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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 15,261 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 382 333 87.6 82.9-91.2 21 5.4 3.3- 8.6 28 7.0 4.3-11.1
GENDER
Male 141 120 85.6 77.7-91.0 13 7.4 4.1-13.0 8 7.0 3.3-14.5
Female 241 213 90.0 84.8-93.5 8 3.1 1.4- 6.6 20 7.0 4.1-11.6
RACE
White 265 238 89.6 84.3-93.2 14 5.2 2.9- 9.3 13 5.2 2.8- 9.6
Other 116 95 83.9 73.1-91.0 7 5.9 2.6-12.7 14 10.2 4.6-21.1
AGE
18-44 137 119 87.3 79.0-92.7 9 5.7 2.7-11.7 9 7.0 3.1-14.8
45+ 244 214 88.4 82.7-92.3 12 5.2 2.8- 9.2 18 6.5 3.6-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 176 85.7 78.6-90.7 12 5.4 2.9- 9.8 20 8.9 4.9-15.6
Some College + 174 157 90.1 83.5-94.3 9 5.4 2.5-11.2 8 4.5 2.0- 9.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 166 84.6 77.2-89.9 15 5.9 3.4-10.2 19 9.4 5.2-16.6
$50,000+ 116 109 91.6 82.9-96.1 4 5.2 1.9-13.4 3 3.1 0.9-10.1

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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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