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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 417 354 84.6 79.8-88.5 31 6.7 4.4-10.2 32 8.6 5.7-12.9
GENDER
Male 161 136 85.3 77.5-90.8 12 6.8 3.4-13.3 13 7.9 4.1-14.6
Female 256 218 84.0 77.5-88.9 19 6.6 4.0-10.9 19 9.4 5.5-15.6
RACE
White 368 320 88.3 83.8-91.6 25 5.7 3.4- 9.2 23 6.1 3.8- 9.6
Other 49 34 61.4 43.7-76.5 6 13.5 5.7-28.9 9 25.1 12.3-44.3
AGE
18-44 165 146 85.9 77.9-91.3 6 4.3 1.7-10.5 13 9.8 5.4-17.1
45+ 250 206 83.0 77.3-87.5 25 9.8 6.4-14.8 19 7.2 4.5-11.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 242 192 78.1 70.6-84.0 24 9.5 5.8-15.2 26 12.4 7.8-19.1
Some College + 174 162 93.4 87.5-96.6 7 3.2 1.3- 7.5 5 3.5 1.3- 9.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 210 81.4 74.4-86.8 18 6.5 3.8-10.9 25 12.1 7.6-18.7
$50,000+ 101 94 94.6 88.5-97.5 6 4.2 1.8- 9.6 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9

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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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