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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Pitt County 390 270 67.5 60.6-73.7 41 11.4 6.7-18.8 79 21.1 16.5-26.5
GENDER
Male 147 97 62.1 50.9-72.1 15 14.0 6.4-28.1 35 23.9 16.6-33.0
Female 243 173 73.6 67.0-79.2 26 8.5 5.6-12.6 44 17.9 13.1-24.0
RACE
White 254 187 75.4 69.1-80.8 22 6.6 4.1-10.6 45 17.9 13.2-23.9
Other 136 83 55.7 43.2-67.6 19 18.6 8.8-35.1 34 25.7 17.2-36.6
AGE
18-44 157 100 63.1 52.0-73.1 18 11.9 4.8-26.5 39 25.0 17.6-34.1
45+ 230 168 72.4 65.1-78.6 22 10.7 6.6-16.8 40 17.0 12.2-23.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 95 57.1 45.0-68.4 18 16.8 7.6-33.1 41 26.1 18.0-36.3
Some College + 235 174 74.9 68.1-80.7 23 7.6 4.7-12.0 38 17.5 12.5-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 140 66.9 58.9-74.0 21 9.7 5.9-15.5 50 23.4 17.3-30.9
$50,000+ 131 103 79.6 71.0-86.1 12 6.4 3.4-11.6 16 14.1 8.5-22.3

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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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