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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 416 252 62.5 56.0-68.5 94 23.5 18.2-29.9 70 14.0 10.4-18.6
GENDER
Male 163 96 59.2 49.1-68.6 43 27.6 19.3-37.8 24 13.2 7.9-21.1
Female 253 156 66.1 58.6-72.9 51 19.0 13.3-26.4 46 14.9 10.8-20.2
RACE
White 342 215 65.0 58.1-71.3 76 24.6 18.7-31.6 51 10.4 7.6-14.1
Other 72 37 53.5 37.7-68.7 18 19.8 9.7-36.4 17 26.7 14.9-43.1
AGE
18-44 139 94 64.7 53.5-74.5 23 21.9 13.5-33.6 22 13.4 7.9-21.6
45+ 276 157 60.0 53.4-66.3 71 25.3 19.9-31.6 48 14.7 10.7-19.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 163 89 56.3 45.4-66.6 37 27.4 18.1-39.4 37 16.3 10.6-24.2
Some College + 253 163 67.2 59.9-73.8 57 20.5 15.3-27.0 33 12.3 8.0-18.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 126 57.8 48.3-66.7 54 27.3 19.2-37.2 36 14.9 9.7-22.3
$50,000+ 134 85 67.4 57.9-75.6 32 22.0 15.2-30.8 17 10.6 6.2-17.4

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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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