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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Buncombe County 402 379 93.9 90.2-96.2 15 4.4 2.4- 7.9 8 1.8 0.8- 3.8
GENDER
Male 139 125 91.6 85.1-95.4 8 5.4 2.5-11.4 6 3.0 1.2- 7.3
Female 263 254 96.1 91.2-98.3 7 3.4 1.3- 8.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
RACE
White 344 334 97.2 93.9-98.7 4 1.5 0.4- 5.2 6 1.3 0.6- 3.1
Other 58 45 79.0 63.1-89.2 11 17.2 8.3-32.3 2 3.8 0.8-16.2
AGE
18-44 156 150 96.7 91.4-98.8 6 3.3 1.2- 8.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 245 228 89.7 83.2-93.9 9 6.0 2.9-12.0 8 4.3 1.9- 9.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 147 92.5 85.7-96.2 8 5.2 2.3-11.5 4 2.2 0.6- 7.4
Some College + 240 230 95.1 90.1-97.6 6 3.4 1.3- 8.6 4 1.5 0.5- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 221 94.7 90.4-97.2 10 3.8 1.8- 7.6 4 1.5 0.4- 5.0
$50,000+ 109 104 94.4 86.4-97.8 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 4 3.5 1.3- 9.2

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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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