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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 456 264 58.0 51.8-63.9 93 20.4 15.8-25.9 99 21.7 17.1-27.1
GENDER
Male 143 87 56.3 45.0-67.1 27 21.5 13.4-32.7 29 22.1 14.2-32.7
Female 313 177 59.3 53.0-65.3 66 19.5 15.1-24.8 70 21.3 16.6-26.9
RACE
White 305 189 62.5 55.2-69.3 47 15.6 10.8-22.1 69 21.9 16.3-28.7
Other 150 74 49.0 37.3-60.9 46 29.6 20.4-40.8 30 21.4 14.0-31.1
AGE
18-44 167 93 52.9 42.5-63.2 37 24.2 16.2-34.5 37 22.9 15.4-32.6
45+ 287 170 62.6 55.9-68.9 56 17.1 12.8-22.3 61 20.3 15.3-26.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 129 56.5 47.6-64.9 50 19.4 13.5-27.0 60 24.1 17.4-32.4
Some College + 217 135 59.9 51.6-67.8 43 21.7 15.1-30.3 39 18.3 13.0-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 282 155 57.3 49.2-64.9 60 17.7 13.0-23.7 67 25.0 18.7-32.7
$50,000+ 108 75 67.7 56.5-77.2 18 19.8 11.9-31.1 15 12.5 7.2-20.8

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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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