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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 9,307 6,586 68.2 66.6-69.8 838 9.8 8.8-10.9 1,883 22.0 20.6-23.4
-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
GENDER
Male 770 507 60.9 55.0-66.5 96 14.1 10.4-18.8 167 25.0 20.2-30.6
Female 1,287 947 74.2 70.4-77.7 91 7.7 5.5-10.5 249 18.1 15.2-21.5
RACE
White 1,875 1,350 69.8 66.3-73.2 173 11.3 8.9-14.2 352 18.9 16.2-21.8
African American 72 49 69.2 47.5-84.8 6 6.0 2.3-15.1 17 24.8 10.5-48.0
Other Minorities 101 49 28.5 17.3-43.1 7 4.5 1.8-10.6 45 67.0 51.4-79.6
AGE
18-24 135 69 48.2 36.4-60.2 21 16.3 9.0-27.8 45 35.5 24.9-47.7
25-34 282 178 62.9 52.2-72.5 25 10.9 5.9-19.2 79 26.2 18.3-35.9
35-44 341 245 72.1 63.4-79.5 36 8.6 5.8-12.6 60 19.3 12.4-28.8
45-54 380 295 75.2 66.1-82.5 33 13.2 7.1-23.4 52 11.5 7.8-16.8
55-64 352 280 73.3 65.3-80.1 18 6.9 4.0-11.5 54 19.8 13.6-27.8
65-74 340 247 72.6 65.3-78.8 31 10.2 6.0-16.8 62 17.3 12.6-23.3
75+ 214 130 61.8 53.1-69.8 23 11.3 6.6-18.7 61 26.9 20.3-34.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 341 186 55.5 45.0-65.5 37 10.6 6.6-16.7 118 33.9 25.0-44.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 641 432 60.7 54.4-66.7 64 11.3 7.3-16.9 145 28.0 22.6-34.2
Some Post-H.S. 543 421 74.8 68.0-80.5 43 12.0 7.7-18.3 79 13.2 9.3-18.4
College Graduate 526 410 78.8 73.7-83.1 43 8.7 5.9-12.5 73 12.6 9.2-16.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 269 175 60.2 50.8-69.0 24 13.8 7.6-23.7 70 26.0 18.8-34.8
$15,000- 24,999 404 259 57.1 48.2-65.6 47 14.3 8.8-22.4 98 28.6 21.0-37.5
$25,000- 34,999 254 194 75.4 65.8-83.1 19 10.2 4.8-20.3 41 14.4 9.2-21.8
$35,000- 49,999 270 208 75.3 66.8-82.1 25 9.8 5.7-16.3 37 14.9 9.6-22.4
$50,000-74,999 205 150 68.9 58.0-78.0 22 13.7 7.0-25.2 33 17.4 10.9-26.5
$75,000+ 205 171 84.5 76.5-90.1 20 8.6 4.9-14.7 14 6.9 3.2-14.2
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
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
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

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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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