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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Wake County

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 9,325 8,719 92.2 91.2-93.2 239 2.6 2.1- 3.3 367 5.1 4.4- 6.1
-Wake County 448 418 89.0 83.2-92.9 12 4.3 2.2- 8.3 18 6.7 3.6-12.1
GENDER
Male 171 156 85.1 74.6-91.7 7 6.6 2.8-15.1 8 8.3 3.5-18.6
Female 277 262 92.5 86.2-96.0 5 2.2 0.9- 5.2 10 5.3 2.3-11.8
RACE
White 323 311 95.5 92.0-97.5 8 2.9 1.5- 5.8 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7
Other 122 105 76.6 62.5-86.5 4 7.1 2.4-19.7 13 16.3 8.0-30.2
AGE
18-44 248 231 88.6 80.6-93.5 6 4.3 1.6-10.9 11 7.1 3.4-14.3
45+ 197 184 89.5 79.8-94.9 6 4.4 2.0- 9.5 7 6.1 2.0-17.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 92 70.6 56.3-81.8 6 9.3 3.6-22.0 14 20.1 10.6-34.6
Some College + 335 325 96.7 93.7-98.3 6 2.2 1.0- 4.9 4 1.1 0.3- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 168 84.6 73.5-91.6 4 3.2 1.1- 8.9 11 12.2 5.9-23.7
$50,000+ 189 182 93.0 83.9-97.2 6 5.7 2.0-14.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 424 92.5 88.2-95.4 16 3.5 2.0- 5.9 10 4.0 1.8- 8.5
Guilford 443 423 95.3 91.9-97.3 11 2.5 1.1- 5.5 9 2.2 1.0- 4.7
Mecklenburg 443 424 93.9 89.8-96.5 7 1.2 0.6- 2.6 12 4.8 2.5- 9.1
Orange 450 427 89.2 79.4-94.7 8 1.3 0.6- 2.8 15 9.5 4.3-19.9
Wake 448 418 89.0 83.2-92.9 12 4.3 2.2- 8.3 18 6.7 3.6-12.1
Chatham/Lee 394 355 86.0 80.4-90.2 11 3.1 1.4- 6.6 28 10.9 7.1-16.3
Nash/Wilson 373 345 92.1 88.2-94.7 11 3.0 1.6- 5.4 17 5.0 2.9- 8.5
Craven/Pamlico 446 420 94.2 90.8-96.4 10 1.8 0.9- 3.5 16 4.0 2.1- 7.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 431 405 93.9 90.6-96.0 11 1.8 0.9- 3.4 15 4.4 2.5- 7.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 432 96.0 93.8-97.5 11 2.0 1.1- 3.7 10 2.0 1.0- 3.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 443 92.8 88.2-95.6 10 2.0 1.0- 4.3 18 5.2 2.7- 9.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 401 88.5 71.4-95.9 8 0.9 0.4- 1.9 15 10.6 3.4-28.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 434 92.3 88.7-94.8 15 2.6 1.5- 4.4 20 5.2 3.0- 8.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 373 89.8 84.9-93.2 12 3.0 1.3- 6.9 26 7.2 4.5-11.3
Northeast NC I 453 421 93.2 89.7-95.6 14 2.8 1.5- 5.2 18 4.0 2.2- 7.1
Northeast NC II 507 478 95.8 93.6-97.2 10 1.4 0.7- 2.7 19 2.8 1.7- 4.8
Northeastern Partnership 960 899 94.9 93.1-96.2 24 1.9 1.2- 3.0 37 3.2 2.2- 4.8
Mountain AHEC 1,296 1,220 91.8 88.7-94.1 36 2.8 1.8- 4.2 40 5.4 3.4- 8.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,262 3,029 92.2 90.1-93.8 88 3.0 1.9- 4.5 145 4.9 3.6- 6.5
Piedmont 4,001 3,746 92.2 90.8-93.5 95 2.5 1.9- 3.4 160 5.2 4.2- 6.5
Western NC 2,062 1,944 92.3 89.7-94.2 56 2.4 1.7- 3.3 62 5.4 3.6- 7.9

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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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