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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 381 332 84.3 77.5-89.4 18 6.1 2.7-13.2 31 9.6 6.3-14.4
GENDER
Male 140 124 83.6 72.0-91.0 4 6.0 1.5-21.0 12 10.5 5.7-18.5
Female 241 208 85.3 77.6-90.6 14 6.2 2.7-13.2 19 8.6 4.8-14.7
RACE
White 264 239 87.1 78.2-92.7 8 4.9 1.3-16.5 17 8.0 4.6-13.4
Other 116 93 78.8 66.2-87.6 10 8.8 3.6-19.9 13 12.5 6.1-24.0
AGE
18-44 137 115 78.5 65.9-87.3 8 9.7 3.4-24.5 14 11.9 6.5-20.7
45+ 243 217 90.3 84.6-94.0 10 2.8 1.3- 5.6 16 7.0 3.7-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 176 79.0 68.2-86.9 12 9.1 3.5-21.4 20 11.9 7.0-19.6
Some College + 173 156 91.4 85.5-95.0 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8 11 6.6 3.4-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 169 79.8 68.4-87.7 12 7.4 2.3-21.0 18 12.9 7.4-21.4
$50,000+ 116 104 92.2 86.0-95.8 3 2.0 0.6- 6.7 9 5.8 2.9-11.5

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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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