-88.3 84 5.3 3.1- 8.8 118 9.7 7.3-12.6

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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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