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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Onslow County 361 309 83.3 77.0-88.1 32 9.9 6.5-14.7 20 6.8 3.6-12.5
GENDER
Male 124 104 80.8 69.0-88.8 12 10.2 5.2-19.0 8 9.0 3.5-21.1
Female 237 205 85.6 79.4-90.2 20 9.5 5.7-15.4 12 4.8 2.6- 8.8
RACE
White 281 245 86.2 80.0-90.7 23 9.3 5.7-14.9 13 4.5 2.2- 8.8
Other 79 64 72.6 54.8-85.3 8 11.5 5.1-23.9 7 15.9 5.7-37.2
AGE
18-44 192 166 83.4 74.7-89.5 14 9.3 5.3-16.0 12 7.3 3.3-15.5
45+ 168 142 83.1 75.3-88.8 18 11.1 6.6-18.0 8 5.8 2.7-11.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 133 80.1 69.2-87.9 15 9.2 5.0-16.2 11 10.7 4.8-22.3
Some College + 202 176 86.2 78.7-91.3 17 10.5 5.9-18.0 9 3.3 1.6- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 181 78.3 69.3-85.2 24 12.0 7.5-18.9 15 9.7 4.7-18.7
$50,000+ 104 99 96.2 90.7-98.5 3 2.2 0.6- 7.3 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3

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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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