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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 4,855 234 5.5 4.6- 6.6 49 0.9 0.7- 1.3 4,257 87.0 85.5-88.4 22 0.4 0.3- 0.7 293 6.1 5.1- 7.3
GENDER
Male 1,673 116 7.4 5.8- 9.4 23 1.0 0.6- 1.6 1,409 84.4 81.5-86.8 11 0.5 0.2- 1.0 114 6.8 5.0- 9.1
Female 3,182 118 3.7 3.0- 4.6 26 0.9 0.5- 1.4 2,848 89.5 88.1-90.7 11 0.4 0.2- 0.7 179 5.5 4.7- 6.6
RACE
White 3,250 132 4.4 3.4- 5.6 26 0.7 0.4- 1.1 2,871 88.5 87.0-89.9 14 0.4 0.2- 0.7 207 6.0 5.1- 7.0
African American 1,167 56 6.6 4.5- 9.4 16 1.4 0.8- 2.6 1,027 86.1 82.9-88.7 5 0.4 0.2- 1.3 63 5.5 4.1- 7.4
Other Minorities 427 44 10.3 7.2-14.4 7 1.2 0.5- 2.7 350 79.4 70.9-86.0 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 23 8.5 3.4-19.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 227 33 16.4 10.5-24.8 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9 182 79.2 70.9-85.6 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 5 1.6 0.6- 3.9
Non-Hispanic 4,623 201 4.6 3.8- 5.5 44 0.8 0.6- 1.2 4,070 87.7 86.2-89.0 20 0.4 0.2- 0.6 288 6.5 5.4- 7.8
AGE
18-24 238 13 7.0 3.5-13.6 2 0.4 0.1- 2.1 215 87.5 77.9-93.3 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.1 1.5-16.5
25-34 721 42 6.3 4.4- 9.0 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9 631 87.0 83.7-89.7 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9 39 5.4 3.8- 7.7
35-44 924 43 4.1 2.9- 5.8 5 0.7 0.3- 1.7 832 91.0 88.7-92.9 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6 42 4.0 2.8- 5.7
45-54 1,003 40 4.5 3.0- 6.9 9 1.0 0.5- 2.1 882 87.3 84.4-89.8 5 0.6 0.2- 1.6 67 6.5 4.9- 8.7
55-64 888 47 6.6 4.6- 9.3 8 0.9 0.4- 2.1 757 82.4 78.9-85.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.7 73 9.6 7.5-12.4
65-74 626 26 5.5 3.6- 8.3 12 2.1 1.0- 4.2 547 85.0 81.0-88.2 4 0.4 0.2- 1.2 37 7.0 4.7-10.2
75+ 435 22 5.3 3.3- 8.3 9 2.0 1.0- 4.3 375 85.6 81.3-89.1 3 0.8 0.3- 2.4 26 6.3 4.0- 9.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 725 60 11.4 8.0-15.9 13 1.6 0.8- 3.1 609 81.5 76.8-85.4 7 1.0 0.5- 2.3 36 4.5 3.0- 6.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,599 81 5.5 4.2- 7.3 19 1.2 0.7- 2.0 1,404 86.6 83.4-89.3 7 0.3 0.1- 0.6 88 6.4 4.2- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,261 37 3.1 1.9- 5.1 10 0.6 0.3- 1.2 1,134 89.9 87.5-92.0 4 0.3 0.1- 1.1 76 6.0 4.6- 7.8
College Graduate 1,265 56 4.1 3.0- 5.4 7 0.5 0.2- 1.1 1,105 88.1 85.9-89.9 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 93 7.1 5.6- 8.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 656 28 5.6 3.5- 8.9 8 0.8 0.4- 1.8 585 88.6 84.9-91.5 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8 31 4.0 2.5- 6.2
$15,000- 24,999 901 61 8.5 5.7-12.4 13 1.7 0.9- 3.2 788 85.5 81.4-88.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 37 4.0 2.7- 6.1
$25,000- 34,999 608 27 4.7 2.9- 7.5 5 1.0 0.4- 2.4 529 85.1 77.9-90.3 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 44 9.0 4.5-17.0
$35,000- 49,999 699 28 3.9 2.5- 6.0 7 1.0 0.4- 2.4 614 87.9 84.7-90.6 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 48 7.0 5.0- 9.7
$50,000-74,999 637 27 4.5 2.5- 7.9 5 0.7 0.2- 2.0 558 87.7 83.9-90.7 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0 45 6.7 4.8- 9.3
$75,000+ 683 24 3.6 2.2- 5.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 599 87.5 84.2-90.2 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7 55 8.1 6.0-10.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,638 78 5.9 4.4- 8.0 19 0.9 0.5- 1.5 1,412 84.3 80.7-87.3 11 0.5 0.3- 1.0 118 8.4 5.9-11.9
No 3,177 151 5.3 4.2- 6.6 28 0.9 0.6- 1.4 2,816 88.3 86.7-89.7 11 0.4 0.2- 0.8 171 5.1 4.3- 6.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 780 40 4.4 3.0- 6.4 11 1.1 0.6- 2.1 659 85.7 82.6-88.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6 67 8.6 6.5-11.2
Non-Veteran 4,071 193 5.7 4.7- 7.0 38 0.9 0.6- 1.3 3,595 87.3 85.6-88.9 19 0.5 0.3- 0.8 226 5.6 4.5- 7.0

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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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