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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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 9,322 3,261 36.3 34.7-37.9 3,124 32.2 30.7-33.8 2,937 31.5 29.9-33.0
-Western NC 2,060 707 34.3 31.2-37.6 689 32.0 28.9-35.3 664 33.7 30.3-37.3
GENDER
Male 769 283 33.4 28.5-38.6 242 29.2 24.3-34.6 244 37.4 31.6-43.7
Female 1,291 424 35.2 31.2-39.3 447 34.6 30.9-38.6 420 30.2 26.8-33.8
RACE
White 1,877 646 34.9 31.6-38.3 645 33.3 30.0-36.7 586 31.9 28.4-35.6
African American 72 28 39.5 21.1-61.4 16 23.4 9.4-47.3 28 37.1 21.5-56.1
Other Minorities 102 30 19.9 11.3-32.6 25 15.4 8.5-26.2 47 64.7 48.7-78.1
AGE
18-24 135 60 43.5 32.1-55.6 23 21.9 12.8-34.8 52 34.6 24.5-46.4
25-34 282 105 28.9 21.3-37.8 84 31.3 22.7-41.3 93 39.9 28.4-52.5
35-44 341 127 36.8 29.9-44.3 107 27.6 21.5-34.6 107 35.6 27.9-44.2
45-54 381 136 39.1 31.2-47.6 131 31.7 24.4-40.0 114 29.2 22.6-36.9
55-64 353 130 36.7 29.6-44.5 109 32.5 25.6-40.4 114 30.7 24.3-38.0
65-74 339 101 29.9 23.5-37.1 143 40.6 33.9-47.8 95 29.5 23.1-36.8
75+ 216 45 16.9 11.9-23.5 88 47.1 38.4-55.9 83 36.0 28.4-44.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 345 82 20.7 14.5-28.7 118 28.6 21.5-37.0 145 50.7 40.2-61.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 640 206 30.9 26.0-36.3 201 32.4 26.7-38.7 233 36.7 31.2-42.6
Some Post-H.S. 543 231 43.1 36.5-49.9 170 29.3 23.7-35.7 142 27.6 22.0-34.0
College Graduate 526 187 39.4 33.7-45.4 198 37.9 32.5-43.5 141 22.8 18.6-27.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 270 88 26.4 20.0-33.9 92 35.1 27.0-44.1 90 38.6 30.2-47.7
$15,000- 24,999 406 131 30.8 23.9-38.8 129 31.3 24.0-39.8 146 37.8 29.8-46.6
$25,000- 34,999 254 85 33.6 25.5-42.7 91 37.0 28.1-46.8 78 29.5 22.3-37.9
$35,000- 49,999 270 112 44.8 35.7-54.3 88 30.8 23.5-39.1 70 24.4 17.7-32.7
$50,000-74,999 205 76 41.0 31.9-50.7 71 31.8 23.3-41.6 58 27.2 19.7-36.3
$75,000+ 205 76 46.2 36.8-55.8 82 36.1 27.8-45.4 47 17.7 12.0-25.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 159 38.5 33.2-44.2 168 33.4 28.7-38.5 123 28.1 23.3-33.4
Guilford 443 151 35.4 30.1-41.0 167 38.7 33.4-44.4 125 25.9 21.5-30.8
Mecklenburg 443 174 38.8 33.1-44.8 141 30.9 25.7-36.6 128 30.3 25.0-36.2
Orange 450 157 37.2 30.8-44.2 161 30.1 23.7-37.5 132 32.6 25.6-40.6
Wake 448 154 32.4 27.5-37.7 149 35.1 29.8-40.7 145 32.5 27.3-38.1
Chatham/Lee 394 130 32.3 26.8-38.3 138 33.7 28.1-39.9 126 34.0 27.8-40.7
Nash/Wilson 373 137 39.5 33.6-45.8 131 31.9 26.8-37.5 105 28.6 23.5-34.3
Craven/Pamlico 446 159 39.7 34.2-45.4 152 29.9 25.3-34.9 135 30.5 25.4-36.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 429 135 30.0 25.2-35.4 149 38.7 32.7-45.0 145 31.3 26.4-36.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 162 36.6 30.2-43.6 134 28.3 22.5-34.8 157 35.1 29.3-41.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 159 30.5 24.7-37.1 161 31.2 25.0-38.2 151 38.3 29.6-47.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 148 34.1 27.6-41.2 137 30.2 24.2-37.1 139 35.7 26.9-45.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 173 37.8 32.8-43.1 141 30.5 25.8-35.6 155 31.7 27.0-36.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 156 42.5 36.2-49.0 128 28.0 23.1-33.4 126 29.6 24.5-35.2
Northeast NC I 453 147 34.8 29.3-40.8 158 33.6 28.3-39.3 148 31.6 25.3-38.7
Northeast NC II 507 168 33.2 28.3-38.5 186 39.1 34.0-44.4 153 27.7 23.4-32.5
Northeastern Partnership 960 315 33.8 30.0-37.7 344 37.1 33.3-41.1 301 29.1 25.4-33.1
Mountain AHEC 1,296 436 32.5 28.9-36.3 458 32.9 29.3-36.7 402 34.6 30.2-39.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,261 1,169 37.2 34.4-40.0 1,059 30.9 28.2-33.7 1,033 32.0 29.2-34.8
Piedmont 4,001 1,385 36.3 34.1-38.6 1,376 33.0 30.9-35.2 1,240 30.6 28.6-32.8

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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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