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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Heart Attack and Stroke

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Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Buncombe County 401 296 74.2 68.2-79.5 32 9.2 5.7-14.5 73 16.6 12.6-21.4
GENDER
Male 139 94 69.1 58.5-78.1 17 13.3 7.1-23.6 28 17.5 11.3-26.1
Female 262 202 79.3 73.3-84.1 15 5.1 3.0- 8.6 45 15.6 11.3-21.1
RACE
White 343 258 76.1 70.2-81.1 22 6.5 4.0-10.4 63 17.4 13.1-22.7
Other 58 38 66.0 45.5-81.9 10 21.1 8.4-43.9 10 12.9 5.8-26.3
AGE
18-44 156 119 77.3 67.8-84.6 11 8.5 3.8-17.7 26 14.3 9.1-21.6
45+ 244 176 69.8 62.8-76.0 21 10.3 6.5-15.9 47 19.9 14.9-26.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 99 63.8 52.2-73.9 16 11.7 5.3-23.7 44 24.6 16.9-34.4
Some College + 239 196 81.5 75.1-86.6 15 7.2 4.1-12.4 28 11.3 7.5-16.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 157 66.6 58.0-74.2 22 11.5 6.4-20.0 56 21.9 16.1-29.1
$50,000+ 108 96 89.9 82.6-94.4 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 10 8.4 4.4-15.3

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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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