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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 455 386 86.0 81.7-89.4 26 4.7 2.9- 7.4 43 9.4 6.6-13.2
GENDER
Male 143 116 84.1 75.9-89.9 10 4.4 2.0- 9.6 17 11.5 6.6-19.1
Female 312 270 87.5 82.7-91.0 16 4.9 2.8- 8.4 26 7.7 4.9-11.7
RACE
White 305 270 91.3 87.2-94.2 15 3.3 1.8- 6.2 20 5.3 3.2- 8.9
Other 150 116 75.7 65.6-83.6 11 7.2 3.6-14.0 23 17.1 10.6-26.4
AGE
18-44 167 140 84.8 77.2-90.1 7 4.0 1.6- 9.5 20 11.3 6.8-18.0
45+ 287 245 87.0 81.8-90.9 19 5.3 3.3- 8.6 23 7.6 4.6-12.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 189 80.3 73.3-85.8 17 5.5 2.9- 9.9 33 14.3 9.6-20.6
Some College + 216 197 93.6 89.7-96.1 9 3.6 1.8- 7.0 10 2.8 1.4- 5.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 282 228 81.0 74.6-86.1 19 5.4 3.1- 9.4 35 13.5 9.2-19.4
$50,000+ 108 102 94.5 86.5-97.8 3 3.1 0.8-11.1 3 2.4 0.6- 8.7

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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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