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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Buncombe County 401 355 87.8 82.4-91.7 22 7.3 4.1-12.8 24 4.9 3.1- 7.7
GENDER
Male 139 114 83.6 73.6-90.3 13 9.8 4.5-20.3 12 6.6 3.5-12.2
Female 262 241 91.9 86.8-95.2 9 4.9 2.3-10.2 12 3.2 1.8- 5.8
RACE
White 343 317 93.1 89.4-95.6 10 3.1 1.5- 6.5 16 3.8 2.2- 6.5
Other 58 38 63.8 43.5-80.2 12 26.3 12.1-48.1 8 9.8 4.0-22.3
AGE
18-44 156 140 89.7 80.8-94.8 7 7.0 2.7-16.8 9 3.3 1.6- 6.8
45+ 244 214 84.9 78.3-89.8 15 7.9 4.5-13.4 15 7.2 4.0-12.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 134 83.6 72.1-91.0 11 9.5 3.7-22.4 14 6.9 3.6-12.8
Some College + 239 219 90.8 85.4-94.4 10 5.5 2.8-10.8 10 3.6 1.9- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 206 86.3 78.0-91.8 14 8.8 4.1-17.6 15 5.0 2.7- 8.9
$50,000+ 108 98 90.1 81.6-94.9 5 4.9 2.0-11.7 5 5.0 1.9-12.9

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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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