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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 349 315 89.9 85.3-93.2 17 3.6 2.1- 6.1 17 6.5 3.8-11.0
GENDER
Male 124 110 88.4 79.6-93.7 7 3.4 1.6- 7.3 7 8.2 3.7-17.3
Female 225 205 91.3 86.1-94.7 10 3.7 1.7- 7.9 10 4.9 2.6- 9.3
RACE
White 324 301 93.4 89.6-95.9 13 3.3 1.8- 6.1 10 3.3 1.6- 6.6
Other 24 14 66.2 40.9-84.7 4 6.1 2.0-17.3 6 27.7 11.3-53.6
AGE
18-44 120 109 90.8 82.6-95.3 4 2.0 0.6- 6.4 7 7.2 3.2-15.3
45+ 227 204 88.9 82.9-93.0 13 5.2 2.8- 9.4 10 5.9 2.9-11.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 133 83.7 75.4-89.6 11 5.2 2.6-10.0 14 11.1 6.1-19.2
Some College + 189 180 95.1 89.3-97.8 6 2.2 0.9- 5.7 3 2.7 0.8- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 205 88.4 82.2-92.7 13 3.7 1.9- 6.9 14 7.9 4.3-14.1
$50,000+ 80 78 96.8 87.6-99.2 1 2.0 0.3-12.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2

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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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