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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Durham County 426 362 79.5 73.1-84.6 29 6.7 4.4-10.2 35 13.8 9.3-20.1
GENDER
Male 141 115 75.7 64.3-84.4 9 5.8 2.8-11.7 17 18.5 10.6-30.4
Female 285 247 82.8 76.0-87.9 20 7.5 4.4-12.5 18 9.7 5.8-15.8
RACE
White 241 213 87.2 80.9-91.6 12 4.6 2.3- 8.7 16 8.3 4.7-14.1
Other 183 147 72.3 61.8-80.7 17 8.7 5.0-14.9 19 19.0 11.4-29.9
AGE
18-44 212 174 74.9 65.7-82.2 15 6.4 3.6-11.3 23 18.7 11.9-28.0
45+ 213 187 87.3 80.7-91.9 14 7.2 3.8-13.3 12 5.4 2.8-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 98 65.2 52.3-76.1 9 6.3 2.9-13.4 23 28.5 18.1-41.7
Some College + 296 264 88.4 83.3-92.1 20 7.0 4.2-11.4 12 4.6 2.5- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 177 75.7 65.3-83.8 11 5.7 2.7-11.3 20 18.6 11.2-29.3
$50,000+ 162 144 88.5 81.7-93.0 11 7.0 3.6-12.9 7 4.6 2.1- 9.9

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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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