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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 350 290 82.4 77.1-86.8 20 5.7 3.5- 9.3 40 11.8 8.3-16.6
GENDER
Male 124 99 81.8 72.5-88.4 9 6.1 2.9-12.5 16 12.1 6.8-20.6
Female 226 191 83.0 76.4-88.0 11 5.4 2.7-10.3 24 11.6 7.5-17.4
RACE
White 325 276 84.7 79.4-88.8 18 6.0 3.5-10.0 31 9.3 6.2-13.7
Other 24 14 68.7 44.7-85.7 2 4.0 0.8-17.6 8 27.2 11.8-51.1
AGE
18-44 120 96 81.3 72.2-87.9 8 6.6 3.1-13.6 16 12.0 7.0-20.0
45+ 228 192 83.4 76.8-88.4 12 4.9 2.7- 8.8 24 11.8 7.4-18.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 125 78.2 69.5-85.0 13 8.4 4.6-15.0 21 13.3 8.1-21.2
Some College + 189 163 85.8 78.7-90.9 7 3.5 1.4- 8.3 19 10.7 6.4-17.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 192 82.5 75.7-87.7 16 6.7 3.8-11.5 25 10.8 6.8-16.8
$50,000+ 80 69 85.3 73.8-92.3 4 5.9 1.9-16.8 7 8.8 3.9-18.5

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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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