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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Buncombe County 401 344 87.3 83.2-90.5 28 6.2 4.1- 9.4 29 6.4 4.3- 9.6
GENDER
Male 139 115 86.4 79.2-91.3 11 5.9 3.0-11.5 13 7.7 4.2-13.6
Female 262 229 88.3 83.3-91.9 17 6.5 3.9-10.8 16 5.2 3.0- 8.7
RACE
White 343 303 89.7 85.6-92.7 16 4.2 2.4- 7.4 24 6.1 3.9- 9.4
Other 58 41 76.8 61.4-87.3 12 15.3 7.6-28.4 5 8.0 2.8-20.5
AGE
18-44 156 139 90.7 85.0-94.4 6 3.6 1.5- 8.3 11 5.6 3.0-10.3
45+ 244 204 82.4 76.0-87.3 22 10.0 6.4-15.5 18 7.6 4.5-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 133 86.4 79.1-91.5 15 7.4 4.1-13.0 11 6.2 2.9-12.4
Some College + 239 209 88.2 83.0-92.0 12 5.1 2.7- 9.5 18 6.7 4.1-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 198 86.8 81.3-90.8 16 4.9 2.8- 8.4 21 8.4 5.1-13.4
$50,000+ 108 95 87.7 79.1-93.0 7 7.5 3.4-15.8 6 4.8 2.1-10.6

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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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