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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 456 384 83.2 78.1-87.2 40 9.2 6.1-13.6 32 7.7 5.2-11.2
GENDER
Male 143 112 78.9 69.0-86.2 15 11.0 5.6-20.4 16 10.2 5.8-17.2
Female 313 272 86.7 81.6-90.5 25 7.7 4.9-11.9 16 5.7 3.3- 9.6
RACE
White 305 271 89.4 84.5-92.9 21 6.5 3.9-10.9 13 4.1 2.2- 7.6
Other 150 112 71.2 59.9-80.4 19 14.2 7.6-24.9 19 14.6 8.8-23.3
AGE
18-44 167 133 77.4 67.9-84.7 18 12.6 7.0-21.5 16 10.0 5.8-16.9
45+ 287 249 88.4 83.8-91.8 22 6.1 3.8- 9.5 16 5.5 3.3- 9.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 191 78.6 70.7-84.8 25 11.3 6.6-18.6 23 10.2 6.4-15.8
Some College + 217 193 89.4 83.6-93.2 15 6.3 3.5-11.1 9 4.3 2.1- 9.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 282 228 79.3 72.4-84.8 28 9.7 6.0-15.2 26 11.1 7.2-16.6
$50,000+ 108 100 92.6 84.6-96.6 6 6.2 2.6-14.4 2 1.2 0.3- 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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