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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Pitt County 390 351 89.9 85.5-93.0 14 3.7 2.0- 6.8 25 6.4 4.0-10.2
GENDER
Male 147 131 88.1 80.4-93.1 5 4.0 1.5-10.1 11 7.9 4.1-14.6
Female 243 220 91.8 87.3-94.8 9 3.3 1.6- 6.7 14 4.9 2.7- 8.8
RACE
White 254 239 95.7 92.2-97.6 7 2.0 0.9- 4.6 8 2.3 1.0- 5.5
Other 136 112 81.3 71.5-88.2 7 6.2 2.6-13.8 17 12.6 7.2-21.1
AGE
18-44 157 150 94.1 87.4-97.3 2 1.3 0.3- 6.4 5 4.6 1.8-11.0
45+ 230 198 85.0 78.3-89.9 12 6.3 3.2-12.0 20 8.6 5.1-14.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 123 80.5 71.4-87.3 10 6.1 2.8-12.8 21 13.4 8.0-21.6
Some College + 235 227 96.6 92.6-98.5 4 1.9 0.6- 5.7 4 1.4 0.4- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 185 85.7 78.5-90.8 9 4.8 2.2-10.2 17 9.5 5.4-16.0
$50,000+ 131 128 98.8 96.1-99.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5

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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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