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

Heart Attack and Stroke

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Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 365 328 89.6 85.0-92.9 12 4.2 2.2- 8.1 25 6.2 3.8- 9.8
GENDER
Male 116 97 82.6 72.7-89.5 9 8.6 4.0-17.5 10 8.7 4.3-17.0
Female 249 231 94.4 90.9-96.6 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 15 4.4 2.5- 7.6
RACE
White 294 269 92.4 87.9-95.2 9 3.7 1.7- 8.1 16 3.9 2.3- 6.6
Other 69 58 78.5 63.2-88.6 3 6.4 1.9-19.6 8 15.1 6.9-30.2
AGE
18-44 113 101 89.1 79.7-94.5 6 5.3 2.0-13.4 6 5.6 2.1-13.9
45+ 251 226 89.9 84.6-93.5 6 3.5 1.4- 8.4 19 6.6 4.0-10.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 154 82.7 74.7-88.6 9 6.4 2.9-13.4 21 10.9 6.5-17.6
Some College + 181 174 96.5 92.1-98.5 3 2.1 0.6- 6.8 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 209 88.9 82.4-93.1 8 4.6 2.0-10.4 17 6.6 3.6-11.6
$50,000+ 84 80 94.3 85.1-98.0 3 4.1 1.2-12.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.5

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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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