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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Durham County 425 22 6.9 3.9-11.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 377 87.4 82.3-91.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.9 19 3.8 2.3- 6.3
GENDER
Male 139 9 5.7 2.5-12.2 2 1.7 0.4- 7.5 120 87.7 80.0-92.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 7 3.9 1.7- 8.7
Female 286 13 8.0 3.7-16.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 257 87.2 79.5-92.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 12 3.8 2.0- 6.9
RACE
White 240 9 4.8 2.2-10.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 218 89.4 83.2-93.5 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 11 4.4 2.2- 8.6
Other 183 13 8.9 4.2-17.9 2 1.5 0.3- 6.7 157 85.5 76.8-91.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 8 3.3 1.5- 7.0
AGE
18-44 213 15 9.2 4.8-16.9 3 1.5 0.4- 5.5 184 85.3 77.7-90.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.8 9 2.9 1.4- 6.0
45+ 211 7 3.0 1.3- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 192 91.0 85.4-94.6 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 10 5.4 2.6-10.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 9 9.4 3.7-21.6 2 2.0 0.4- 9.0 114 86.2 74.6-93.0 3 1.9 0.5- 7.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5
Some College + 296 13 5.4 2.9-10.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 263 88.2 82.9-91.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 18 5.9 3.5- 9.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 11 6.2 3.0-12.5 2 1.5 0.3- 6.6 186 89.1 82.4-93.5 3 1.4 0.3- 5.5 6 1.8 0.8- 4.4
$50,000+ 162 6 4.3 1.8- 9.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 144 88.2 81.1-92.9 0 0.0 . - . 11 7.0 3.5-13.2

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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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