BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	430	72	15.4	12.0-19.6	358	84.6	80.4-88.0
GENDER
Male	139	18	12.1	7.3-19.4	121	87.9	80.6-92.7
Female	291	54	17.7	13.4-23.2	237	82.3	76.8-86.6
RACE
White	346	64	17.9	13.7-23.0	282	82.1	77.0-86.3
Other	82	8	6.5	3.1-13.1	74	93.5	86.9-96.9
AGE
18-44	123	29	20.2	13.6-28.9	94	79.8	71.1-86.4
45+	306	43	12.4	9.0-16.9	263	87.6	83.1-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	218	21	9.6	5.8-15.4	197	90.4	84.6-94.2
Some College +	212	51	21.2	15.8-27.8	161	78.8	72.2-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	36	13.3	9.3-18.7	229	86.7	81.3-90.7
$50,000+	105	29	23.5	15.7-33.5	76	76.5	66.5-84.3

*Derived from 6 stroke 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.

** 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.

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

Heart Attack and Stroke

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

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	430	72	15.4	12.0-19.6	358	84.6	80.4-88.0
GENDER
Male	139	18	12.1	7.3-19.4	121	87.9	80.6-92.7
Female	291	54	17.7	13.4-23.2	237	82.3	76.8-86.6
RACE
White	346	64	17.9	13.7-23.0	282	82.1	77.0-86.3
Other	82	8	6.5	3.1-13.1	74	93.5	86.9-96.9
AGE
18-44	123	29	20.2	13.6-28.9	94	79.8	71.1-86.4
45+	306	43	12.4	9.0-16.9	263	87.6	83.1-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	218	21	9.6	5.8-15.4	197	90.4	84.6-94.2
Some College +	212	51	21.2	15.8-27.8	161	78.8	72.2-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	36	13.3	9.3-18.7	229	86.7	81.3-90.7
$50,000+	105	29	23.5	15.7-33.5	76	76.5	66.5-84.3