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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-New Hanover County 393 130 37.1 31.1-43.5 157 37.7 32.1-43.8 106 25.2 20.4-30.6
GENDER
Male 137 51 37.5 28.2-47.9 53 40.2 30.9-50.3 33 22.3 15.2-31.4
Female 256 79 36.7 29.4-44.6 104 35.5 29.0-42.5 73 27.8 21.9-34.6
RACE
White 332 111 37.4 30.9-44.4 133 39.4 33.1-46.1 88 23.2 18.5-28.6
Other 61 19 35.7 22.4-51.6 24 30.6 19.5-44.7 18 33.7 20.3-50.3
AGE
18-44 136 57 48.5 38.3-58.9 46 30.2 21.8-40.1 33 21.3 14.4-30.4
45+ 255 73 26.8 21.3-33.2 109 44.2 37.3-51.3 73 29.0 23.0-35.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 40 40.5 29.9-52.0 50 32.9 23.7-43.5 40 26.6 18.3-37.0
Some College + 263 90 35.0 28.1-42.5 107 40.8 33.8-48.0 66 24.3 18.8-30.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 63 37.7 29.2-47.0 77 38.0 29.6-47.0 52 24.3 18.0-32.1
$50,000+ 146 51 35.1 26.7-44.7 59 40.9 32.2-50.3 36 23.9 17.1-32.4

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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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