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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 425 363 76.9 69.9-82.6 38 13.9 9.5-20.0 24 9.2 5.4-15.2
GENDER
Male 139 109 68.9 57.1-78.7 19 22.2 13.7-33.9 11 8.8 3.7-19.6
Female 286 254 83.1 74.9-89.0 19 7.5 4.3-12.8 13 9.4 4.8-17.9
RACE
White 268 237 84.4 76.8-89.9 17 8.4 4.9-14.0 14 7.2 3.4-14.7
Other 154 123 66.9 54.9-77.0 21 21.3 12.9-33.0 10 11.8 5.5-23.5
AGE
18-44 165 133 68.1 57.0-77.5 22 20.3 12.8-30.7 10 11.6 5.5-22.7
45+ 256 226 86.5 80.2-91.0 16 7.0 3.9-12.0 14 6.6 3.5-12.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 244 196 69.3 59.9-77.3 28 16.6 10.7-24.7 20 14.2 8.1-23.6
Some College + 180 166 88.0 77.4-94.0 10 10.1 4.5-21.3 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 197 74.1 64.7-81.7 26 16.7 10.7-25.1 14 9.2 4.5-18.0
$50,000+ 117 110 89.4 74.5-96.1 6 9.6 3.2-25.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7

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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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