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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Hoke/Robeson/Scotland Counties

Heart Attack and Stroke

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Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,310 6,650 70.8 69.2-72.3 687 7.4 6.5- 8.4 1,973 21.8 20.5-23.2
-Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 320 67.7 62.5-72.4 41 8.3 5.9-11.7 108 24.0 19.8-28.8
GENDER
Male 173 130 75.8 67.9-82.3 13 7.8 4.4-13.6 30 16.4 11.1-23.5
Female 296 190 60.5 53.9-66.7 28 8.8 5.8-13.2 78 30.7 24.8-37.2
RACE
White 200 149 74.2 66.9-80.3 14 7.0 3.9-12.3 37 18.8 13.6-25.4
Other 269 171 62.6 55.5-69.2 27 9.4 6.1-14.2 71 28.1 22.1-35.0
AGE
18-44 198 129 65.8 57.8-72.9 23 10.1 6.4-15.7 46 24.1 17.8-31.7
45+ 270 190 69.5 63.0-75.4 18 6.5 3.8-10.9 62 23.9 18.7-30.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 163 59.9 53.1-66.4 28 8.5 5.6-12.6 85 31.6 25.6-38.3
Some College + 193 157 80.5 73.2-86.2 13 8.2 4.4-14.7 23 11.3 7.4-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 302 201 67.5 61.0-73.3 33 9.9 6.7-14.4 68 22.6 17.6-28.6
$50,000+ 66 53 75.8 61.6-85.9 4 8.8 3.2-22.0 9 15.4 7.8-28.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 343 73.1 67.7-77.9 28 6.5 4.2- 9.8 79 20.4 16.0-25.6
Guilford 442 329 76.3 71.5-80.6 29 5.7 3.7- 8.8 84 18.0 14.3-22.4
Mecklenburg 443 331 69.4 63.3-74.9 24 6.8 3.8-11.8 88 23.8 18.9-29.4
Orange 450 333 67.9 59.7-75.1 28 5.4 3.6- 8.0 89 26.7 19.6-35.3
Wake 446 328 70.1 64.2-75.3 28 8.4 5.4-12.9 90 21.5 16.9-27.0
Chatham/Lee 393 273 65.8 58.9-72.1 35 11.3 6.7-18.6 85 22.9 18.0-28.5
Nash/Wilson 371 267 71.4 65.7-76.5 29 7.5 5.1-11.1 75 21.0 16.5-26.4
Craven/Pamlico 446 322 71.5 65.8-76.5 36 9.3 6.3-13.6 88 19.2 15.0-24.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 429 289 68.2 62.7-73.3 40 8.0 5.7-11.1 100 23.8 19.2-29.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 319 70.3 64.4-75.6 25 4.7 3.0- 7.3 109 25.0 20.1-30.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 332 70.5 63.7-76.4 38 7.5 5.2-10.8 101 22.0 16.8-28.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 319 71.4 60.4-80.4 20 4.2 2.4- 7.2 84 24.4 15.5-36.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 284 69.2 63.4-74.5 40 9.2 6.3-13.2 87 21.6 17.1-26.9
Northeast NC I 452 286 65.5 59.7-70.9 52 11.7 8.6-15.7 114 22.8 18.5-27.9
Northeast NC II 506 342 65.5 60.0-70.6 45 11.7 8.1-16.8 119 22.8 18.6-27.6
Northeastern Partnership 958 628 65.5 61.4-69.4 97 11.7 9.0-15.1 233 22.8 19.6-26.3
Mountain AHEC 1,294 971 74.1 70.4-77.6 72 5.0 3.7- 6.7 251 20.9 17.7-24.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,258 2,259 70.4 67.7-73.0 281 8.2 6.6-10.0 718 21.4 19.2-23.9
Piedmont 3,994 2,893 71.0 68.8-73.1 283 7.4 6.2- 8.8 818 21.7 19.8-23.7
Western NC 2,058 1,498 70.7 67.3-73.9 123 5.9 4.4- 7.8 437 23.4 20.4-26.7

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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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