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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 449 22 6.8 3.9-11.6 9 2.3 1.1- 4.7 382 83.2 78.0-87.3 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1 32 6.9 4.6-10.3
GENDER
Male 153 11 9.6 4.5-19.4 5 3.4 1.3- 8.4 124 78.4 68.7-85.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 12 8.2 4.4-14.7
Female 296 11 4.3 2.3- 8.0 4 1.3 0.4- 3.7 258 87.5 82.7-91.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 20 5.8 3.6- 9.3
RACE
White 285 13 5.4 2.9- 9.8 4 1.6 0.5- 4.9 245 85.4 80.1-89.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 21 6.7 4.2-10.5
Other 164 9 8.7 3.7-19.2 5 3.1 1.2- 7.9 137 80.3 70.4-87.5 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 11 7.2 3.6-14.0
AGE
18-44 141 9 6.7 3.3-13.2 3 2.1 0.7- 6.3 121 86.3 78.7-91.4 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.0 2.3-10.7
45+ 305 12 6.6 2.8-14.6 6 2.5 1.0- 6.3 259 81.2 73.8-86.9 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 24 8.5 5.3-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 255 15 8.5 4.2-16.2 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9 213 80.4 72.7-86.3 3 1.1 0.4- 3.5 18 7.0 4.1-11.8
Some College + 194 7 4.5 2.0- 9.8 3 1.3 0.3- 4.8 169 87.2 80.6-91.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 14 6.8 3.7-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 269 14 7.4 3.5-15.0 6 2.6 1.1- 6.4 234 84.2 76.6-89.6 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 14 5.6 3.0-10.3
$50,000+ 109 3 3.1 1.0- 9.3 2 2.5 0.6- 9.3 93 84.3 75.0-90.5 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 10 9.2 4.6-17.5

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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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