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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 381 347 87.1 80.3-91.8 13 5.1 2.0-12.2 21 7.8 4.7-12.7
GENDER
Male 140 125 83.7 71.9-91.1 6 7.3 2.3-21.0 9 9.0 4.5-17.3
Female 241 222 91.2 85.0-94.9 7 2.4 1.0- 5.4 12 6.5 3.2-12.7
RACE
White 264 251 91.6 81.9-96.4 6 4.7 1.2-16.7 7 3.7 1.6- 8.6
Other 116 96 77.4 64.9-86.4 7 6.0 2.6-13.6 13 16.5 8.7-29.2
AGE
18-44 137 121 83.8 71.0-91.6 7 8.2 2.6-23.2 9 8.0 3.8-16.3
45+ 243 226 90.7 83.8-94.8 6 2.2 0.9- 5.2 11 7.2 3.5-14.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 183 81.3 70.5-88.8 9 7.8 2.7-20.1 16 10.9 6.0-18.9
Some College + 173 164 94.7 89.2-97.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.3 5 3.8 1.5- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 176 80.4 68.9-88.4 8 7.3 2.2-21.4 15 12.3 6.9-20.9
$50,000+ 116 112 96.2 90.1-98.6 2 1.9 0.5- 7.2 2 2.0 0.5- 7.6

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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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