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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 660 23 4.3 2.6- 7.2 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 593 88.9 85.3-91.7 3 0.7 0.2- 3.0 37 5.6 3.8- 8.2
GENDER
Male 230 13 5.7 3.0-10.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.4 196 85.7 79.2-90.4 2 1.4 0.3- 6.9 17 6.7 3.8-11.6
Female 430 10 3.2 1.4- 7.3 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 397 91.4 87.0-94.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 20 4.7 2.7- 7.8
RACE
White 582 18 3.6 2.1- 6.2 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 528 90.3 86.9-92.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 32 5.6 3.7- 8.4
Other 78 5 9.2 2.9-25.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 65 79.2 62.7-89.7 2 4.7 0.9-21.0 5 5.6 1.8-16.1
AGE
18-44 228 9 4.2 1.7- 9.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 206 90.1 83.9-94.1 2 1.3 0.3- 6.5 10 4.1 2.0- 8.2
45+ 429 14 4.5 2.5- 8.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 384 87.6 82.9-91.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 27 7.0 4.4-10.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 302 9 4.2 1.8- 9.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 271 86.8 80.6-91.3 2 1.3 0.2- 6.4 18 7.0 4.1-11.7
Some College + 358 14 4.5 2.4- 8.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 322 90.7 86.5-93.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 19 4.3 2.4- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 415 15 4.1 2.0- 8.0 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 374 88.9 84.0-92.5 3 1.1 0.3- 4.8 20 5.3 3.1- 8.8
$50,000+ 149 6 5.3 2.1-12.5 0 0.0 . - . 132 89.2 81.8-93.8 0 0.0 . - . 11 5.5 2.7-10.9

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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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