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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 449 19 5.8 3.4-10.0 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 398 84.6 79.3-88.8 4 1.0 0.4- 3.0 25 7.4 4.6-11.7
GENDER
Male 158 7 4.3 1.8- 9.7 2 1.8 0.4- 7.7 136 83.6 74.6-89.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 12 9.6 4.9-18.2
Female 291 12 7.3 3.6-14.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 262 85.6 78.8-90.5 3 1.3 0.4- 4.7 13 5.4 3.1- 9.3
RACE
White 392 15 4.4 2.5- 7.6 3 1.2 0.4- 4.2 350 86.7 81.8-90.4 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 20 6.5 4.0-10.5
Other 57 4 15.7 4.9-40.0 0 0.0 . - . 48 70.9 48.5-86.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 13.4 3.9-37.0
AGE
18-44 171 10 8.0 3.9-15.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 146 80.7 71.6-87.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 12 8.9 4.6-16.7
45+ 277 8 3.0 1.4- 6.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 252 89.5 84.6-93.0 2 0.7 0.2- 3.5 13 5.7 3.2- 9.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 251 13 7.6 3.9-14.2 3 1.8 0.5- 6.2 221 82.1 74.0-88.0 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2 11 7.3 3.6-14.3
Some College + 197 6 3.4 1.4- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 176 88.3 82.1-92.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 14 7.6 4.3-12.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 282 12 5.9 3.1-10.8 3 1.8 0.5- 6.1 249 83.8 77.1-88.8 3 1.3 0.4- 4.4 15 7.2 4.1-12.6
$50,000+ 103 4 3.3 1.2- 9.3 0 0.0 . - . 92 86.8 74.3-93.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 9.9 3.8-23.2

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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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