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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 15,246 14,091 90.8 90.0-91.5 419 3.2 2.8- 3.7 736 6.0 5.4- 6.6
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 414 387 92.3 87.2-95.4 11 2.4 1.3- 4.6 16 5.3 2.6-10.6
GENDER
Male 162 150 89.5 79.9-94.8 5 2.9 1.1- 7.0 7 7.6 3.0-17.9
Female 252 237 95.4 92.1-97.3 6 2.0 0.8- 4.6 9 2.7 1.3- 5.3
RACE
White 340 326 97.2 94.9-98.4 8 1.9 0.9- 4.1 6 1.0 0.4- 2.2
Other 72 59 73.3 54.9-86.1 3 4.6 1.4-13.9 10 22.1 10.2-41.5
AGE
18-44 139 128 90.5 80.4-95.6 4 1.6 0.5- 4.9 7 7.9 3.1-18.4
45+ 274 258 94.1 90.0-96.6 7 3.3 1.5- 7.2 9 2.6 1.2- 5.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 146 89.4 79.3-94.9 5 2.3 0.8- 6.2 10 8.3 3.4-19.0
Some College + 253 241 94.4 88.4-97.4 6 2.6 1.1- 5.9 6 3.0 0.9- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 204 91.8 82.2-96.4 4 1.6 0.5- 4.9 8 6.7 2.4-16.9
$50,000+ 134 127 96.5 92.5-98.4 3 1.8 0.6- 5.4 4 1.8 0.6- 4.9

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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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