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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 15,261 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Pitt County 390 334 84.6 79.5-88.7 31 7.4 5.0-10.9 25 7.9 4.9-12.7
GENDER
Male 147 125 84.0 75.2-90.1 10 6.2 3.2-11.9 12 9.7 4.9-18.4
Female 243 209 85.3 79.5-89.7 21 8.8 5.5-13.7 13 5.9 3.3-10.4
RACE
White 254 232 91.6 87.0-94.7 14 5.2 2.9- 9.1 8 3.2 1.4- 6.9
Other 136 102 74.2 63.3-82.8 17 10.8 6.2-18.2 17 15.0 8.3-25.6
AGE
18-44 157 134 84.1 75.4-90.2 11 5.9 3.1-11.2 12 9.9 5.1-18.6
45+ 230 198 85.4 79.2-90.0 19 8.8 5.3-14.2 13 5.8 3.2-10.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 120 77.2 67.0-85.0 18 9.9 5.7-16.5 16 12.9 6.9-23.0
Some College + 235 213 90.0 84.7-93.6 13 5.7 3.1-10.1 9 4.3 2.1- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 171 77.9 69.6-84.4 20 9.4 5.8-14.9 20 12.7 7.4-21.0
$50,000+ 131 125 96.0 91.0-98.3 5 3.1 1.2- 7.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0

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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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