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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 362 18 5.9 3.6- 9.6 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 317 86.2 81.4-89.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 23 6.7 4.2-10.5
GENDER
Male 114 13 10.0 5.5-17.6 2 1.4 0.3- 6.3 95 84.2 75.4-90.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.4 1.6-11.4
Female 248 5 3.1 1.2- 7.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 222 87.5 81.5-91.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 19 8.3 5.0-13.5
RACE
White 293 12 4.3 2.4- 7.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 260 88.1 83.1-91.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 18 6.6 3.9-10.9
Other 68 6 12.6 5.4-26.6 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 56 78.0 63.7-87.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.2 2.6-18.2
AGE
18-44 112 4 3.6 1.3- 9.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 100 90.3 83.2-94.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 6 4.6 2.0-10.3
45+ 249 14 7.6 4.3-13.1 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4 216 83.2 76.5-88.3 0 0.0 . - . 17 8.2 4.8-13.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 12 8.7 4.8-15.1 3 1.8 0.5- 5.8 156 84.2 77.0-89.5 0 0.0 . - . 10 5.3 2.7-10.3
Some College + 181 6 3.2 1.3- 8.0 0 0.0 . - . 161 88.0 81.1-92.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 13 8.1 4.4-14.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 12 6.2 3.3-11.4 3 1.4 0.4- 4.7 206 87.4 81.3-91.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 10 4.4 2.1- 8.9
$50,000+ 84 2 2.8 0.7-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 76 88.5 77.8-94.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.7 3.8-18.7

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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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