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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 417 371 88.2 83.6-91.7 27 6.0 3.9- 9.1 19 5.8 3.2-10.1
GENDER
Male 161 142 90.2 83.7-94.3 12 6.0 3.2-10.9 7 3.8 1.4-10.1
Female 256 229 86.2 79.0-91.2 15 6.1 3.4-10.6 12 7.7 3.8-15.0
RACE
White 368 336 92.0 87.9-94.8 20 4.3 2.6- 7.0 12 3.7 1.7- 7.7
Other 49 35 63.8 45.8-78.6 7 16.8 7.8-32.6 7 19.4 8.1-39.5
AGE
18-44 165 145 87.0 79.3-92.2 9 4.7 2.3- 9.4 11 8.2 4.1-15.9
45+ 250 224 89.6 84.6-93.2 18 7.7 4.6-12.5 8 2.7 1.3- 5.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 242 206 84.9 78.3-89.8 22 8.3 5.2-13.2 14 6.8 3.4-12.9
Some College + 174 164 92.3 84.5-96.4 5 3.1 1.2- 7.7 5 4.5 1.5-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 219 84.8 77.8-89.8 18 7.1 4.1-11.8 16 8.2 4.3-14.9
$50,000+ 101 96 93.6 84.5-97.6 4 3.9 1.5-10.0 1 2.5 0.3-15.4

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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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