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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Respond.^
Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-New Hanover County 389 17 5.0 2.9- 8.5 0 0.0 . - . 349 89.3 84.7-92.6 0 0.0 . - . 23 5.7 3.4- 9.5
GENDER
Male 136 8 7.1 3.4-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 118 86.4 78.7-91.7 0 0.0 . - . 10 6.5 3.4-12.1
Female 253 9 3.1 1.5- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 231 91.9 85.9-95.4 0 0.0 . - . 13 5.0 2.2-11.2
RACE
White 328 11 3.8 1.9- 7.5 0 0.0 . - . 298 90.3 85.2-93.8 0 0.0 . - . 19 5.9 3.3-10.4
Other 61 6 10.3 4.3-22.7 0 0.0 . - . 51 84.8 72.0-92.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.9 1.6-13.9
AGE
18-44 136 8 5.9 2.7-12.1 0 0.0 . - . 125 91.4 83.4-95.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.8 0.6-11.9
45+ 252 9 4.3 1.9- 9.1 0 0.0 . - . 223 87.2 81.2-91.5 0 0.0 . - . 20 8.5 5.2-13.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 9 9.4 4.7-17.9 0 0.0 . - . 111 82.6 72.4-89.5 0 0.0 . - . 10 8.0 3.6-17.0
Some College + 259 8 2.3 1.1- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 238 93.4 89.5-96.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 4.3 2.3- 7.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 12 7.7 4.0-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 165 86.4 79.4-91.3 0 0.0 . - . 13 5.9 3.1-10.9
$50,000+ 144 4 3.2 1.0- 9.6 0 0.0 . - . 131 89.0 79.7-94.4 0 0.0 . - . 9 7.8 3.4-17.0

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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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