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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Onslow County 361 314 80.2 71.7-86.6 20 8.1 4.8-13.5 27 11.7 6.3-20.6
GENDER
Male 125 99 69.2 54.8-80.7 9 10.3 4.9-20.5 17 20.5 10.4-36.5
Female 236 215 90.4 84.6-94.2 11 6.1 3.0-12.0 10 3.5 1.8- 6.5
RACE
White 282 250 81.9 71.8-88.9 15 8.5 4.6-15.1 17 9.6 4.2-20.6
Other 78 63 73.5 55.6-86.0 5 6.8 2.6-16.7 10 19.7 8.4-39.5
AGE
18-44 191 165 77.3 65.7-85.8 12 9.5 5.0-17.1 14 13.2 6.2-26.1
45+ 169 148 86.7 79.7-91.6 8 5.1 2.3-11.0 13 8.2 4.6-14.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 128 71.9 57.7-82.8 15 10.6 5.9-18.4 15 17.5 7.9-34.3
Some College + 203 186 87.6 78.4-93.2 5 5.9 2.1-15.6 12 6.5 3.2-12.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 188 79.8 70.2-86.8 13 7.9 3.8-15.6 19 12.4 6.8-21.3
$50,000+ 104 98 93.8 84.9-97.6 2 3.4 0.7-14.4 4 2.8 1.0- 7.5

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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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