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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 451 238 51.2 45.2-57.1 136 34.2 28.5-40.3 77 14.7 11.2-18.9
GENDER
Male 158 73 46.6 37.0-56.5 61 43.2 33.7-53.3 24 10.2 6.5-15.6
Female 293 165 55.2 48.1-62.2 75 26.0 20.1-32.9 53 18.7 13.6-25.2
RACE
White 394 219 53.4 47.0-59.7 115 34.0 28.0-40.6 60 12.6 9.5-16.5
Other 57 19 36.1 21.1-54.4 21 35.4 21.4-52.3 17 28.5 14.9-47.6
AGE
18-44 171 80 44.9 35.8-54.4 64 42.9 33.7-52.6 27 12.2 7.5-19.1
45+ 279 158 58.6 51.9-65.0 72 24.2 19.0-30.4 49 17.2 12.8-22.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 253 109 42.3 34.5-50.6 87 38.9 31.2-47.2 57 18.8 13.7-25.3
Some College + 197 128 63.9 54.8-72.0 49 27.5 19.7-36.9 20 8.7 5.4-13.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 145 49.7 42.3-57.1 95 37.3 30.2-45.1 43 12.9 9.2-17.8
$50,000+ 104 68 64.7 53.1-74.8 23 24.6 15.6-36.4 13 10.7 5.9-18.7

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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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