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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 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 15,261 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 580 496 84.0 79.8-87.5 51 9.6 7.0-13.0 33 6.4 4.2- 9.6
GENDER
Male 204 170 82.4 75.0-87.9 20 9.7 5.9-15.6 14 7.9 4.2-14.3
Female 376 326 85.7 80.9-89.4 31 9.5 6.4-13.8 19 4.8 3.0- 7.8
RACE
White 354 319 89.3 84.2-92.8 23 6.8 4.2-10.7 12 3.9 1.8- 8.4
Other 223 175 75.4 67.5-81.9 28 14.3 9.4-21.3 20 10.3 6.2-16.6
AGE
18-44 224 181 81.8 74.9-87.2 28 11.4 7.5-17.2 15 6.7 3.5-12.5
45+ 354 314 86.6 81.4-90.4 23 7.6 4.8-11.9 17 5.8 3.4- 9.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 328 267 79.9 73.6-85.0 38 12.1 8.4-17.2 23 8.0 4.8-13.1
Some College + 252 229 91.0 86.3-94.1 13 5.4 3.0- 9.5 10 3.6 1.9- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 377 321 83.7 78.1-88.0 34 8.7 5.8-12.8 22 7.6 4.6-12.5
$50,000+ 122 110 88.1 79.3-93.4 9 9.3 4.7-17.6 3 2.6 0.7- 9.0

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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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