BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Buncombe County	451	102	22.1	17.7-27.2	349	77.9	72.8-82.3
GENDER
Male	160	30	18.1	12.1-26.3	130	81.9	73.7-87.9
Female	291	72	26.1	20.4-32.7	219	73.9	67.3-79.6
RACE
White	383	94	24.5	19.8-30.0	289	75.5	70.0-80.2
Other	68	8	12.0	4.3-29.4	60	88.0	70.6-95.7
AGE
18-44	170	46	24.1	17.4-32.3	124	75.9	67.7-82.6
45+	279	56	19.8	15.2-25.4	223	80.2	74.6-84.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	27	13.1	8.4-19.9	152	86.9	80.1-91.6
Some College +	269	74	27.9	21.8-35.0	195	72.1	65.0-78.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	47	18.2	12.9-25.0	214	81.8	75.0-87.1
$50,000+	121	44	37.5	28.6-47.3	77	62.5	52.7-71.4

*Derived from 6 stroke questions.

^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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Buncombe County	451	102	22.1	17.7-27.2	349	77.9	72.8-82.3
GENDER
Male	160	30	18.1	12.1-26.3	130	81.9	73.7-87.9
Female	291	72	26.1	20.4-32.7	219	73.9	67.3-79.6
RACE
White	383	94	24.5	19.8-30.0	289	75.5	70.0-80.2
Other	68	8	12.0	4.3-29.4	60	88.0	70.6-95.7
AGE
18-44	170	46	24.1	17.4-32.3	124	75.9	67.7-82.6
45+	279	56	19.8	15.2-25.4	223	80.2	74.6-84.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	27	13.1	8.4-19.9	152	86.9	80.1-91.6
Some College +	269	74	27.9	21.8-35.0	195	72.1	65.0-78.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	47	18.2	12.9-25.0	214	81.8	75.0-87.1
$50,000+	121	44	37.5	28.6-47.3	77	62.5	52.7-71.4