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

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 347 25 9.6 5.9-15.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1 297 82.2 75.6-87.3 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 19 6.2 3.3-11.3
GENDER
Male 122 11 13.1 6.5-24.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 103 79.1 66.7-87.8 2 1.0 0.3- 4.0 5 6.4 2.0-18.4
Female 225 14 6.4 3.5-11.3 3 2.5 0.8- 7.6 194 85.1 78.8-89.7 0 0.0 . - . 14 6.0 3.4-10.4
RACE
White 322 21 7.7 4.4-13.1 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2 279 85.5 79.8-89.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 17 5.0 3.0- 8.2
Other 24 3 19.5 5.3-51.3 1 3.4 0.5-21.3 18 59.4 30.8-82.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 17.8 3.1-59.5
AGE
18-44 119 10 11.9 5.7-23.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 103 81.7 69.5-89.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 5.6 1.6-17.3
45+ 226 15 7.5 4.3-12.6 3 2.1 0.6- 7.0 193 83.1 76.6-88.1 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 13 6.3 3.5-11.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 18 13.3 7.2-23.1 3 2.5 0.7- 8.1 126 76.6 65.5-85.0 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 8 6.6 2.2-18.4
Some College + 188 7 6.6 2.8-15.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 169 86.8 78.7-92.1 0 0.0 . - . 11 5.9 3.1-11.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 18 10.7 6.0-18.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 197 83.5 75.9-89.1 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 12 4.3 2.3- 7.9
$50,000+ 79 6 10.7 3.9-26.1 0 0.0 . - . 68 82.5 68.3-91.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 6.8 2.7-16.1

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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: 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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