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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 454 380 84.3 79.8-88.0 23 4.5 2.7- 7.1 51 11.2 8.1-15.4
GENDER
Male 143 113 81.5 72.8-87.9 5 2.5 1.0- 6.2 25 16.1 10.1-24.6
Female 311 267 86.6 81.6-90.4 18 6.1 3.5-10.3 26 7.3 4.7-11.1
RACE
White 305 261 87.7 82.9-91.4 15 4.4 2.4- 7.9 29 7.9 5.1-12.1
Other 149 119 77.8 67.8-85.4 8 4.6 2.1- 9.8 22 17.6 10.8-27.3
AGE
18-44 167 137 81.8 73.7-87.7 11 6.2 3.2-11.7 19 12.0 7.2-19.2
45+ 286 242 86.7 81.3-90.7 12 2.8 1.5- 5.2 32 10.5 6.9-15.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 190 80.3 73.1-85.9 15 5.5 3.0- 9.8 33 14.3 9.5-21.0
Some College + 216 190 89.8 84.8-93.3 8 3.1 1.4- 6.7 18 7.1 4.3-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 231 81.8 75.3-86.8 13 4.4 2.4- 8.2 37 13.8 9.4-19.8
$50,000+ 108 95 88.7 80.2-93.9 5 4.1 1.4-11.6 8 7.2 3.4-14.5

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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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