BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	767	121	14.9	12.1-18.3	646	85.1	81.7-87.9
GENDER
Male	269	37	11.0	7.3-16.3	232	89.0	83.7-92.7
Female	498	84	18.1	14.2-22.8	414	81.9	77.2-85.8
RACE
White	682	110	14.6	11.7-18.0	572	85.4	82.0-88.3
Other	85	11	17.1	8.1-32.6	74	82.9	67.4-91.9
AGE
18-44	252	43	14.6	10.3-20.3	209	85.4	79.7-89.7
45+	512	77	15.2	11.7-19.4	435	84.8	80.6-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	32	8.3	5.5-12.4	335	91.7	87.6-94.5
Some College +	400	89	21.9	17.3-27.4	311	78.1	72.6-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	483	67	13.4	10.1-17.6	416	86.6	82.4-89.9
$50,000+	161	44	24.9	17.4-34.2	117	75.1	65.8-82.6

*Derived from 6 stroke questions.

^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.

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

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	767	121	14.9	12.1-18.3	646	85.1	81.7-87.9
GENDER
Male	269	37	11.0	7.3-16.3	232	89.0	83.7-92.7
Female	498	84	18.1	14.2-22.8	414	81.9	77.2-85.8
RACE
White	682	110	14.6	11.7-18.0	572	85.4	82.0-88.3
Other	85	11	17.1	8.1-32.6	74	82.9	67.4-91.9
AGE
18-44	252	43	14.6	10.3-20.3	209	85.4	79.7-89.7
45+	512	77	15.2	11.7-19.4	435	84.8	80.6-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	32	8.3	5.5-12.4	335	91.7	87.6-94.5
Some College +	400	89	21.9	17.3-27.4	311	78.1	72.6-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	483	67	13.4	10.1-17.6	416	86.6	82.4-89.9
$50,000+	161	44	24.9	17.4-34.2	117	75.1	65.8-82.6