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

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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 426 378 85.4 79.7-89.7 30 7.9 5.2-11.9 18 6.7 3.6-12.2
GENDER
Male 139 116 78.9 68.2-86.8 16 13.2 7.7-21.7 7 7.9 3.0-19.3
Female 287 262 90.4 84.5-94.2 14 3.8 2.1- 6.7 11 5.8 2.7-12.0
RACE
White 269 253 93.7 89.3-96.4 11 5.0 2.6- 9.5 5 1.3 0.5- 3.1
Other 154 122 74.5 63.5-83.0 19 11.8 6.8-19.7 13 13.8 7.1-25.0
AGE
18-44 165 147 85.5 75.6-91.8 9 5.8 2.6-12.6 9 8.7 3.8-18.7
45+ 257 227 84.9 78.3-89.8 21 10.4 6.5-16.3 9 4.7 2.1-10.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 245 205 78.7 70.1-85.3 23 10.3 6.2-16.5 17 11.1 6.0-19.6
Some College + 180 172 95.2 90.1-97.7 7 4.5 2.0- 9.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 207 81.8 73.1-88.2 20 11.0 6.5-17.8 10 7.2 3.1-15.8
$50,000+ 117 113 96.3 89.4-98.8 3 3.2 1.0-10.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4

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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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