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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 394 28 8.5 5.3-13.5 4 0.6 0.2- 1.6 334 84.0 78.4-88.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 25 6.3 3.8-10.2
GENDER
Male 130 10 9.4 4.5-18.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 108 82.4 72.6-89.3 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 8 6.4 2.8-13.9
Female 264 18 7.6 4.3-13.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 226 85.5 79.3-90.1 0 0.0 . - . 17 6.1 3.4-10.9
RACE
White 150 7 6.8 2.7-16.0 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 130 83.8 74.1-90.3 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 9 7.0 3.1-14.9
Other 243 21 9.5 5.4-16.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 203 83.9 76.7-89.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 16 6.0 3.1-11.2
AGE
18-44 177 19 11.1 6.2-19.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 149 84.3 76.0-90.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 6 3.4 1.3- 8.3
45+ 214 9 5.1 2.4-10.3 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1 182 83.3 75.5-89.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 19 10.3 5.7-17.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 21 12.2 7.2-20.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 194 81.2 72.8-87.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 10 5.5 2.4-12.0
Some College + 164 7 3.1 1.4- 6.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 139 88.0 81.6-92.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 15 7.4 4.1-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 300 19 8.4 4.7-14.7 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 256 83.7 77.0-88.8 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8 20 6.7 3.8-11.7
$50,000+ 48 4 5.7 2.0-15.2 0 0.0 . - . 39 84.2 68.9-92.7 1 2.9 0.4-17.7 4 7.3 2.0-23.5

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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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