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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-New Hanover County 391 334 86.2 81.6-89.8 25 6.1 3.8- 9.5 32 7.7 5.1-11.5
GENDER
Male 137 115 86.4 78.8-91.6 11 6.2 3.2-11.8 11 7.4 3.7-14.2
Female 254 219 86.0 79.9-90.5 14 5.9 3.1-11.0 21 8.0 4.9-13.0
RACE
White 330 289 88.5 83.7-92.0 19 6.2 3.7-10.4 22 5.3 3.2- 8.7
Other 61 45 76.6 62.3-86.6 6 5.3 2.1-12.5 10 18.2 9.2-32.7
AGE
18-44 136 118 90.3 83.7-94.4 9 3.7 1.8- 7.3 9 6.0 2.7-12.6
45+ 253 215 82.8 76.0-88.0 15 7.8 4.2-13.8 23 9.4 5.9-14.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 99 79.0 69.3-86.3 13 8.3 4.2-15.6 18 12.7 7.2-21.5
Some College + 261 235 90.7 86.1-93.9 12 4.7 2.5- 8.7 14 4.6 2.6- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 154 81.8 74.1-87.6 19 8.5 5.0-14.2 18 9.6 5.4-16.6
$50,000+ 145 135 93.8 88.0-96.9 3 2.5 0.7- 8.5 7 3.7 1.7- 7.9

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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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