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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph County

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
-Randolph County 405 18 4.8 2.8- 8.1 4 0.6 0.2- 1.5 364 89.4 85.2-92.5 2 0.6 0.1- 3.1 17 4.6 2.7- 7.8
GENDER
Male 157 12 7.3 3.8-13.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 134 86.8 79.9-91.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 8 4.4 2.1- 9.0
Female 248 6 2.3 1.0- 5.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.6 230 91.9 86.5-95.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 9 4.9 2.2-10.2
RACE
White 352 16 4.9 2.8- 8.4 4 0.7 0.2- 1.8 317 89.6 85.3-92.8 2 0.7 0.1- 3.8 13 4.1 2.2- 7.3
Other 52 2 4.6 0.9-20.4 0 0.0 . - . 47 91.7 78.7-97.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.7 1.1-11.3
AGE
18-44 147 5 3.7 1.4- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 135 91.0 84.3-95.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 6 4.3 1.9- 9.4
45+ 256 13 6.0 3.3-10.8 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 228 88.9 83.7-92.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 10 3.7 1.9- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 234 9 4.4 2.1- 8.9 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 211 89.8 84.3-93.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 10 4.3 2.2- 8.2
Some College + 170 9 5.6 2.6-11.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 153 90.3 83.7-94.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 6 3.5 1.4- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 11 4.9 2.6- 9.2 3 0.8 0.2- 2.4 207 90.9 85.8-94.3 0 0.0 . - . 7 3.4 1.5- 7.3
$50,000+ 112 3 3.8 1.2-12.0 0 0.0 . - . 103 89.7 80.7-94.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 5 4.8 1.9-11.7

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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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