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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Durham County 427 201 41.2 35.4-47.3 159 37.9 32.2-44.0 67 20.9 15.7-27.3
GENDER
Male 141 52 34.2 25.1-44.7 67 41.6 32.1-51.7 22 24.2 15.4-35.9
Female 286 149 47.3 40.2-54.5 92 34.7 27.9-42.2 45 18.0 12.9-24.5
RACE
White 241 128 46.9 39.6-54.3 86 41.6 34.2-49.3 27 11.6 7.5-17.5
Other 184 71 35.7 27.1-45.4 73 34.7 26.4-44.1 40 29.5 20.9-40.0
AGE
18-44 213 84 36.3 28.6-44.8 90 40.4 32.4-48.9 39 23.3 16.1-32.4
45+ 213 116 49.4 41.4-57.4 69 33.8 26.5-42.0 28 16.8 11.0-24.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 51 33.9 23.7-45.8 48 31.9 22.1-43.5 32 34.3 23.3-47.2
Some College + 296 150 45.8 39.3-52.4 111 41.7 35.2-48.5 35 12.5 8.6-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 92 38.2 29.7-47.4 75 32.6 25.1-41.1 42 29.2 20.8-39.4
$50,000+ 162 85 46.5 38.0-55.2 65 45.1 36.5-54.1 12 8.4 4.6-14.8

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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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