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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 15,237 5,755 38.0 37.0-39.1 5,667 37.7 36.6-38.8 3,815 24.3 23.4-25.2
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 454 188 40.6 34.8-46.7 151 34.4 28.5-40.9 115 24.9 20.3-30.2
GENDER
Male 143 59 41.1 30.8-52.3 47 34.6 23.9-47.1 37 24.3 16.9-33.8
Female 311 129 40.3 34.3-46.6 104 34.3 28.6-40.5 78 25.4 20.2-31.5
RACE
White 305 118 40.5 33.8-47.7 105 33.3 27.1-40.1 82 26.2 20.7-32.5
Other 149 70 40.8 30.4-52.2 46 36.6 24.8-50.2 33 22.6 15.0-32.5
AGE
18-44 167 69 40.2 30.6-50.6 64 39.5 29.3-50.7 34 20.3 14.0-28.5
45+ 286 118 40.9 34.3-47.7 87 29.8 24.1-36.3 81 29.3 23.3-36.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 105 44.1 35.6-52.9 67 29.7 21.4-39.6 66 26.3 19.8-33.9
Some College + 216 83 36.1 28.9-43.9 84 40.7 32.9-49.0 49 23.2 17.2-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 128 44.5 36.7-52.5 84 31.1 23.4-40.0 69 24.5 18.6-31.4
$50,000+ 108 35 32.6 23.4-43.4 46 43.1 32.8-54.0 27 24.3 16.5-34.3

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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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