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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 365 106 28.4 23.3-34.1 157 43.8 37.8-49.9 102 27.8 22.4-34.0
GENDER
Male 116 33 24.6 17.2-33.9 50 43.4 33.2-54.1 33 32.0 22.2-43.8
Female 249 73 31.1 24.6-38.3 107 44.0 37.0-51.3 69 24.9 19.4-31.4
RACE
White 294 83 28.2 22.6-34.7 126 43.8 37.1-50.7 85 28.0 21.9-34.9
Other 69 23 30.0 19.6-43.0 30 42.6 30.0-56.4 16 27.4 16.4-41.9
AGE
18-44 113 31 25.1 17.0-35.4 56 46.0 35.5-56.9 26 28.9 19.2-41.0
45+ 251 74 30.6 24.5-37.4 101 42.3 35.4-49.5 76 27.2 21.5-33.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 44 24.2 17.8-31.9 81 44.1 35.8-52.8 59 31.7 24.1-40.5
Some College + 181 62 32.7 25.2-41.2 76 43.4 35.0-52.1 43 23.9 16.7-33.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 62 25.6 19.8-32.4 106 46.1 38.7-53.6 66 28.3 21.8-35.8
$50,000+ 84 30 33.6 22.9-46.3 35 39.7 28.1-52.5 19 26.7 15.9-41.4

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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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