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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Pitt County 390 279 67.2 60.3-73.4 34 10.8 6.2-18.3 77 22.0 17.2-27.7
GENDER
Male 147 95 60.2 49.2-70.2 14 13.4 5.9-27.5 38 26.5 18.9-35.8
Female 243 184 75.1 68.2-80.9 20 7.9 4.9-12.6 39 17.0 12.0-23.5
RACE
White 254 203 80.7 74.6-85.6 15 5.2 2.9- 8.9 36 14.1 9.9-19.9
Other 136 76 47.2 35.7-59.0 19 19.2 9.3-35.5 41 33.6 23.9-45.0
AGE
18-44 157 115 66.5 55.0-76.3 14 13.2 5.7-27.5 28 20.4 13.7-29.2
45+ 230 161 67.6 60.0-74.4 20 8.3 5.1-13.3 49 24.1 17.8-31.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 88 52.3 40.8-63.6 21 17.5 8.3-33.3 45 30.2 21.4-40.7
Some College + 235 190 77.9 71.0-83.6 13 5.9 3.2-10.8 32 16.1 11.2-22.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 143 63.8 55.6-71.3 24 11.2 7.2-17.1 44 25.0 18.3-33.1
$50,000+ 131 113 85.0 76.1-91.0 3 1.7 0.5- 6.1 15 13.2 7.6-22.1

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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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