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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Onslow County 361 335 91.9 86.4-95.2 15 3.6 2.0- 6.5 11 4.5 1.9-10.3
GENDER
Male 124 113 90.0 78.8-95.6 6 4.0 1.5-10.1 5 6.0 1.7-18.7
Female 237 222 93.6 88.8-96.4 9 3.3 1.6- 6.4 6 3.2 1.2- 8.0
RACE
White 281 265 95.0 91.0-97.3 12 3.4 1.7- 6.7 4 1.6 0.5- 5.0
Other 79 69 79.9 60.4-91.2 3 4.4 1.3-14.0 7 15.7 5.5-37.1
AGE
18-44 192 182 93.2 85.0-97.1 6 2.7 1.1- 6.6 4 4.1 1.1-13.7
45+ 168 152 88.6 81.4-93.3 9 5.9 2.8-12.0 7 5.5 2.5-11.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 144 88.3 77.6-94.3 8 5.0 2.2-11.0 7 6.7 2.2-18.8
Some College + 202 191 95.1 90.4-97.5 7 2.4 1.1- 5.1 4 2.6 0.8- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 203 91.7 83.3-96.0 11 3.2 1.7- 6.0 6 5.1 1.6-15.2
$50,000+ 104 100 94.7 85.4-98.2 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7 2 3.3 0.7-13.9

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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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