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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 418 17 5.2 2.8- 9.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4 375 88.6 84.0-92.0 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3 19 4.3 2.6- 6.9
GENDER
Male 138 5 5.6 2.0-14.7 2 1.5 0.3- 6.6 123 87.6 78.9-93.0 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.3 2.5-10.6
Female 280 12 4.9 2.3-10.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 252 89.4 83.8-93.2 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1 11 3.5 1.9- 6.4
RACE
White 266 10 2.8 1.4- 5.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 241 92.3 88.5-94.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6 12 4.0 2.2- 7.2
Other 149 7 8.5 3.6-18.5 2 1.9 0.5- 7.6 131 83.7 74.0-90.2 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6 7 4.7 2.2-10.1
AGE
18-44 164 7 7.1 3.0-15.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 146 87.2 79.0-92.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 8 3.9 1.8- 8.1
45+ 250 10 3.3 1.6- 6.4 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1 225 90.0 85.0-93.4 2 0.7 0.1- 3.3 11 4.8 2.6- 8.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 10 7.0 3.3-14.5 3 1.8 0.5- 5.7 211 86.4 79.3-91.4 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 11 3.4 1.8- 6.2
Some College + 178 7 2.7 1.2- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 163 91.7 85.9-95.3 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.6 2.7-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 10 7.8 3.6-15.9 3 1.9 0.6- 6.2 208 85.4 77.5-90.8 4 1.5 0.5- 4.3 8 3.4 1.6- 7.1
$50,000+ 117 3 1.8 0.6- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 108 93.0 86.5-96.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 5.2 2.2-11.5

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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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