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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 425 358 81.4 75.4-86.2 37 8.7 6.1-12.3 30 9.9 5.9-16.0
GENDER
Male 139 114 79.4 68.8-87.1 14 9.8 5.6-16.6 11 10.8 4.8-22.3
Female 286 244 83.0 75.6-88.5 23 7.8 4.9-12.3 19 9.2 4.8-16.9
RACE
White 268 235 86.6 79.9-91.4 19 8.3 5.1-13.3 14 5.0 2.0-11.8
Other 154 120 74.4 63.5-83.0 18 9.4 5.4-15.6 16 16.2 8.9-27.8
AGE
18-44 165 139 80.1 69.8-87.5 15 7.2 4.0-12.6 11 12.7 6.3-23.8
45+ 256 215 82.6 76.1-87.6 22 10.5 6.7-16.2 19 6.9 3.9-12.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 244 194 75.0 66.1-82.1 24 9.5 6.1-14.6 26 15.5 9.2-25.0
Some College + 180 163 90.9 84.7-94.7 13 7.5 4.0-13.6 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 190 76.8 68.3-83.6 27 12.5 8.2-18.4 20 10.7 5.6-19.5
$50,000+ 117 110 94.6 88.0-97.7 5 3.9 1.4-10.5 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8

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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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