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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 15,237 5,755 38.0 37.0-39.1 5,667 37.7 36.6-38.8 3,815 24.3 23.4-25.2
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 365 141 41.9 35.9-48.2 127 33.2 27.9-39.1 97 24.8 20.0-30.4
GENDER
Male 116 47 43.2 32.9-54.2 44 34.8 25.7-45.2 25 21.9 14.4-31.9
Female 249 94 41.0 34.0-48.4 83 32.1 25.9-39.1 72 26.9 21.1-33.6
RACE
White 294 115 43.9 37.1-51.0 101 32.9 26.9-39.5 78 23.2 18.2-29.1
Other 69 25 32.5 21.6-45.7 26 35.6 24.0-49.3 18 31.9 19.9-46.7
AGE
18-44 113 48 47.7 36.9-58.7 44 33.6 24.6-44.0 21 18.7 11.7-28.4
45+ 251 93 37.9 31.3-44.9 83 33.0 26.7-40.0 75 29.1 23.1-35.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 70 39.6 31.5-48.3 51 27.4 20.4-35.7 63 33.0 25.4-41.5
Some College + 181 71 44.2 35.6-53.2 76 39.1 31.2-47.6 34 16.7 11.6-23.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 85 38.0 31.0-45.5 78 33.3 26.6-40.7 71 28.7 22.5-35.9
$50,000+ 84 35 48.0 35.3-61.0 39 39.0 27.9-51.5 10 13.0 6.5-24.3

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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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