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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 15,237 5,755 38.0 37.0-39.1 5,667 37.7 36.6-38.8 3,815 24.3 23.4-25.2
-Pitt County 390 147 41.2 34.8-47.9 162 39.2 33.3-45.3 81 19.7 15.4-24.7
GENDER
Male 147 57 44.6 34.5-55.2 60 36.7 28.0-46.5 30 18.7 12.6-26.7
Female 243 90 37.3 30.5-44.6 102 41.9 34.9-49.2 51 20.8 15.6-27.3
RACE
White 254 91 37.0 30.4-44.1 115 45.6 38.7-52.6 48 17.4 12.9-23.1
Other 136 56 47.3 35.4-59.5 47 29.6 20.6-40.5 33 23.1 15.4-33.1
AGE
18-44 157 61 42.4 32.3-53.2 68 40.5 31.4-50.4 28 17.1 11.3-25.0
45+ 230 86 40.3 33.1-48.0 91 36.9 30.2-44.2 53 22.8 17.2-29.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 70 50.7 39.5-61.9 40 25.3 17.2-35.4 44 24.0 16.7-33.3
Some College + 235 77 34.4 27.6-41.8 122 49.5 42.2-56.8 36 16.1 11.4-22.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 96 47.8 39.7-55.9 75 33.6 26.3-41.9 40 18.6 13.1-25.7
$50,000+ 131 36 28.8 20.5-38.6 71 53.2 43.4-62.7 24 18.1 11.9-26.5

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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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