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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico Counties

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Respond.^
Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 410 15 4.8 2.4- 9.3 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 365 88.5 83.8-92.0 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 24 5.6 3.6- 8.6
GENDER
Male 160 8 6.5 2.6-15.3 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 137 85.6 77.2-91.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.1 12 6.6 3.6-11.9
Female 250 7 2.9 1.4- 6.3 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 228 91.8 87.4-94.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 12 4.4 2.4- 8.1
RACE
White 338 9 2.4 1.2- 4.9 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9 305 91.4 87.6-94.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 19 5.3 3.3- 8.6
Other 70 6 14.4 5.2-33.9 0 0.0 . - . 58 77.1 59.5-88.5 1 2.0 0.3-12.8 5 6.6 2.4-16.8
AGE
18-44 139 7 5.8 2.1-14.9 0 0.0 . - . 125 89.7 81.1-94.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 6 3.7 1.6- 8.5
45+ 270 8 3.7 1.7- 7.9 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 239 87.3 81.8-91.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 18 7.6 4.6-12.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 6 3.1 1.3- 7.5 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 143 91.7 85.7-95.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7 5 3.1 1.1- 8.1
Some College + 251 9 6.1 2.5-14.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 222 86.1 78.9-91.2 0 0.0 . - . 19 7.5 4.6-11.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 7 3.7 1.6- 8.1 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8 194 91.1 85.7-94.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 9 3.6 1.7- 7.6
$50,000+ 133 5 7.0 2.1-21.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 114 82.5 71.2-90.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 10.2 5.7-17.3

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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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