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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Buncombe County 401 343 86.6 82.4-90.0 23 6.1 3.8- 9.7 35 7.2 5.0-10.3
GENDER
Male 139 110 83.7 76.3-89.1 11 6.9 3.5-13.0 18 9.4 5.7-15.1
Female 262 233 89.5 84.3-93.1 12 5.3 2.7-10.3 17 5.1 3.0- 8.6
RACE
White 343 299 88.7 84.4-91.8 14 4.0 2.1- 7.3 30 7.4 5.0-10.8
Other 58 44 77.6 61.6-88.2 9 15.7 7.2-30.8 5 6.7 2.4-17.2
AGE
18-44 156 142 92.2 86.4-95.7 7 4.1 1.7- 9.3 7 3.7 1.7- 8.0
45+ 244 200 78.5 71.7-84.0 16 9.1 5.3-15.1 28 12.4 8.5-17.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 129 82.1 73.5-88.3 13 9.6 5.1-17.3 17 8.4 4.8-14.2
Some College + 239 213 90.1 85.2-93.5 9 3.5 1.6- 7.3 17 6.4 3.9-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 190 82.1 75.7-87.1 19 8.3 4.9-13.7 26 9.6 6.3-14.4
$50,000+ 108 103 96.4 91.3-98.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 3.6 1.5- 8.7

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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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