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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-New Hanover County 393 372 94.1 90.5-96.4 15 3.3 1.9- 5.8 6 2.6 1.0- 6.2
GENDER
Male 137 128 93.4 86.9-96.8 7 4.0 1.8- 8.5 2 2.6 0.7- 9.9
Female 256 244 94.8 89.9-97.3 8 2.8 1.3- 5.8 4 2.5 0.8- 7.8
RACE
White 332 317 95.8 92.6-97.7 13 3.3 1.8- 5.9 2 0.9 0.2- 4.9
Other 61 55 86.6 71.9-94.2 2 3.7 0.9-13.7 4 9.7 3.4-24.7
AGE
18-44 136 130 96.3 91.2-98.5 4 2.2 0.8- 6.1 2 1.5 0.3- 7.3
45+ 255 241 92.6 86.6-96.0 10 3.8 1.9- 7.5 4 3.6 1.2-10.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 121 92.2 84.3-96.3 5 3.0 1.1- 7.7 4 4.8 1.7-13.1
Some College + 263 251 95.3 91.1-97.5 10 3.6 1.8- 6.9 2 1.2 0.2- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 182 93.9 87.9-97.1 7 3.3 1.4- 7.3 3 2.8 0.8- 9.4
$50,000+ 146 140 96.5 91.6-98.6 5 3.2 1.2- 8.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7

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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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