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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 450 389 87.9 83.2-91.4 32 6.3 3.9-10.1 29 5.8 3.5- 9.5
GENDER
Male 158 141 90.4 83.9-94.4 8 4.8 2.2-10.3 9 4.8 2.3-10.0
Female 292 248 85.6 78.5-90.7 24 7.6 4.1-13.7 20 6.7 3.4-12.8
RACE
White 393 348 90.2 85.7-93.4 24 5.4 3.0- 9.6 21 4.4 2.6- 7.2
Other 57 41 72.2 53.1-85.6 8 12.3 5.4-25.8 8 15.5 5.3-37.7
AGE
18-44 171 151 87.6 79.1-92.9 10 6.5 2.9-13.9 10 6.0 2.6-13.1
45+ 278 237 88.2 83.7-91.5 22 6.2 3.9- 9.7 19 5.7 3.4- 9.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 207 83.3 76.0-88.7 24 8.9 5.0-15.1 21 7.8 4.3-13.8
Some College + 197 181 94.5 90.5-96.9 8 2.6 1.2- 5.5 8 2.9 1.3- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 237 86.0 79.8-90.5 24 8.0 4.4-13.9 22 6.0 3.5-10.0
$50,000+ 103 101 98.2 92.8-99.6 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9

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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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