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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 467 402 81.8 76.1-86.4 26 6.6 4.2-10.2 39 11.6 7.7-17.0
GENDER
Male 166 141 80.8 71.2-87.8 13 8.6 4.6-15.6 12 10.5 5.2-20.1
Female 301 261 82.7 75.7-88.1 13 4.7 2.6- 8.5 27 12.6 7.8-19.6
RACE
White 387 351 90.6 86.6-93.4 19 5.7 3.4- 9.4 17 3.7 2.2- 6.2
Other 77 48 55.3 40.6-69.1 7 9.5 4.0-21.2 22 35.2 22.2-50.7
AGE
18-44 151 125 76.3 65.8-84.3 11 8.5 4.5-15.7 15 15.2 8.5-25.7
45+ 313 274 86.7 81.5-90.7 15 4.9 2.8- 8.3 24 8.4 5.2-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 156 69.5 59.9-77.7 19 10.7 6.4-17.4 29 19.8 12.7-29.4
Some College + 263 246 94.1 90.2-96.5 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 10 3.4 1.7- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 227 81.8 74.0-87.6 16 8.1 4.5-13.9 20 10.2 5.8-17.2
$50,000+ 137 124 92.7 87.3-95.8 5 2.8 1.1- 6.9 8 4.5 2.2- 9.1

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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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