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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Durham County 426 131 29.7 24.4-35.7 186 41.9 36.0-48.0 109 28.4 22.8-34.7
GENDER
Male 141 50 31.8 22.9-42.2 59 39.3 30.2-49.3 32 28.9 19.6-40.3
Female 285 81 27.9 22.1-34.7 127 44.2 37.0-51.5 77 27.9 22.0-34.7
RACE
White 241 67 27.4 21.4-34.3 113 48.0 40.6-55.4 61 24.7 18.8-31.6
Other 183 63 31.8 23.4-41.5 73 36.5 28.0-45.9 47 31.7 22.9-42.1
AGE
18-44 212 64 28.5 21.4-37.0 96 42.4 34.3-50.9 52 29.1 21.5-38.1
45+ 213 66 31.5 24.6-39.4 90 41.3 33.6-49.3 57 27.2 20.5-35.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 41 30.4 20.4-42.7 49 33.7 23.7-45.5 40 35.8 24.9-48.5
Some College + 296 90 29.3 23.8-35.6 137 47.0 40.5-53.7 69 23.7 18.3-30.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 72 32.8 24.6-42.1 85 32.6 25.3-40.9 51 34.6 25.8-44.6
$50,000+ 162 41 23.6 17.4-31.3 83 57.2 48.7-65.4 38 19.1 13.6-26.2

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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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