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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-New Hanover County 393 221 56.9 50.7-62.9 105 27.3 22.0-33.2 67 15.9 12.1-20.5
GENDER
Male 137 64 48.5 38.6-58.5 46 35.2 26.2-45.5 27 16.2 10.7-23.9
Female 256 157 64.5 57.4-71.1 59 20.0 15.1-25.9 40 15.5 10.9-21.5
RACE
White 332 195 60.0 53.2-66.3 85 27.2 21.4-33.9 52 12.8 9.5-17.1
Other 61 26 43.7 29.1-59.5 20 27.4 16.9-41.2 15 28.9 17.1-44.4
AGE
18-44 136 74 58.7 48.4-68.3 36 24.9 16.9-35.2 26 16.4 10.7-24.2
45+ 255 146 55.4 48.2-62.3 68 29.1 22.9-36.2 41 15.5 11.0-21.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 59 51.3 40.4-62.1 43 31.3 22.3-42.0 28 17.4 11.2-26.0
Some College + 263 162 60.3 52.9-67.3 62 24.7 18.6-32.1 39 14.9 10.6-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 105 55.8 46.9-64.5 52 27.5 20.3-36.2 35 16.6 11.3-23.8
$50,000+ 146 87 58.6 49.3-67.4 34 24.1 17.0-33.0 25 17.2 11.3-25.4

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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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