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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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Durham County 427 258 57.6 51.3-63.7 95 22.1 17.4-27.6 74 20.3 15.4-26.2
GENDER
Male 141 87 57.5 46.8-67.5 31 20.9 13.7-30.5 23 21.6 13.6-32.7
Female 286 171 57.7 50.5-64.7 64 23.2 17.6-30.0 51 19.1 14.1-25.3
RACE
White 241 162 67.1 59.4-73.9 43 16.9 11.7-23.9 36 16.0 11.2-22.3
Other 184 96 49.2 39.6-58.9 52 26.9 19.6-35.8 36 23.9 16.2-33.8
AGE
18-44 213 131 55.9 47.1-64.3 41 20.8 14.6-28.7 41 23.3 16.4-32.0
45+ 213 126 60.4 52.4-67.9 54 24.5 18.3-32.0 33 15.1 10.4-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 57 40.5 29.3-52.8 42 32.0 22.2-43.6 32 27.5 17.8-39.9
Some College + 296 201 68.4 61.9-74.2 53 15.9 11.7-21.1 42 15.7 11.4-21.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 118 53.0 43.6-62.1 52 21.9 15.5-30.0 39 25.2 17.5-34.8
$50,000+ 162 116 69.2 60.0-77.0 28 20.4 13.5-29.5 18 10.5 6.3-17.0

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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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