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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,272 1,815 11.3 10.6-12.1 12,457 88.7 87.9-89.4
-Buncombe County 342 46 12.5 8.9-17.3 296 87.5 82.7-91.1
GENDER
Male 129 12 7.9 4.1-14.7 117 92.1 85.3-95.9
Female 213 34 18.2 12.6-25.5 179 81.8 74.5-87.4
RACE
White 302 43 14.1 10.0-19.5 259 85.9 80.5-90.0
Other 38 3 2.5 0.7- 8.2 35 97.5 91.8-99.3
AGE
18-44 90 15 12.5 7.1-21.2 75 87.5 78.8-92.9
45+ 249 30 12.4 8.4-17.9 219 87.6 82.1-91.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 14 11.2 6.0-20.0 108 88.8 80.0-94.0
Some College + 219 32 13.4 8.9-19.5 187 86.6 80.5-91.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 21 8.1 4.6-13.7 165 91.9 86.3-95.4
$50,000+ 113 22 21.9 14.2-32.2 91 78.1 67.8-85.8

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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.

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