BRFSS 2005 - Wake County: (If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?)

	Total Respond.^	Take them to the hospital	Tell them to call doctor	Call 911	Call a family member	Do something else
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
-Wake County	761	19	3.4	1.6- 7.0	8	1.2	0.5- 2.9	695	90.2	86.6-92.9	3	0.2	0.1- 0.6	36	5.0	3.4- 7.2
GENDER
Male	294	11	5.2	2.1-12.3	2	1.2	0.3- 4.6	261	87.2	80.6-91.8	0	0.0	. - .	20	6.4	3.9-10.3
Female	467	8	1.4	0.7- 2.8	6	1.3	0.5- 3.4	434	93.5	90.7-95.6	3	0.4	0.1- 1.3	16	3.4	2.0- 5.6
RACE
White	569	13	2.3	1.3- 4.1	3	0.9	0.2- 3.3	521	91.3	88.1-93.7	2	0.2	0.1- 0.9	30	5.3	3.6- 8.0
Other	183	6	6.2	1.7-20.0	4	1.6	0.5- 5.5	166	87.7	76.7-94.0	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	6	4.3	1.8- 9.8
AGE
18-44	378	8	3.2	1.0-10.0	5	1.1	0.4- 3.3	346	90.6	85.1-94.2	1	0.1	0.0- 0.6	18	5.0	3.0- 8.1
45+	381	11	3.7	2.0- 6.9	3	1.4	0.4- 5.5	347	89.5	84.9-92.7	2	0.4	0.1- 1.6	18	5.0	2.9- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	6	6.2	1.7-20.3	4	2.5	0.9- 7.3	171	85.9	75.0-92.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4	8	5.1	2.4-10.7
Some College +	569	13	2.2	1.2- 4.1	4	0.7	0.2- 2.8	522	91.9	88.9-94.2	2	0.2	0.0- 0.8	28	4.9	3.2- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	300	10	6.0	2.2-15.6	6	2.2	0.8- 5.5	266	86.2	78.2-91.5	2	0.3	0.1- 1.1	16	5.4	3.1- 9.1
$50,000+	360	7	1.7	0.8- 3.9	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8	336	93.6	89.9-95.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	15	3.8	2.1- 6.8

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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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	Total Respond.^	Take them to the hospital			Tell them to call doctor			Call 911			Call a family member			Do something else
	Total Respond.^	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
-Wake County	761	19	3.4	1.6- 7.0	8	1.2	0.5- 2.9	695	90.2	86.6-92.9	3	0.2	0.1- 0.6	36	5.0	3.4- 7.2
GENDER
Male	294	11	5.2	2.1-12.3	2	1.2	0.3- 4.6	261	87.2	80.6-91.8	0	0.0	. - .	20	6.4	3.9-10.3
Female	467	8	1.4	0.7- 2.8	6	1.3	0.5- 3.4	434	93.5	90.7-95.6	3	0.4	0.1- 1.3	16	3.4	2.0- 5.6
RACE
White	569	13	2.3	1.3- 4.1	3	0.9	0.2- 3.3	521	91.3	88.1-93.7	2	0.2	0.1- 0.9	30	5.3	3.6- 8.0
Other	183	6	6.2	1.7-20.0	4	1.6	0.5- 5.5	166	87.7	76.7-94.0	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	6	4.3	1.8- 9.8
AGE
18-44	378	8	3.2	1.0-10.0	5	1.1	0.4- 3.3	346	90.6	85.1-94.2	1	0.1	0.0- 0.6	18	5.0	3.0- 8.1
45+	381	11	3.7	2.0- 6.9	3	1.4	0.4- 5.5	347	89.5	84.9-92.7	2	0.4	0.1- 1.6	18	5.0	2.9- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	6	6.2	1.7-20.3	4	2.5	0.9- 7.3	171	85.9	75.0-92.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4	8	5.1	2.4-10.7
Some College +	569	13	2.2	1.2- 4.1	4	0.7	0.2- 2.8	522	91.9	88.9-94.2	2	0.2	0.0- 0.8	28	4.9	3.2- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	300	10	6.0	2.2-15.6	6	2.2	0.8- 5.5	266	86.2	78.2-91.5	2	0.3	0.1- 1.1	16	5.4	3.1- 9.1
$50,000+	360	7	1.7	0.8- 3.9	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8	336	93.6	89.9-95.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	15	3.8	2.1- 6.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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?