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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Buncombe County 402 221 52.3 45.7-58.8 118 33.8 27.6-40.7 63 13.9 10.4-18.3
GENDER
Male 139 61 45.0 34.5-55.9 51 38.8 28.5-50.3 27 16.2 10.4-24.3
Female 263 160 59.5 52.1-66.5 67 28.9 22.4-36.3 36 11.6 8.1-16.4
RACE
White 344 194 56.7 50.1-63.0 100 29.7 24.2-35.9 50 13.6 9.8-18.5
Other 58 27 32.5 18.6-50.5 18 52.2 33.0-70.8 13 15.3 7.7-28.1
AGE
18-44 156 81 51.4 41.5-61.2 55 38.2 28.8-48.7 20 10.3 6.1-17.0
45+ 245 139 53.3 46.3-60.2 63 27.6 21.6-34.5 43 19.1 14.1-25.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 80 44.1 33.3-55.4 50 39.8 28.5-52.4 29 16.1 10.0-24.9
Some College + 240 140 57.8 50.1-65.2 67 29.7 23.1-37.3 33 12.4 8.6-17.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 121 48.5 40.2-56.9 78 37.6 29.7-46.3 36 13.8 9.2-20.2
$50,000+ 109 71 66.4 56.1-75.3 24 22.3 14.8-32.3 14 11.3 6.6-18.8

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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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