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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 382 205 54.2 47.6-60.6 106 28.5 22.6-35.2 71 17.3 13.3-22.3
GENDER
Male 141 79 56.1 45.7-66.1 42 30.6 21.5-41.5 20 13.3 8.2-20.8
Female 241 126 51.9 44.4-59.3 64 25.9 19.7-33.3 51 22.2 16.5-29.1
RACE
White 265 158 59.5 51.5-67.1 67 25.7 18.8-34.0 40 14.8 10.4-20.6
Other 116 47 42.3 30.5-55.1 39 35.2 24.6-47.5 30 22.5 14.6-33.0
AGE
18-44 137 75 51.7 41.0-62.2 38 31.2 21.4-43.0 24 17.1 10.9-26.0
45+ 244 130 56.8 49.2-64.2 68 26.1 20.1-33.2 46 17.1 12.5-22.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 102 48.1 38.9-57.4 63 33.5 24.7-43.6 43 18.4 12.8-25.7
Some College + 174 103 62.2 53.7-70.1 43 21.9 15.8-29.4 28 15.9 10.6-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 96 49.0 39.6-58.5 64 30.9 22.4-40.9 40 20.1 13.9-28.2
$50,000+ 116 78 66.1 55.0-75.6 24 23.3 14.9-34.5 14 10.6 6.1-17.9

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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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