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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 350 307 83.7 77.2-88.6 10 3.5 1.5- 7.8 33 12.8 8.5-18.9
GENDER
Male 124 106 79.8 67.7-88.1 4 4.2 1.2-13.9 14 16.0 8.7-27.7
Female 226 201 87.3 81.0-91.7 6 2.9 1.2- 7.1 19 9.8 6.0-15.7
RACE
White 325 295 91.2 86.9-94.2 8 2.3 1.1- 5.0 22 6.5 3.9-10.4
Other 24 12 23.2 10.6-43.3 2 14.5 2.7-50.4 10 62.4 36.5-82.7
AGE
18-44 120 100 78.7 67.0-87.0 3 4.0 1.1-13.9 17 17.3 9.9-28.4
45+ 228 205 88.6 82.4-92.8 7 3.0 1.4- 6.6 16 8.4 4.8-14.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 130 74.2 63.0-83.0 6 5.9 2.1-15.2 23 19.9 12.2-30.8
Some College + 189 175 91.6 85.0-95.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6 10 6.9 3.4-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 202 83.3 75.5-89.0 8 4.6 1.8-11.2 23 12.1 7.5-18.9
$50,000+ 80 75 91.9 80.7-96.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 4 6.8 2.3-18.2

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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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