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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Onslow County 356 11 2.9 1.3- 6.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 311 89.1 84.8-92.3 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 30 7.4 4.9-10.9
GENDER
Male 123 5 4.0 1.3-11.6 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 102 88.1 80.4-93.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 14 7.2 3.9-12.8
Female 233 6 1.8 0.8- 4.1 0 0.0 . - . 209 90.1 84.8-93.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 16 7.6 4.3-12.8
RACE
White 277 9 2.9 1.1- 7.1 0 0.0 . - . 239 88.2 83.0-92.0 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 26 8.3 5.3-12.6
Other 78 2 2.7 0.6-11.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 71 92.5 83.9-96.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.0 1.4-10.8
AGE
18-44 191 6 2.6 0.9- 7.8 0 0.0 . - . 168 90.0 84.2-93.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 16 7.1 4.1-12.0
45+ 165 5 3.4 1.3- 8.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 143 87.2 80.6-91.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0 14 7.9 4.6-13.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 5 2.4 0.9- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 133 88.6 82.0-93.0 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6 16 8.4 4.7-14.6
Some College + 200 6 3.3 1.0-10.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 178 89.6 83.2-93.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 14 6.4 3.6-11.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 6 3.4 1.2- 9.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 195 90.5 84.6-94.3 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 14 5.2 2.8- 9.4
$50,000+ 102 4 2.6 1.0- 6.8 0 0.0 . - . 86 88.1 81.0-92.8 0 0.0 . - . 12 9.3 5.2-16.1

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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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