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

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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 350 208 52.6 45.7-59.3 101 35.9 29.3-43.1 41 11.5 8.1-16.2
GENDER
Male 124 54 40.7 30.0-52.4 53 46.6 35.2-58.3 17 12.7 7.3-21.2
Female 226 154 63.4 55.7-70.6 48 26.1 19.7-33.8 24 10.4 6.7-15.9
RACE
White 325 201 55.6 48.4-62.5 90 34.9 28.2-42.4 34 9.5 6.4-13.8
Other 24 7 29.9 10.4-61.1 10 39.3 17.9-65.9 7 30.8 13.1-56.6
AGE
18-44 120 53 40.7 30.1-52.3 48 47.1 35.8-58.7 19 12.2 7.1-20.1
45+ 228 154 64.6 57.2-71.3 52 24.4 18.7-31.2 22 11.0 6.9-17.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 90 47.9 38.3-57.7 45 35.7 26.5-46.1 24 16.3 10.3-25.0
Some College + 189 116 56.1 46.4-65.4 56 36.4 27.3-46.6 17 7.6 4.5-12.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 135 48.5 40.1-56.9 69 39.2 30.7-48.4 29 12.3 8.0-18.5
$50,000+ 80 52 64.6 51.4-75.8 21 27.6 17.3-40.8 7 7.9 3.5-16.7

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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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