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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Durham County 426 351 75.9 69.2-81.5 41 11.5 7.8-16.7 34 12.6 8.2-18.8
GENDER
Male 141 104 67.3 56.2-76.8 21 14.5 9.0-22.3 16 18.2 10.3-30.1
Female 285 247 83.4 75.6-89.0 20 8.9 4.5-16.9 18 7.7 4.5-12.8
RACE
White 241 210 85.9 79.6-90.5 19 8.1 4.9-13.1 12 6.0 3.1-11.4
Other 183 139 66.5 55.8-75.7 22 14.7 8.7-23.8 22 18.8 11.3-29.5
AGE
18-44 212 170 72.2 62.6-80.1 18 10.1 5.5-17.7 24 17.8 11.2-27.0
45+ 213 180 82.2 74.9-87.7 23 14.1 9.0-21.3 10 3.8 2.0- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 92 58.2 45.5-69.9 19 18.1 10.3-29.9 19 23.7 14.0-37.2
Some College + 296 259 87.0 81.7-90.9 22 7.4 4.6-11.5 15 5.6 3.1-10.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 171 71.8 61.5-80.2 17 10.5 6.1-17.4 20 17.7 10.5-28.4
$50,000+ 162 141 87.6 80.8-92.2 15 8.8 5.0-15.0 6 3.6 1.5- 8.5

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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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