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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Buncombe County 401 365 87.8 80.8-92.6 16 4.0 2.3- 6.8 20 8.2 4.0-15.8
GENDER
Male 139 120 82.4 69.3-90.7 9 5.0 2.4-10.4 10 12.5 5.2-27.1
Female 262 245 93.2 87.9-96.3 7 3.0 1.3- 6.4 10 3.9 1.6- 9.1
RACE
White 343 324 93.3 87.4-96.5 7 2.0 0.9- 4.6 12 4.7 1.9-10.9
Other 58 41 63.3 41.0-81.0 9 12.9 5.9-25.8 8 23.9 8.6-51.1
AGE
18-44 156 146 88.8 76.0-95.2 4 2.1 0.7- 6.2 6 9.1 3.2-23.0
45+ 244 218 86.4 80.1-91.0 12 6.7 3.6-12.0 14 6.9 3.9-12.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 134 76.8 62.1-87.0 10 5.8 2.9-11.3 15 17.5 8.0-33.8
Some College + 239 229 95.5 91.3-97.7 5 2.4 0.9- 6.4 5 2.1 0.9- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 210 90.2 84.7-93.9 11 4.0 2.1- 7.7 14 5.7 2.9-10.8
$50,000+ 108 105 97.1 90.8-99.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7

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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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