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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 382 350 89.1 82.4-93.5 19 5.5 3.1- 9.4 13 5.4 2.2-12.8
GENDER
Male 141 124 83.2 71.6-90.7 11 8.4 4.3-15.6 6 8.4 2.9-21.8
Female 241 226 96.1 93.4-97.7 8 2.0 1.0- 4.1 7 1.9 0.9- 4.1
RACE
White 265 248 90.8 81.4-95.7 13 4.7 2.3- 9.3 4 4.4 1.0-17.0
Other 116 102 85.9 74.4-92.8 6 7.2 2.8-17.3 8 6.8 2.5-17.2
AGE
18-44 137 127 87.2 73.4-94.4 5 4.1 1.4-11.2 5 8.7 2.8-24.1
45+ 244 223 91.3 85.7-94.9 14 6.8 3.6-12.6 7 1.9 0.9- 4.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 185 83.4 72.5-90.6 12 7.7 4.0-14.6 11 8.8 3.4-21.1
Some College + 174 165 96.6 93.1-98.3 7 2.5 1.1- 5.5 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 180 85.2 73.5-92.3 13 6.8 3.4-13.0 7 8.0 2.6-22.1
$50,000+ 116 111 94.1 85.1-97.8 4 4.9 1.6-14.0 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1

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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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