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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Durham County 426 387 84.6 78.1-89.4 14 3.3 1.7- 6.3 25 12.1 7.6-18.6
GENDER
Male 141 125 79.6 67.6-88.0 4 2.8 0.9- 8.2 12 17.6 9.6-30.0
Female 285 262 88.9 82.8-93.0 10 3.9 1.8- 8.2 13 7.2 4.0-12.8
RACE
White 241 234 97.3 93.4-98.9 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 3 1.8 0.5- 6.3
Other 183 151 72.8 62.1-81.4 10 5.6 2.7-11.3 22 21.6 13.6-32.5
AGE
18-44 212 190 81.7 72.2-88.5 4 2.2 0.7- 6.6 18 16.1 9.6-25.7
45+ 213 196 89.5 82.3-94.0 10 5.3 2.4-11.1 7 5.2 2.3-11.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 102 65.3 52.3-76.3 7 6.1 2.6-13.8 21 28.7 18.2-42.1
Some College + 296 285 96.7 93.4-98.3 7 1.6 0.7- 3.6 4 1.7 0.5- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 185 78.5 67.7-86.3 6 3.6 1.4- 9.1 17 17.9 10.5-28.9
$50,000+ 162 157 97.1 93.0-98.9 3 1.5 0.5- 5.0 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3

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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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