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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Pitt County 390 337 84.8 79.6-88.9 23 6.7 4.0-11.0 30 8.5 5.6-12.7
GENDER
Male 147 123 81.3 72.2-87.9 10 8.2 4.0-16.1 14 10.6 6.0-18.0
Female 243 214 88.9 83.6-92.6 13 5.0 2.7- 9.2 16 6.1 3.5-10.5
RACE
White 254 229 91.8 87.4-94.7 11 4.0 2.0- 7.6 14 4.3 2.3- 7.6
Other 136 108 74.6 63.4-83.3 12 10.7 5.2-20.5 16 14.7 8.5-24.3
AGE
18-44 157 140 86.1 77.4-91.8 8 7.0 3.1-15.1 9 6.9 3.4-13.6
45+ 230 194 83.3 76.6-88.4 15 6.4 3.6-11.1 21 10.3 6.2-16.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 119 74.3 63.8-82.6 14 11.5 6.0-20.9 21 14.2 8.5-22.8
Some College + 235 217 92.5 87.6-95.6 9 3.2 1.5- 6.6 9 4.3 2.1- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 181 82.4 74.8-88.1 10 5.5 2.7-10.7 20 12.1 7.4-19.2
$50,000+ 131 122 94.7 89.2-97.5 5 2.5 1.0- 6.5 4 2.8 0.9- 8.1

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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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