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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Onslow County 361 307 84.7 79.0-89.1 23 5.7 3.5- 9.1 31 9.6 6.0-15.1
GENDER
Male 125 103 83.7 73.1-90.6 7 4.9 2.1-10.9 15 11.4 5.6-22.0
Female 236 204 85.7 79.4-90.3 16 6.4 3.7-11.0 16 7.9 4.5-13.6
RACE
White 282 245 88.0 82.8-91.8 17 5.5 3.2- 9.5 20 6.4 3.8-10.7
Other 78 61 71.9 54.4-84.5 6 6.3 2.4-15.4 11 21.9 10.2-40.9
AGE
18-44 191 165 85.4 77.4-90.9 11 5.2 2.7- 9.7 15 9.4 4.9-17.4
45+ 169 141 83.1 75.7-88.6 12 6.9 3.6-12.9 16 10.0 5.9-16.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 132 82.2 71.8-89.3 13 7.8 4.1-14.3 13 10.0 4.5-20.8
Some College + 203 175 87.0 80.6-91.5 10 3.8 1.9- 7.4 18 9.2 5.4-15.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 180 82.6 74.6-88.5 19 6.4 3.8-10.5 21 11.0 6.0-19.4
$50,000+ 104 96 90.6 80.6-95.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 7 8.5 3.6-18.6

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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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