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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 416 335 78.2 72.4-83.0 35 8.8 6.0-12.8 46 13.0 9.1-18.3
GENDER
Male 160 122 75.8 66.3-83.2 20 12.0 7.2-19.2 18 12.3 6.7-21.4
Female 256 213 80.5 73.4-86.0 15 5.8 3.2-10.3 28 13.7 8.9-20.5
RACE
White 367 300 81.4 75.5-86.0 31 8.4 5.5-12.6 36 10.3 6.7-15.4
Other 49 35 57.8 40.2-73.5 4 11.6 4.4-27.5 10 30.6 16.4-49.9
AGE
18-44 165 136 77.8 68.5-85.0 10 7.5 3.8-14.2 19 14.7 8.7-23.8
45+ 249 197 78.6 72.2-83.8 25 10.6 6.8-15.9 27 10.9 7.3-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 241 177 68.4 60.0-75.8 28 12.1 7.8-18.4 36 19.5 13.1-28.0
Some College + 174 158 90.9 84.8-94.7 7 4.7 2.1-10.4 9 4.4 2.2- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 196 72.5 64.3-79.4 25 10.4 6.6-15.9 31 17.2 11.2-25.3
$50,000+ 101 94 93.8 87.1-97.1 4 3.6 1.3- 9.3 3 2.6 0.8- 8.6

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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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