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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 450 288 60.9 54.6-66.8 58 13.5 9.8-18.3 104 25.6 20.2-31.9
GENDER
Male 158 92 54.9 44.8-64.5 24 16.9 10.5-26.0 42 28.3 19.7-38.8
Female 292 196 66.3 58.9-73.0 34 10.5 7.2-15.0 62 23.2 17.1-30.8
RACE
White 393 254 60.0 53.3-66.3 48 13.8 9.7-19.2 91 26.2 20.4-32.9
Other 57 34 66.8 48.9-80.8 10 11.6 5.6-22.3 13 21.6 9.8-41.3
AGE
18-44 171 110 57.1 47.2-66.4 26 16.4 10.5-24.8 35 26.5 18.1-37.1
45+ 278 177 65.1 58.5-71.2 32 10.2 7.0-14.7 69 24.7 19.2-31.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 139 51.1 42.9-59.2 35 16.0 10.6-23.5 78 32.9 25.3-41.6
Some College + 197 148 75.1 66.2-82.2 23 9.9 6.4-15.1 26 15.0 8.9-24.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 166 55.1 47.5-62.5 37 16.2 10.9-23.4 80 28.7 22.2-36.1
$50,000+ 103 84 84.4 76.0-90.2 11 9.2 4.9-16.6 8 6.4 3.1-12.8

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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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