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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,350 | 627 | 13.5 | 12.1-15.1 | 3,723 | 86.5 | 84.9-87.9 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 231 | 20 | 8.9 | 4.8-15.9 | 211 | 91.1 | 84.1-95.2 |
25-34 | 591 | 59 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.7 | 532 | 89.3 | 85.3-92.2 |
35-44 | 765 | 114 | 14.7 | 11.5-18.7 | 651 | 85.3 | 81.3-88.5 |
45-54 | 839 | 163 | 19.1 | 15.5-23.3 | 676 | 80.9 | 76.7-84.5 |
55-64 | 729 | 111 | 13.6 | 10.3-17.7 | 618 | 86.4 | 82.3-89.7 |
65-74 | 636 | 96 | 13.8 | 10.4-18.1 | 540 | 86.2 | 81.9-89.6 |
75+ | 528 | 59 | 10.2 | 7.0-14.5 | 469 | 89.8 | 85.5-93.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 580 | 52 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.1 | 528 | 91.2 | 86.9-94.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,287 | 169 | 12.3 | 9.9-15.2 | 1,118 | 87.7 | 84.8-90.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,162 | 168 | 13.4 | 10.7-16.6 | 994 | 86.6 | 83.4-89.3 |
College Graduate | 1,312 | 236 | 16.9 | 14.2-19.9 | 1,076 | 83.1 | 80.1-85.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 461 | 46 | 8.2 | 5.5-12.2 | 415 | 91.8 | 87.8-94.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 738 | 90 | 13.6 | 10.0-18.3 | 648 | 86.4 | 81.7-90.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 477 | 68 | 14.5 | 10.0-20.5 | 409 | 85.5 | 79.5-90.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 575 | 77 | 13.4 | 9.8-18.0 | 498 | 86.6 | 82.0-90.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 488 | 92 | 17.1 | 13.0-22.2 | 396 | 82.9 | 77.8-87.0 |
$75,000+ | 580 | 122 | 19.9 | 15.8-24.8 | 458 | 80.1 | 75.2-84.2 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 244 | 38 | 13.8 | 9.9-19.1 | 206 | 86.2 | 80.9-90.1 |
Guilford | 200 | 33 | 15.0 | 10.5-21.0 | 167 | 85.0 | 79.0-89.5 |
Mecklenburg | 183 | 24 | 13.2 | 8.6-19.6 | 159 | 86.8 | 80.4-91.4 |
Orange | 237 | 47 | 12.1 | 8.4-17.1 | 190 | 87.9 | 82.9-91.6 |
Wake | 197 | 31 | 18.4 | 12.8-25.8 | 166 | 81.6 | 74.2-87.2 |
Chatham/Lee | 175 | 26 | 14.6 | 9.9-21.2 | 149 | 85.4 | 78.8-90.1 |
Nash/Wilson | 150 | 27 | 17.8 | 11.8-26.0 | 123 | 82.2 | 74.0-88.2 |
Craven/Pamlico | 220 | 33 | 13.7 | 9.7-19.0 | 187 | 86.3 | 81.0-90.3 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 258 | 41 | 15.1 | 11.0-20.4 | 217 | 84.9 | 79.6-89.0 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 41 | 14.0 | 9.7-19.8 | 233 | 86.0 | 80.2-90.3 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 185 | 24 | 13.8 | 8.0-22.9 | 161 | 86.2 | 77.1-92.0 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 229 | 38 | 16.1 | 11.5-22.1 | 191 | 83.9 | 77.9-88.5 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 119 | 13 | 10.2 | 5.5-18.3 | 106 | 89.8 | 81.7-94.5 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 177 | 19 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.2 | 158 | 91.7 | 86.8-94.9 |
Northeast NC I | 138 | 17 | 10.5 | 6.1-17.6 | 121 | 89.5 | 82.4-93.9 |
Northeast NC II | 221 | 34 | 16.9 | 11.9-23.4 | 187 | 83.1 | 76.6-88.1 |
Northeastern Partnership | 359 | 51 | 15.1 | 11.2-20.1 | 308 | 84.9 | 79.9-88.8 |
Mountain AHEC | 735 | 109 | 12.0 | 9.5-15.1 | 626 | 88.0 | 84.9-90.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,322 | 173 | 12.2 | 9.8-15.0 | 1,149 | 87.8 | 85.0-90.2 |
Piedmont | 1,834 | 280 | 14.7 | 12.6-17.1 | 1,554 | 85.3 | 82.9-87.4 |
Western NC | 1,194 | 174 | 11.8 | 9.8-14.3 | 1,020 | 88.2 | 85.7-90.2 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the all six heart attack symptoms questions..
^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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