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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 450 402 90.7 86.5-93.6 31 4.6 3.0- 7.0 17 4.8 2.5- 8.9
GENDER
Male 158 145 91.9 85.2-95.8 7 3.7 1.5- 8.5 6 4.4 1.7-10.9
Female 292 257 89.5 83.7-93.5 24 5.4 3.4- 8.3 11 5.1 2.1-11.7
RACE
White 393 353 91.7 87.9-94.4 25 4.3 2.6- 7.0 15 4.0 2.1- 7.4
Other 57 49 83.7 62.1-94.2 6 6.2 2.6-14.1 2 10.1 2.0-38.3
AGE
18-44 171 164 93.8 85.6-97.4 3 1.7 0.4- 6.5 4 4.6 1.5-13.1
45+ 278 237 87.1 82.2-90.8 28 7.9 5.3-11.8 13 5.0 2.7- 9.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 216 87.1 80.5-91.7 21 5.6 3.3- 9.4 15 7.3 3.7-13.9
Some College + 197 185 95.8 92.4-97.8 10 3.1 1.6- 5.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 248 89.7 84.4-93.3 25 6.1 3.7- 9.9 10 4.2 1.9- 9.2
$50,000+ 103 101 98.5 94.1-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9

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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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