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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Pitt County 386 18 6.3 3.8-10.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.0 341 86.3 81.3-90.2 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 22 6.2 3.8-10.1
GENDER
Male 144 12 9.6 5.2-17.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 120 83.5 75.1-89.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 8 5.1 2.2-11.3
Female 242 6 2.7 1.1- 6.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 221 89.5 83.4-93.5 0 0.0 . - . 14 7.5 4.0-13.4
RACE
White 251 11 4.6 2.4- 8.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.6 222 88.0 82.4-92.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 15 6.4 3.5-11.4
Other 135 7 8.9 4.0-18.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 119 83.8 73.6-90.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 7 5.9 2.5-13.7
AGE
18-44 155 7 5.6 2.6-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 138 87.5 79.7-92.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 6.9 3.3-13.9
45+ 228 11 7.3 3.5-14.3 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3 200 84.8 77.7-90.0 2 1.0 0.3- 4.0 12 5.5 3.0-10.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 8 8.9 4.2-17.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 139 85.8 76.1-91.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 4 3.6 1.1-11.5
Some College + 231 10 4.5 2.3- 8.6 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 201 86.7 80.7-91.0 0 0.0 . - . 18 8.2 4.8-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 11 7.0 3.6-13.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 187 88.1 81.6-92.6 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 7 3.5 1.5- 7.7
$50,000+ 130 5 4.3 1.7-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 110 82.5 72.8-89.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 14 12.4 6.6-22.0

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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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