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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Buncombe County 397 14 5.6 2.7-11.5 2 0.5 0.1- 3.1 362 89.5 83.9-93.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 18 4.3 2.6- 7.0
GENDER
Male 138 8 9.0 3.6-20.7 0 0.0 . - . 122 86.1 75.4-92.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 4.9 2.3-10.1
Female 259 6 2.3 1.0- 5.2 2 1.0 0.2- 6.0 240 92.8 88.5-95.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 10 3.6 1.9- 6.9
RACE
White 339 11 3.4 1.7- 6.5 2 0.6 0.1- 3.8 309 91.4 87.4-94.2 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 16 4.4 2.6- 7.4
Other 58 3 15.5 4.2-43.5 0 0.0 . - . 53 80.9 55.3-93.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.6 0.7-16.2
AGE
18-44 155 8 7.7 3.1-17.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 136 87.2 78.0-92.9 0 0.0 . - . 10 4.3 2.2- 8.2
45+ 241 6 2.6 1.1- 5.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 225 92.9 87.8-95.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 8 4.1 1.8- 9.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 6 6.8 1.9-21.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 141 87.3 75.3-94.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 8 5.4 2.5-11.3
Some College + 237 8 4.8 2.1-10.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 218 90.9 84.8-94.7 0 0.0 . - . 10 3.5 1.8- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 9 8.0 3.4-17.8 2 0.9 0.1- 5.2 208 85.9 77.0-91.7 0 0.0 . - . 12 5.2 2.8- 9.4
$50,000+ 109 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 105 97.8 93.7-99.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1

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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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