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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 380 25 8.8 4.9-15.2 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 329 86.2 80.1-90.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 20 3.8 2.3- 6.1
GENDER
Male 140 16 13.0 6.5-24.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 116 83.8 73.1-90.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4
Female 240 9 3.9 1.9- 7.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 213 89.0 83.8-92.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 14 5.5 3.1- 9.6
RACE
White 264 14 8.1 3.6-17.6 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8 232 86.8 78.5-92.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 14 3.9 2.2- 6.8
Other 115 11 10.4 5.3-19.5 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1 96 84.6 75.3-90.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.5 1.4- 8.4
AGE
18-44 137 9 10.8 4.3-24.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 121 86.3 73.9-93.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.0 0.8- 5.0
45+ 242 16 7.0 4.1-11.7 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 207 86.0 80.4-90.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 15 5.5 3.2- 9.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 16 12.2 6.0-23.1 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2 176 82.5 72.5-89.4 0 0.0 . - . 11 3.9 2.0- 7.2
Some College + 173 9 4.4 2.2- 8.5 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 153 91.1 86.1-94.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 9 3.7 1.8- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 198 16 12.1 5.7-23.8 4 1.8 0.6- 4.8 168 82.3 71.8-89.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 9 3.5 1.7- 7.0
$50,000+ 116 5 4.5 1.7-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 102 90.6 83.5-94.8 0 0.0 . - . 9 4.9 2.4- 9.8

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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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