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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 350 88 27.8 22.0-34.5 146 41.7 35.1-48.6 116 30.5 24.9-36.7
GENDER
Male 124 40 32.7 22.9-44.3 48 40.6 29.5-52.7 36 26.7 18.2-37.4
Female 226 48 23.3 17.2-30.8 98 42.7 35.5-50.2 80 34.0 27.3-41.3
RACE
White 325 82 29.4 23.2-36.5 139 43.6 36.8-50.6 104 27.0 21.8-32.9
Other 24 6 15.8 5.5-37.8 7 28.3 9.3-60.3 11 55.9 29.6-79.3
AGE
18-44 120 34 32.0 22.3-43.7 53 42.4 31.4-54.2 33 25.6 17.3-36.0
45+ 228 53 23.3 17.8-29.9 92 40.9 34.0-48.1 83 35.9 29.2-43.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 36 21.3 14.8-29.8 65 44.5 34.8-54.6 58 34.2 25.6-44.0
Some College + 189 51 33.1 24.4-43.0 81 39.7 30.8-49.2 57 27.3 20.3-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 67 30.2 23.0-38.6 93 42.3 34.0-51.1 73 27.5 20.9-35.2
$50,000+ 80 12 21.3 11.0-37.2 40 42.1 30.5-54.6 28 36.6 25.3-49.5

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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: 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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