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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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 450 270 60.7 54.7-66.4 107 23.8 19.1-29.3 73 15.5 11.5-20.6
GENDER
Male 158 95 57.6 47.6-67.1 45 31.0 22.7-40.7 18 11.4 6.1-20.2
Female 292 175 63.5 56.5-70.0 62 17.3 13.0-22.6 55 19.2 13.9-25.9
RACE
White 393 246 62.5 56.1-68.5 85 22.7 17.7-28.7 62 14.8 10.7-20.1
Other 57 24 48.7 31.8-65.8 22 31.0 18.5-47.2 11 20.3 8.7-40.4
AGE
18-44 171 112 62.3 52.5-71.2 38 23.7 16.6-32.7 21 14.0 8.1-23.1
45+ 278 157 58.7 52.0-65.1 69 24.0 18.7-30.2 52 17.3 12.9-22.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 129 55.2 47.1-63.1 74 28.0 21.4-35.7 49 16.8 11.7-23.5
Some College + 197 140 68.6 59.4-76.6 33 17.7 11.8-25.7 24 13.7 7.9-22.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 161 58.7 51.2-65.8 80 28.8 22.5-36.1 42 12.5 8.6-17.7
$50,000+ 103 77 73.3 61.6-82.4 13 17.2 9.3-29.4 13 9.6 5.3-16.6

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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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