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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 350 234 66.4 60.1-72.2 42 13.1 9.4-18.0 74 20.4 15.9-25.9
GENDER
Male 124 70 64.1 53.3-73.6 21 14.2 8.8-22.1 33 21.7 14.6-31.1
Female 226 164 68.6 60.9-75.3 21 12.2 7.6-18.9 41 19.3 14.0-25.9
RACE
White 325 225 68.5 62.0-74.3 38 13.9 9.9-19.2 62 17.6 13.3-22.8
Other 24 8 45.0 20.9-71.8 4 7.2 2.4-20.1 12 47.7 23.9-72.7
AGE
18-44 120 73 65.3 54.7-74.6 19 15.2 9.3-23.7 28 19.5 12.8-28.6
45+ 228 160 67.8 60.4-74.3 23 11.3 7.3-17.0 45 21.0 15.5-27.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 94 58.2 48.4-67.4 25 16.5 10.8-24.3 40 25.3 17.8-34.6
Some College + 189 138 73.1 64.9-80.0 17 10.4 6.1-17.2 34 16.5 11.5-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 157 67.6 59.7-74.6 26 11.4 7.4-17.2 50 21.0 15.3-28.0
$50,000+ 80 57 69.5 57.0-79.7 10 14.1 7.3-25.3 13 16.5 9.3-27.4

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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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