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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 450 381 82.5 76.8-87.0 34 8.1 5.3-12.3 35 9.4 6.0-14.5
GENDER
Male 158 132 79.5 69.4-86.9 14 10.9 5.9-19.4 12 9.6 4.6-18.8
Female 292 249 85.1 78.7-89.9 20 5.6 3.4- 9.1 23 9.2 5.2-15.8
RACE
White 393 338 83.8 77.8-88.5 26 7.6 4.6-12.4 29 8.5 5.2-13.8
Other 57 43 73.2 54.3-86.3 8 11.6 5.5-23.1 6 15.2 5.0-37.7
AGE
18-44 171 146 79.9 70.0-87.2 10 7.7 3.7-15.4 15 12.4 6.7-21.7
45+ 278 234 85.3 80.2-89.3 24 8.7 5.6-13.3 20 6.0 3.7- 9.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 199 76.9 68.9-83.3 28 12.5 7.9-19.3 25 10.6 6.3-17.3
Some College + 197 181 90.6 81.2-95.5 6 1.8 0.7- 4.1 10 7.7 3.1-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 238 81.8 74.8-87.2 21 10.2 5.9-16.9 24 8.0 4.9-12.8
$50,000+ 103 97 95.3 89.4-98.0 4 3.0 1.0- 8.3 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7

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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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