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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Onslow County 361 253 68.8 61.9-74.9 29 9.4 5.9-14.5 79 21.9 16.7-28.1
GENDER
Male 125 92 70.9 58.8-80.5 14 12.8 6.8-22.7 19 16.3 9.0-27.8
Female 236 161 66.8 59.3-73.5 15 6.1 3.3-11.0 60 27.1 20.8-34.4
RACE
White 282 205 71.8 64.4-78.2 21 9.9 5.8-16.2 56 18.3 13.3-24.5
Other 78 47 56.8 41.7-70.7 8 7.4 3.2-16.1 23 35.8 22.3-52.1
AGE
18-44 191 130 66.6 57.4-74.6 17 10.7 6.2-18.0 44 22.7 15.9-31.3
45+ 169 122 73.7 65.8-80.4 12 6.2 3.2-11.8 35 20.1 14.3-27.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 96 61.6 50.6-71.6 19 11.7 6.9-19.1 43 26.6 18.1-37.4
Some College + 203 157 75.2 66.4-82.3 10 7.2 3.0-16.2 36 17.6 12.1-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 147 63.5 54.5-71.7 24 11.5 6.8-18.9 49 25.0 17.8-33.9
$50,000+ 104 82 80.5 71.0-87.5 2 2.3 0.6- 8.9 20 17.1 10.6-26.4

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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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