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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 15,246 14,091 90.8 90.0-91.5 419 3.2 2.8- 3.7 736 6.0 5.4- 6.6
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 454 422 91.7 87.7-94.5 10 2.7 1.2- 5.9 22 5.6 3.5- 8.9
GENDER
Male 143 128 89.2 81.2-94.1 4 3.2 0.9-10.6 11 7.5 3.8-14.3
Female 311 294 93.7 89.5-96.2 6 2.3 0.9- 5.6 11 4.0 2.1- 7.6
RACE
White 305 293 95.7 92.0-97.8 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0
Other 149 129 83.9 74.2-90.5 6 5.1 1.8-13.7 14 11.0 6.0-19.3
AGE
18-44 167 155 90.2 82.5-94.7 4 3.3 1.0-10.4 8 6.5 3.2-13.0
45+ 286 266 93.0 88.9-95.7 6 2.2 0.9- 5.1 14 4.7 2.6- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 211 87.0 80.3-91.6 9 4.5 2.0- 9.9 18 8.6 5.1-14.2
Some College + 216 211 98.0 95.2-99.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 258 89.4 83.3-93.4 6 2.7 0.9- 7.8 17 7.9 4.7-13.1
$50,000+ 108 106 97.7 88.7-99.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7

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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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