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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 15,261 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 415 345 81.6 75.4-86.5 40 10.9 6.9-16.8 30 7.5 4.8-11.7
GENDER
Male 163 132 79.2 69.1-86.7 19 12.2 6.4-22.0 12 8.5 4.3-16.1
Female 252 213 84.2 76.8-89.6 21 9.4 4.9-17.2 18 6.4 3.9-10.4
RACE
White 341 284 82.8 76.2-87.9 34 10.8 6.6-17.2 23 6.3 3.7-10.5
Other 72 59 76.5 58.7-88.1 6 11.3 3.4-31.5 7 12.3 5.2-26.4
AGE
18-44 139 114 78.9 67.5-87.0 10 11.0 4.9-23.1 15 10.1 5.5-17.9
45+ 275 230 84.3 78.9-88.6 30 10.8 7.3-15.7 15 4.9 2.8- 8.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 128 74.6 62.7-83.7 17 15.2 7.6-28.1 17 10.2 5.7-17.5
Some College + 253 217 86.9 81.0-91.2 23 7.6 4.8-11.7 13 5.5 2.7-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 182 81.0 71.1-88.1 17 10.3 4.8-20.6 17 8.7 4.8-15.3
$50,000+ 134 111 85.8 78.4-90.9 14 8.5 4.8-14.6 9 5.7 2.7-11.7

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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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