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

Heart Attack and Stroke

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 365 332 90.8 86.2-94.0 17 4.5 2.5- 8.0 16 4.6 2.5- 8.6
GENDER
Male 116 101 85.8 75.9-92.0 11 8.5 4.2-16.5 4 5.7 2.0-15.4
Female 249 231 94.3 90.2-96.7 6 1.8 0.8- 4.3 12 3.9 1.9- 7.8
RACE
White 294 269 92.2 87.6-95.2 14 4.8 2.5- 9.0 11 3.0 1.4- 6.3
Other 69 62 85.5 69.5-93.8 3 3.4 0.9-12.3 4 11.1 3.8-28.1
AGE
18-44 113 104 90.2 80.4-95.4 6 5.1 1.9-13.1 3 4.7 1.4-14.3
45+ 251 227 91.2 86.2-94.5 11 4.2 2.2- 7.9 13 4.6 2.3- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 158 85.1 77.1-90.7 13 7.4 3.8-13.9 13 7.6 3.7-14.7
Some College + 181 174 96.6 91.8-98.6 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 3 1.7 0.4- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 210 89.4 82.8-93.7 12 5.0 2.4-10.2 12 5.5 2.6-11.4
$50,000+ 84 80 96.7 90.3-98.9 3 2.9 0.8- 9.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7

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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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