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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 365 239 60.3 53.9-66.4 46 15.6 11.1-21.4 80 24.0 18.9-30.0
GENDER
Male 116 60 45.8 35.5-56.4 23 23.5 14.8-35.2 33 30.7 21.7-41.6
Female 249 179 70.4 63.1-76.9 23 10.1 6.5-15.5 47 19.4 13.9-26.4
RACE
White 294 195 60.7 53.4-67.5 35 16.2 11.1-23.2 64 23.1 17.5-29.7
Other 69 44 60.7 46.6-73.2 10 11.2 5.7-20.8 15 28.1 16.8-43.1
AGE
18-44 113 70 52.4 41.3-63.2 19 19.7 11.6-31.5 24 27.9 18.6-39.6
45+ 251 168 65.9 58.8-72.3 27 12.7 8.5-18.6 56 21.4 16.2-27.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 105 51.7 43.1-60.2 27 17.9 12.1-25.7 52 30.4 22.8-39.3
Some College + 181 134 69.1 59.3-77.3 19 13.3 7.3-23.1 28 17.7 11.6-26.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 146 56.8 49.1-64.3 37 18.4 13.1-25.2 51 24.8 18.4-32.5
$50,000+ 84 61 64.1 49.6-76.4 5 11.1 3.5-29.8 18 24.8 15.2-37.9

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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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