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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Buncombe County 401 105 31.3 25.1-38.2 190 45.5 39.1-52.0 106 23.2 18.6-28.6
GENDER
Male 139 32 32.3 22.2-44.3 67 45.2 34.8-56.1 40 22.5 15.5-31.5
Female 262 73 30.3 23.9-37.6 123 45.7 38.6-53.0 66 24.0 18.4-30.5
RACE
White 343 86 30.0 23.9-36.8 168 46.9 40.4-53.5 89 23.1 18.3-28.8
Other 58 19 37.3 19.4-59.4 22 39.0 21.9-59.5 17 23.7 12.3-40.9
AGE
18-44 156 54 38.8 29.3-49.2 70 42.6 33.2-52.6 32 18.6 12.5-26.8
45+ 244 50 20.1 15.1-26.3 120 49.8 42.9-56.7 74 30.1 24.1-36.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 42 35.0 23.9-48.1 65 37.9 27.7-49.2 52 27.1 19.1-36.9
Some College + 239 63 29.1 22.5-36.7 122 50.0 42.2-57.7 54 20.9 15.5-27.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 56 26.9 20.1-35.1 108 45.3 37.0-53.9 71 27.8 21.1-35.6
$50,000+ 108 30 31.4 22.4-42.2 60 52.4 42.1-62.5 18 16.2 10.0-25.1

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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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