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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 365 254 64.9 58.5-70.9 34 10.7 7.3-15.3 77 24.4 19.0-30.8
GENDER
Male 116 76 62.1 50.7-72.3 13 11.9 6.5-20.9 27 26.0 16.9-37.7
Female 249 178 66.9 59.2-73.7 21 9.8 6.0-15.5 50 23.3 17.2-30.8
RACE
White 294 213 69.4 62.1-75.9 23 9.4 5.9-14.7 58 21.2 15.5-28.3
Other 69 41 48.1 35.0-61.4 10 13.9 6.9-26.1 18 38.0 25.3-52.6
AGE
18-44 113 78 61.9 50.1-72.5 14 12.1 6.7-20.9 21 26.0 16.4-38.6
45+ 251 175 67.0 59.8-73.4 20 9.7 5.9-15.5 56 23.4 17.8-30.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 117 60.8 52.0-69.0 21 12.1 7.3-19.2 46 27.1 20.0-35.7
Some College + 181 137 69.0 59.2-77.4 13 9.3 5.1-16.2 31 21.7 14.2-31.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 155 62.7 55.0-69.9 25 11.8 7.5-18.0 54 25.5 19.3-33.0
$50,000+ 84 68 71.5 56.0-83.2 5 7.7 3.1-17.7 11 20.8 10.2-37.6

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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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