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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Onslow County 361 313 85.0 79.0-89.5 26 7.9 4.9-12.2 22 7.2 3.9-12.6
GENDER
Male 124 100 81.2 70.2-88.8 16 11.6 6.5-19.9 8 7.2 2.5-18.8
Female 237 213 88.5 82.2-92.8 10 4.4 2.1- 9.1 14 7.1 3.8-12.8
RACE
White 281 254 90.1 84.8-93.7 18 7.3 4.2-12.5 9 2.5 1.2- 5.2
Other 79 58 65.5 49.0-79.0 8 9.8 4.3-20.8 13 24.7 12.3-43.3
AGE
18-44 192 171 86.5 78.1-92.0 13 7.5 4.0-13.5 8 6.0 2.4-14.5
45+ 168 141 81.4 73.4-87.4 13 8.8 4.8-15.6 14 9.8 5.7-16.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 128 78.7 68.2-86.5 15 8.7 4.8-15.1 16 12.6 6.4-23.4
Some College + 202 185 90.7 83.8-94.8 11 7.1 3.4-14.2 6 2.2 0.9- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 186 82.7 73.9-88.9 20 8.5 4.9-14.4 14 8.8 4.1-17.8
$50,000+ 104 96 90.5 81.2-95.4 4 5.9 2.1-15.5 4 3.7 1.3- 9.7

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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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