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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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 9,307 6,586 68.2 66.6-69.8 838 9.8 8.8-10.9 1,883 22.0 20.6-23.4
-Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 429 298 68.6 63.0-73.7 43 8.7 6.3-11.9 88 22.7 18.1-28.0
GENDER
Male 158 104 65.3 55.7-73.7 13 6.1 3.4-10.6 41 28.6 20.8-38.1
Female 271 194 71.4 64.7-77.2 30 10.9 7.5-15.7 47 17.7 12.9-23.7
RACE
White 399 284 70.2 64.5-75.4 40 9.0 6.4-12.4 75 20.8 16.2-26.3
Other 27 12 47.5 25.7-70.2 3 6.1 1.8-18.4 12 46.4 25.3-68.9
AGE
18-44 169 111 64.6 55.9-72.5 18 8.8 5.4-14.1 40 26.5 19.4-35.2
45+ 257 186 72.2 65.0-78.4 25 8.7 5.7-13.0 46 19.1 13.8-25.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 164 61.9 54.5-68.8 25 8.8 5.8-13.0 63 29.3 22.8-36.8
Some College + 174 133 77.5 69.3-84.0 18 8.7 5.2-14.1 23 13.8 8.7-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 243 163 64.5 57.3-71.2 26 9.6 6.4-14.3 54 25.9 19.8-33.0
$50,000+ 78 63 76.9 62.5-86.9 6 6.7 2.9-14.6 9 16.4 7.6-31.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 449 334 73.1 67.8-77.8 35 8.3 5.7-11.9 80 18.6 14.6-23.5
Guilford 443 327 73.2 67.8-78.1 46 11.2 7.7-15.8 70 15.6 12.0-20.1
Mecklenburg 442 311 65.1 59.0-70.8 32 6.9 4.7- 9.9 99 28.0 22.6-34.2
Orange 450 322 62.2 53.9-69.9 40 14.7 8.4-24.4 88 23.1 17.2-30.3
Wake 446 308 64.2 58.2-69.7 45 11.9 8.4-16.6 93 23.9 19.0-29.7
Chatham/Lee 393 268 65.4 59.0-71.3 35 9.0 5.8-13.7 90 25.6 20.5-31.5
Nash/Wilson 371 279 73.4 67.7-78.4 35 9.4 6.6-13.2 57 17.2 13.0-22.5
Craven/Pamlico 446 307 67.4 61.6-72.6 47 10.3 7.2-14.4 92 22.4 17.8-27.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 303 63.9 57.1-70.2 44 13.3 8.4-20.6 106 22.8 18.3-28.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 350 73.1 66.5-78.9 34 8.0 5.1-12.2 87 18.9 14.2-24.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 292 62.4 52.6-71.3 39 11.1 7.4-16.3 92 26.5 17.6-37.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 326 67.7 62.4-72.6 40 9.5 6.6-13.5 103 22.8 18.6-27.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 294 67.6 61.4-73.1 40 11.9 8.3-16.9 77 20.5 16.0-25.8
Northeast NC I 452 306 69.6 64.0-74.6 53 10.8 8.0-14.5 93 19.6 15.5-24.5
Northeast NC II 505 362 70.0 64.7-74.8 38 8.2 5.4-12.2 105 21.8 17.6-26.7
Northeastern Partnership 957 668 69.9 65.9-73.5 91 9.1 7.0-11.9 198 21.0 17.9-24.6
Mountain AHEC 1,293 936 71.8 68.0-75.4 111 9.1 7.1-11.6 246 19.0 16.0-22.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,256 2,312 70.6 67.8-73.2 293 8.1 6.7- 9.7 651 21.3 19.0-23.9
Piedmont 3,994 2,820 67.1 64.8-69.3 358 10.4 9.0-12.1 816 22.4 20.5-24.5
Western NC 2,057 1,454 67.8 64.3-71.1 187 10.8 8.6-13.4 416 21.5 18.6-24.6

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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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