BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,137	1,945	8.7	8.2- 9.2	15,192	91.3	90.8-91.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	405	45	8.9	6.5-12.2	360	91.1	87.8-93.5
GENDER
Male	148	23	10.6	6.8-16.3	125	89.4	83.7-93.2
Female	257	22	7.3	4.5-11.7	235	92.7	88.3-95.5
RACE
White	376	42	9.3	6.7-12.9	334	90.7	87.1-93.3
Other	28	3	6.0	1.5-20.8	25	94.0	79.2-98.5
AGE
18-44	135	3	1.7	0.5- 6.2	132	98.3	93.8-99.5
45+	267	42	16.0	11.7-21.5	225	84.0	78.5-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	187	26	11.9	7.8-17.7	161	88.1	82.3-92.2
Some College +	215	19	6.5	3.9-10.6	196	93.5	89.4-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	271	35	10.5	7.2-15.0	236	89.5	85.0-92.8
$50,000+	89	5	5.6	2.2-13.3	84	94.4	86.7-97.8

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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history 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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,137	1,945	8.7	8.2- 9.2	15,192	91.3	90.8-91.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	405	45	8.9	6.5-12.2	360	91.1	87.8-93.5
GENDER
Male	148	23	10.6	6.8-16.3	125	89.4	83.7-93.2
Female	257	22	7.3	4.5-11.7	235	92.7	88.3-95.5
RACE
White	376	42	9.3	6.7-12.9	334	90.7	87.1-93.3
Other	28	3	6.0	1.5-20.8	25	94.0	79.2-98.5
AGE
18-44	135	3	1.7	0.5- 6.2	132	98.3	93.8-99.5
45+	267	42	16.0	11.7-21.5	225	84.0	78.5-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	187	26	11.9	7.8-17.7	161	88.1	82.3-92.2
Some College +	215	19	6.5	3.9-10.6	196	93.5	89.4-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	271	35	10.5	7.2-15.0	236	89.5	85.0-92.8
$50,000+	89	5	5.6	2.2-13.3	84	94.4	86.7-97.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*