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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 445 32 7.0 4.6-10.7 7 1.1 0.5- 2.5 377 83.6 78.6-87.7 2 0.6 0.1- 3.5 27 7.6 4.8-11.8
GENDER
Male 154 9 3.4 1.6- 7.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.4 130 85.2 76.8-90.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 11 8.9 4.4-17.2
Female 291 23 10.6 6.4-16.9 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 247 82.1 75.6-87.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 16 6.3 3.7-10.5
RACE
White 215 16 8.2 4.4-14.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 179 82.2 74.6-87.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 18 9.1 5.3-15.2
Other 226 14 5.7 3.1-10.3 6 1.9 0.8- 4.5 196 85.1 77.7-90.4 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 9 6.2 2.7-13.6
AGE
18-44 126 11 7.7 3.6-15.6 0 0.0 . - . 104 81.8 71.4-89.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 10 9.1 4.2-18.5
45+ 318 21 6.7 4.0-10.8 7 1.8 0.8- 4.1 272 84.7 79.1-89.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 17 6.7 3.8-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 273 26 9.7 6.0-15.3 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5 229 83.7 77.3-88.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 12 4.4 2.3- 8.2
Some College + 170 6 2.6 1.1- 6.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 147 83.8 74.4-90.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 15 13.0 7.1-22.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 282 19 5.4 3.2- 9.1 4 1.1 0.3- 3.3 237 84.4 78.0-89.2 2 1.0 0.2- 5.4 20 8.2 4.6-14.0
$50,000+ 83 7 9.1 4.2-18.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 70 80.7 68.6-88.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 9.4 3.7-21.7

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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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