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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-New Hanover County 391 252 62.0 55.7-68.0 63 17.0 12.5-22.5 76 21.0 16.3-26.6
GENDER
Male 137 82 60.6 50.3-70.0 27 18.3 11.5-27.9 28 21.1 14.0-30.5
Female 254 170 63.4 55.7-70.5 36 15.7 10.6-22.6 48 20.9 15.3-27.9
RACE
White 330 219 65.0 58.2-71.2 50 17.5 12.5-24.1 61 17.5 13.3-22.7
Other 61 33 49.5 34.6-64.5 13 14.4 7.8-25.1 15 36.1 21.9-53.1
AGE
18-44 136 77 56.2 45.7-66.1 29 19.7 12.5-29.7 30 24.1 16.3-34.0
45+ 253 174 67.8 60.6-74.2 33 13.9 9.4-20.1 46 18.3 13.4-24.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 68 54.1 43.1-64.8 26 19.0 11.9-28.9 36 26.9 18.2-37.8
Some College + 261 184 67.0 59.4-73.8 37 15.7 10.4-22.9 40 17.3 12.4-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 115 60.9 51.9-69.1 36 17.5 12.0-24.8 40 21.6 15.2-29.8
$50,000+ 145 106 72.0 62.6-79.8 16 12.0 6.6-20.9 23 16.0 10.5-23.7

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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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