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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 350 305 85.7 79.9-90.0 21 6.8 3.7-12.0 24 7.6 4.7-11.8
GENDER
Male 124 104 82.9 72.0-90.2 12 9.7 4.4-20.2 8 7.4 3.3-15.6
Female 226 201 88.2 82.4-92.3 9 4.0 1.8- 8.6 16 7.7 4.6-12.7
RACE
White 325 290 89.8 85.3-93.0 18 5.3 3.1- 8.8 17 4.9 2.8- 8.5
Other 24 15 56.1 29.6-79.5 3 20.6 4.5-58.6 6 23.3 9.4-47.3
AGE
18-44 120 104 84.5 73.9-91.3 5 7.2 2.6-18.6 11 8.3 4.3-15.6
45+ 228 199 86.7 80.6-91.2 16 6.4 3.8-10.7 13 6.9 3.6-12.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 129 77.8 67.4-85.5 13 11.5 5.6-22.2 17 10.8 6.2-18.1
Some College + 189 174 92.3 86.4-95.8 8 2.8 1.3- 5.9 7 4.9 2.1-10.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 202 86.3 79.9-90.9 14 6.2 3.4-10.9 17 7.5 4.2-13.1
$50,000+ 80 74 92.8 84.3-96.9 2 2.0 0.5- 7.6 4 5.2 1.9-13.7

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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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