BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-MALES

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	Total Respond.^	Take them to the hospital	Tell them to call doctor	Call 911	Call a family member	Do something else
TOTAL	3,383	181	5.8	4.6- 7.3	42	1.0	0.6- 1.5	2,899	86.5	84.6-88.2	15	0.2	0.1- 0.4	246	6.5	5.4- 7.9
RACE
White	2,527	139	5.5	4.2- 7.1	22	0.7	0.4- 1.3	2,154	86.1	83.8-88.0	13	0.2	0.1- 0.5	199	7.5	6.1- 9.2
African American	579	26	5.1	2.9- 8.7	16	2.1	0.9- 5.3	505	88.1	83.5-91.6	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	31	4.6	2.7- 7.6
Asian	24	1	1.1	0.1- 8.1	1	1.7	0.2-11.6	22	97.2	88.2-99.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	77	7	16.5	5.2-41.8	2	3.8	0.7-17.9	63	73.3	50.8-87.9	0	0.0	. - .	5	6.4	1.5-23.2
Other Minorities	159	8	8.9	3.8-19.5	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0	143	88.7	78.6-94.3	0	0.0	. - .	7	2.0	0.7- 5.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	168	9	10.1	4.7-20.5	2	1.6	0.3- 7.2	149	86.9	76.9-93.0	1	0.0	0.0- 0.3	7	1.3	0.6- 3.1
-English Speaking	52	2	10.7	2.6-34.6	1	5.4	0.8-30.1	47	83.3	59.8-94.4	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	1	0.4	0.0- 2.6
-Spanish Speaking	116	7	9.9	4.0-22.8	1	0.5	0.1- 3.7	102	87.9	75.9-94.4	0	0.0	. - .	6	1.6	0.6- 3.9
Non-Hispanic	3,212	172	5.4	4.3- 6.8	40	0.9	0.5- 1.5	2,747	86.5	84.5-88.2	14	0.2	0.1- 0.4	239	7.0	5.8- 8.4
AGE
18-24	212	14	7.8	3.6-15.8	1	0.4	0.0- 2.5	187	89.9	82.2-94.5	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	9	1.7	0.7- 4.2
25-34	521	26	4.8	2.8- 8.0	2	0.3	0.1- 1.1	463	90.7	87.0-93.5	3	0.2	0.1- 0.7	27	4.0	2.4- 6.6
35-44	676	32	5.2	3.1- 8.5	6	0.7	0.3- 1.7	586	84.9	80.2-88.5	2	0.1	0.0- 0.5	50	9.2	6.3-13.2
45-54	675	30	5.2	3.2- 8.6	9	2.1	0.8- 5.6	588	85.9	80.8-89.8	1	0.0	0.0- 0.1	47	6.7	4.0-11.0
55-64	570	35	4.5	2.7- 7.2	6	0.9	0.3- 2.4	475	85.3	80.8-88.9	4	0.2	0.1- 0.7	50	9.1	6.2-13.2
65-74	447	31	8.9	5.5-14.1	12	1.0	0.5- 1.9	371	82.3	76.3-87.0	2	0.3	0.1- 1.2	31	7.5	4.6-12.2
75+	266	13	7.4	3.7-14.3	6	2.1	0.6- 6.9	216	80.3	72.8-86.2	2	0.8	0.1- 4.8	29	9.3	5.8-14.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	582	37	7.7	4.8-12.2	20	2.3	1.0- 5.3	485	85.4	80.4-89.3	1	0.0	0.0- 0.2	39	4.5	2.9- 7.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	997	48	4.6	2.9- 7.2	15	1.5	0.8- 3.0	854	84.9	81.2-88.1	6	0.3	0.1- 0.8	74	8.6	6.2-11.7
Some Post-H.S.	794	41	6.4	3.9-10.6	3	0.1	0.0- 0.2	675	87.6	83.5-90.9	5	0.3	0.1- 1.0	70	5.5	3.9- 7.8
College Graduate	1,001	54	5.3	3.6- 7.5	4	0.4	0.1- 1.1	877	87.7	84.3-90.4	3	0.1	0.0- 0.3	63	6.6	4.5- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	290	25	9.7	4.6-19.4	9	1.2	0.5- 3.0	230	82.7	73.4-89.3	1	0.1	0.0- 0.4	25	6.3	3.2-12.1
$15,000- 24,999	601	31	5.1	2.9- 8.6	7	1.5	0.5- 4.6	519	88.0	83.6-91.4	5	0.4	0.1- 1.4	39	5.0	3.2- 7.8
$25,000- 34,999	358	24	5.9	3.3-10.3	6	1.2	0.5- 3.2	309	88.8	83.7-92.5	0	0.0	. - .	19	4.0	2.1- 7.6
$35,000- 49,999	516	22	4.4	2.4- 8.2	5	1.1	0.3- 3.6	441	85.7	80.7-89.5	3	0.4	0.1- 1.4	45	8.4	5.6-12.4
$50,000-74,999	428	21	5.2	2.9- 9.1	3	0.2	0.1- 0.9	375	88.0	82.8-91.8	0	0.0	. - .	29	6.6	3.9-11.1
$75,000+	498	29	6.2	3.1-12.0	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	423	84.2	77.8-89.1	3	0.2	0.0- 0.6	42	9.1	5.7-14.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	176	5	2.5	1.0- 6.0	0	0.0	. - .	154	90.2	85.0-93.7	0	0.0	. - .	17	7.4	4.4-12.0
Guilford	163	4	2.1	0.7- 6.0	2	1.1	0.2- 5.2	151	93.9	89.1-96.7	0	0.0	. - .	6	2.9	1.3- 6.5
Mecklenburg	164	12	8.6	3.8-18.3	2	0.7	0.2- 3.1	138	85.5	76.5-91.5	0	0.0	. - .	12	5.2	2.7- 9.8
Orange	169	8	13.8	4.7-34.4	3	1.1	0.3- 3.5	148	79.0	62.4-89.5	1	0.3	0.0- 1.8	9	5.9	2.9-11.5
Wake	169	8	6.3	2.5-14.8	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2	151	88.2	80.0-93.3	1	0.5	0.1- 3.5	8	4.4	2.0- 9.7
Chatham/Lee	148	8	3.3	1.6- 7.0	3	6.1	1.2-25.5	127	84.4	71.9-92.0	1	0.3	0.0- 1.8	9	5.9	2.9-11.7
Nash/Wilson	134	9	7.1	3.6-13.4	2	0.8	0.2- 3.6	110	85.0	77.8-90.2	1	0.7	0.1- 5.0	12	6.4	3.4-11.5
Craven/Pamlico	167	6	3.0	1.3- 6.8	3	1.0	0.3- 3.1	144	88.2	81.9-92.5	0	0.0	. - .	14	7.8	4.3-13.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	156	4	2.4	0.9- 6.8	2	2.8	0.7-11.1	141	90.7	83.8-94.8	2	1.1	0.3- 4.3	7	3.0	1.3- 6.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	162	10	4.8	2.5- 9.0	4	1.8	0.7- 5.1	137	81.5	67.2-90.4	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9	10	11.3	3.8-29.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance	171	12	5.7	2.8-11.1	3	2.3	0.5-10.0	145	83.3	73.2-90.1	0	0.0	. - .	11	8.8	4.1-17.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson	161	10	4.5	2.0- 9.7	2	0.5	0.1- 2.3	134	88.3	80.2-93.3	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7	14	6.5	3.1-12.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	171	11	6.3	3.2-12.1	4	2.2	0.8- 5.9	138	80.5	72.3-86.7	1	0.9	0.1- 6.2	17	10.1	5.6-17.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	122	9	7.2	3.6-13.9	0	0.0	. - .	105	84.9	75.4-91.2	2	2.5	0.4-12.6	6	5.4	2.1-13.2
Northeast NC I	137	8	5.0	2.0-12.0	3	2.1	0.6- 6.9	115	86.4	78.3-91.8	1	0.5	0.1- 3.4	10	6.0	3.1-11.4
Northeast NC II	179	6	5.2	2.0-12.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.1	157	88.4	81.3-93.1	1	0.3	0.0- 1.8	14	6.0	3.4-10.4
Northeastern Partnership	316	14	5.1	2.5-10.3	4	0.8	0.3- 2.2	272	87.8	82.6-91.6	2	0.3	0.1- 1.3	24	6.0	3.9- 9.2
Mountain AHEC	486	30	7.3	4.4-11.9	2	0.1	0.0- 0.3	401	82.9	77.5-87.2	2	0.2	0.0- 1.0	51	9.6	6.7-13.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,129	60	5.1	3.5- 7.4	14	0.8	0.3- 2.0	959	86.6	83.2-89.4	6	0.3	0.1- 0.8	90	7.2	5.1-10.0
Piedmont	1,491	76	5.8	4.2- 8.1	20	1.0	0.5- 1.9	1,304	87.4	84.7-89.7	4	0.1	0.0- 0.4	87	5.6	4.3- 7.4
Western NC	763	45	7.0	4.4-11.0	8	1.1	0.4- 3.6	636	82.6	77.9-86.5	5	0.3	0.1- 0.9	69	8.8	6.3-12.2

Total
Respond.^

Take them to the hospital

Tell them to call doctor

Call 911

Call a family member

Do something else

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

3,383

181

5.8

4.6- 7.3

1.0

0.6- 1.5

2,899

86.5

84.6-88.2

0.2

0.1- 0.4

246

6.5

5.4- 7.9

RACE

White

2,527

139

5.5

4.2- 7.1

0.7

0.4- 1.3

2,154

86.1

83.8-88.0

0.2

0.1- 0.5

199

7.5

6.1- 9.2

African American

579

5.1

2.9- 8.7

2.1

0.9- 5.3

505

88.1

83.5-91.6

0.1

0.0- 0.9

4.6

2.7- 7.6

Asian

1.1

0.1- 8.1

1.7

0.2-11.6

97.2

88.2-99.4

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

16.5

5.2-41.8

3.8

0.7-17.9

73.3

50.8-87.9

0.0

. - .

6.4

1.5-23.2

Other Minorities

159

8.9

3.8-19.5

0.4

0.1- 3.0

143

88.7

78.6-94.3

0.0

. - .

2.0

0.7- 5.3

HISPANIC

Hispanic

168

10.1

4.7-20.5

1.6

0.3- 7.2

149

86.9

76.9-93.0

0.0

0.0- 0.3

1.3

0.6- 3.1

-English Speaking

10.7

2.6-34.6

5.4

0.8-30.1

83.3

59.8-94.4

0.2

0.0- 1.3

0.4

0.0- 2.6

-Spanish Speaking

116

9.9

4.0-22.8

0.5

0.1- 3.7

102

87.9

75.9-94.4

0.0

. - .

1.6

0.6- 3.9

Non-Hispanic

3,212

172

5.4

4.3- 6.8

0.9

0.5- 1.5

2,747

86.5

84.5-88.2

0.2

0.1- 0.4

239

7.0

5.8- 8.4

AGE

18-24

212

7.8

3.6-15.8

0.4

0.0- 2.5

187

89.9

82.2-94.5

0.2

0.0- 1.6

1.7

0.7- 4.2

25-34

521

4.8

2.8- 8.0

0.3

0.1- 1.1

463

90.7

87.0-93.5

0.2

0.1- 0.7

4.0

2.4- 6.6

35-44

676

5.2

3.1- 8.5

0.7

0.3- 1.7

586

84.9

80.2-88.5

0.1

0.0- 0.5

9.2

6.3-13.2

45-54

675

5.2

3.2- 8.6

2.1

0.8- 5.6

588

85.9

80.8-89.8

0.0

0.0- 0.1

6.7

4.0-11.0

55-64

570

4.5

2.7- 7.2

0.9

0.3- 2.4

475

85.3

80.8-88.9

0.2

0.1- 0.7

9.1

6.2-13.2

65-74

447

8.9

5.5-14.1

1.0

0.5- 1.9

371

82.3

76.3-87.0

0.3

0.1- 1.2

7.5

4.6-12.2

75+

266

7.4

3.7-14.3

2.1

0.6- 6.9

216

80.3

72.8-86.2

0.8

0.1- 4.8

9.3

5.8-14.5

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

582

7.7

4.8-12.2

2.3

1.0- 5.3

485

85.4

80.4-89.3

0.0

0.0- 0.2

4.5

2.9- 7.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

997

4.6

2.9- 7.2

1.5

0.8- 3.0

854

84.9

81.2-88.1

0.3

0.1- 0.8

8.6

6.2-11.7

Some Post-H.S.

794

6.4

3.9-10.6

0.1

0.0- 0.2

675

87.6

83.5-90.9

0.3

0.1- 1.0

5.5

3.9- 7.8

College Graduate

1,001

5.3

3.6- 7.5

0.4

0.1- 1.1

877

87.7

84.3-90.4

0.1

0.0- 0.3

6.6

4.5- 9.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

290

9.7

4.6-19.4

1.2

0.5- 3.0

230

82.7

73.4-89.3

0.1

0.0- 0.4

6.3

3.2-12.1

$15,000- 24,999

601

5.1

2.9- 8.6

1.5

0.5- 4.6

519

88.0

83.6-91.4

0.4

0.1- 1.4

5.0

3.2- 7.8

$25,000- 34,999

358

5.9

3.3-10.3

1.2

0.5- 3.2

309

88.8

83.7-92.5

0.0

. - .

4.0

2.1- 7.6

$35,000- 49,999

516

4.4

2.4- 8.2

1.1

0.3- 3.6

441

85.7

80.7-89.5

0.4

0.1- 1.4

8.4

5.6-12.4

$50,000-74,999

428

5.2

2.9- 9.1

0.2

0.1- 0.9

375

88.0

82.8-91.8

0.0

. - .

6.6

3.9-11.1

$75,000+

498

6.2

3.1-12.0

0.2

0.0- 1.6

423

84.2

77.8-89.1

0.2

0.0- 0.6

9.1

5.7-14.3

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

176

2.5

1.0- 6.0

0.0

. - .

154

90.2

85.0-93.7

0.0

. - .

7.4

4.4-12.0

Guilford

163

2.1

0.7- 6.0

1.1

0.2- 5.2

151

93.9

89.1-96.7

0.0

. - .

2.9

1.3- 6.5

Mecklenburg

164

8.6

3.8-18.3

0.7

0.2- 3.1

138

85.5

76.5-91.5

0.0

. - .

5.2

2.7- 9.8

Orange

169

13.8

4.7-34.4

1.1

0.3- 3.5

148

79.0

62.4-89.5

0.3

0.0- 1.8

5.9

2.9-11.5

Wake

169

6.3

2.5-14.8

0.6

0.1- 4.2

151

88.2

80.0-93.3

0.5

0.1- 3.5

4.4

2.0- 9.7

Chatham/Lee

148

3.3

1.6- 7.0

6.1

1.2-25.5

127

84.4

71.9-92.0

0.3

0.0- 1.8

5.9

2.9-11.7

Nash/Wilson

134

7.1

3.6-13.4

0.8

0.2- 3.6

110

85.0

77.8-90.2

0.7

0.1- 5.0

6.4

3.4-11.5

Craven/Pamlico

167

3.0

1.3- 6.8

1.0

0.3- 3.1

144

88.2

81.9-92.5

0.0

. - .

7.8

4.3-13.7

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

156

2.4

0.9- 6.8

2.8

0.7-11.1

141

90.7

83.8-94.8

1.1

0.3- 4.3

3.0

1.3- 6.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

162

4.8

2.5- 9.0

1.8

0.7- 5.1

137

81.5

67.2-90.4

0.6

0.1- 3.9

11.3

3.8-29.2

Franklin/Gran./Vance

171

5.7

2.8-11.1

2.3

0.5-10.0

145

83.3

73.2-90.1

0.0

. - .

8.8

4.1-17.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

161

4.5

2.0- 9.7

0.5

0.1- 2.3

134

88.3

80.2-93.3

0.2

0.0- 1.7

6.5

3.1-12.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

171

6.3

3.2-12.1

2.2

0.8- 5.9

138

80.5

72.3-86.7

0.9

0.1- 6.2

10.1

5.6-17.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

122

7.2

3.6-13.9

0.0

. - .

105

84.9

75.4-91.2

2.5

0.4-12.6

5.4

2.1-13.2

Northeast NC I

137

5.0

2.0-12.0

2.1

0.6- 6.9

115

86.4

78.3-91.8

0.5

0.1- 3.4

6.0

3.1-11.4

Northeast NC II

179

5.2

2.0-12.9

0.2

0.0- 1.1

157

88.4

81.3-93.1

0.3

0.0- 1.8

6.0

3.4-10.4

Northeastern Partnership

316

5.1

2.5-10.3

0.8

0.3- 2.2

272

87.8

82.6-91.6

0.3

0.1- 1.3

6.0

3.9- 9.2

Mountain AHEC

486

7.3

4.4-11.9

0.1

0.0- 0.3

401

82.9

77.5-87.2

0.2

0.0- 1.0

9.6

6.7-13.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,129

5.1

3.5- 7.4

0.8

0.3- 2.0

959

86.6

83.2-89.4

0.3

0.1- 0.8

7.2

5.1-10.0

Piedmont

1,491

5.8

4.2- 8.1

1.0

0.5- 1.9

1,304

87.4

84.7-89.7

0.1

0.0- 0.4

5.6

4.3- 7.4

Western NC

763

7.0

4.4-11.0

1.1

0.4- 3.6

636

82.6

77.9-86.5

0.3

0.1- 0.9

8.8

6.3-12.2

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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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