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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 350 252 70.0 63.4-75.9 28 10.9 6.8-16.9 70 19.1 14.6-24.5
GENDER
Male 124 86 68.1 56.5-77.9 12 14.3 7.3-26.1 26 17.6 11.1-26.8
Female 226 166 71.8 64.5-78.1 16 7.7 4.5-13.0 44 20.5 15.1-27.2
RACE
White 325 243 76.1 70.2-81.1 25 8.8 5.8-13.3 57 15.1 11.2-20.0
Other 24 9 21.5 8.7-44.0 3 30.2 9.3-64.7 12 48.4 24.3-73.2
AGE
18-44 120 84 69.3 57.9-78.8 13 14.8 7.9-26.2 23 15.9 9.8-24.7
45+ 228 166 70.4 63.1-76.7 15 7.0 4.0-12.0 47 22.6 16.9-29.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 105 61.5 51.1-71.0 17 16.0 8.8-27.3 37 22.5 15.5-31.5
Some College + 189 145 77.0 69.1-83.3 11 6.7 3.4-12.6 33 16.4 11.2-23.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 166 70.6 62.5-77.6 22 11.0 6.6-17.7 45 18.4 13.0-25.3
$50,000+ 80 60 74.6 62.5-83.8 5 8.9 3.6-20.5 15 16.5 9.8-26.6

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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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