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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 350 297 84.7 79.7-88.6 23 6.3 4.0- 9.9 30 9.0 6.0-13.2
GENDER
Male 124 99 81.9 73.0-88.4 12 8.0 4.3-14.7 13 10.0 5.4-17.8
Female 226 198 87.2 81.4-91.4 11 4.7 2.4- 9.1 17 8.0 4.8-13.1
RACE
White 325 282 86.1 81.0-90.0 20 6.5 4.0-10.5 23 7.3 4.6-11.5
Other 24 14 70.3 46.4-86.6 3 5.0 1.4-16.2 7 24.7 10.2-48.6
AGE
18-44 120 100 86.1 78.2-91.5 8 5.3 2.4-11.3 12 8.6 4.6-15.5
45+ 228 196 83.7 76.9-88.8 15 7.5 4.3-12.7 17 8.8 5.1-14.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 128 79.3 70.7-85.9 12 7.4 3.8-13.7 19 13.3 8.1-21.1
Some College + 189 167 89.1 83.1-93.1 11 5.5 2.8-10.4 11 5.4 2.8-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 198 85.1 78.8-89.8 15 6.6 3.7-11.5 20 8.3 4.9-13.6
$50,000+ 80 71 89.4 79.9-94.7 4 4.1 1.4-11.6 5 6.5 2.6-15.2

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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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