BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	409	70	15.1	11.5-19.5	339	84.9	80.5-88.5
GENDER
Male	149	21	11.6	6.9-18.8	128	88.4	81.2-93.1
Female	260	49	18.3	13.5-24.4	211	81.7	75.6-86.5
RACE
White	380	68	16.7	12.7-21.5	312	83.3	78.5-87.3
Other	28	2	1.7	0.4- 7.1	26	98.3	92.9-99.6
AGE
18-44	135	24	13.3	8.1-21.1	111	86.7	78.9-91.9
45+	271	46	16.9	12.5-22.4	225	83.1	77.6-87.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	22	8.2	5.1-13.0	168	91.8	87.0-94.9
Some College +	216	47	20.7	14.9-28.1	169	79.3	71.9-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	274	38	11.2	7.8-15.8	236	88.8	84.2-92.2
$50,000+	89	26	29.3	19.0-42.1	63	70.7	57.9-81.0

*Derived from 6 stroke questions.

^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.

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

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	409	70	15.1	11.5-19.5	339	84.9	80.5-88.5
GENDER
Male	149	21	11.6	6.9-18.8	128	88.4	81.2-93.1
Female	260	49	18.3	13.5-24.4	211	81.7	75.6-86.5
RACE
White	380	68	16.7	12.7-21.5	312	83.3	78.5-87.3
Other	28	2	1.7	0.4- 7.1	26	98.3	92.9-99.6
AGE
18-44	135	24	13.3	8.1-21.1	111	86.7	78.9-91.9
45+	271	46	16.9	12.5-22.4	225	83.1	77.6-87.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	22	8.2	5.1-13.0	168	91.8	87.0-94.9
Some College +	216	47	20.7	14.9-28.1	169	79.3	71.9-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	274	38	11.2	7.8-15.8	236	88.8	84.2-92.2
$50,000+	89	26	29.3	19.0-42.1	63	70.7	57.9-81.0