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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Heart Attack and Stroke

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Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-New Hanover County 391 288 73.2 67.3-78.3 26 7.0 4.5-10.7 77 19.8 15.3-25.4
GENDER
Male 137 101 74.0 64.3-81.8 9 7.8 3.8-15.0 27 18.3 11.8-27.2
Female 254 187 72.4 64.9-78.8 17 6.3 3.8-10.3 50 21.3 15.4-28.8
RACE
White 330 254 78.2 72.4-83.0 18 6.6 3.9-10.8 58 15.3 11.3-20.3
Other 61 34 51.8 36.6-66.7 8 8.8 3.7-19.2 19 39.4 25.1-55.8
AGE
18-44 136 98 73.2 63.1-81.3 10 5.7 2.8-11.1 28 21.2 13.8-31.1
45+ 253 189 73.5 66.4-79.5 15 7.7 4.3-13.5 49 18.8 13.8-25.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 82 66.9 55.8-76.4 12 8.0 4.0-15.1 36 25.1 16.6-36.2
Some College + 261 206 77.1 70.3-82.6 14 6.4 3.6-11.2 41 16.6 11.8-22.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 133 73.5 65.2-80.5 17 7.8 4.6-12.9 41 18.7 12.8-26.6
$50,000+ 145 117 79.2 70.5-85.9 4 5.2 1.9-13.6 24 15.6 10.3-23.1

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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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