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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 450 379 80.2 74.1-85.1 26 6.9 4.3-11.0 45 12.9 8.7-18.7
GENDER
Male 158 126 76.6 66.7-84.3 14 8.7 4.5-16.2 18 14.6 8.4-24.2
Female 292 253 83.4 75.4-89.1 12 5.2 2.6-10.3 27 11.4 6.5-19.3
RACE
White 393 338 81.8 75.3-86.9 19 6.5 3.7-11.0 36 11.7 7.6-17.8
Other 57 41 69.1 49.7-83.5 7 9.9 3.9-23.1 9 21.0 8.7-42.4
AGE
18-44 171 142 75.4 65.1-83.5 12 8.7 4.5-16.2 17 15.9 9.1-26.2
45+ 278 236 85.6 80.4-89.6 14 4.8 2.7- 8.4 28 9.6 6.3-14.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 196 73.6 65.2-80.6 18 8.5 4.7-14.6 38 17.9 12.0-26.0
Some College + 197 182 89.7 79.7-95.0 8 4.6 1.9-10.7 7 5.7 1.8-16.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 232 76.9 69.1-83.3 18 9.2 5.2-15.8 33 13.8 8.9-20.8
$50,000+ 103 99 96.1 88.9-98.7 2 1.5 0.3- 6.7 2 2.5 0.6-10.0

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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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