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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Onslow County 361 221 59.0 51.8-65.9 88 23.7 18.7-29.5 52 17.3 11.3-25.4
GENDER
Male 124 75 58.8 46.0-70.4 33 24.4 16.5-34.7 16 16.8 7.4-33.8
Female 237 146 59.3 51.7-66.5 55 23.0 17.4-29.8 36 17.7 12.3-24.8
RACE
White 281 183 64.3 55.8-72.0 63 21.8 16.4-28.4 35 13.9 7.8-23.6
Other 79 37 39.0 27.0-52.5 25 31.0 20.2-44.3 17 30.0 17.0-47.3
AGE
18-44 192 119 58.5 48.9-67.6 49 23.8 17.5-31.5 24 17.7 10.0-29.4
45+ 168 101 60.1 51.4-68.2 39 23.5 16.8-31.9 28 16.4 11.1-23.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 86 48.9 38.0-59.9 45 26.9 18.9-36.7 28 24.2 13.8-39.0
Some College + 202 135 68.3 60.3-75.3 43 20.8 15.1-28.0 24 10.9 6.8-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 130 61.2 52.6-69.1 59 23.3 17.4-30.5 31 15.5 9.6-24.0
$50,000+ 104 75 67.7 56.4-77.2 18 20.9 13.1-31.7 11 11.4 5.8-21.1

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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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