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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Durham County 427 380 82.2 75.7-87.2 14 4.6 2.5- 8.3 33 13.2 8.7-19.6
GENDER
Male 141 119 73.9 62.2-83.0 5 4.7 1.7-12.1 17 21.3 12.9-33.2
Female 286 261 89.4 83.8-93.2 9 4.5 2.2- 9.2 16 6.1 3.4-10.6
RACE
White 241 232 95.6 90.7-98.0 3 1.8 0.5- 6.7 6 2.6 1.0- 6.5
Other 184 146 69.8 59.3-78.5 11 7.2 3.6-13.8 27 23.0 15.0-33.7
AGE
18-44 213 184 78.1 68.7-85.2 8 4.7 2.1-10.1 21 17.2 10.6-26.7
45+ 213 195 89.2 82.4-93.6 6 4.5 1.8-10.9 12 6.3 3.3-11.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 95 60.7 48.1-72.0 10 9.3 4.6-18.0 26 30.0 19.5-43.1
Some College + 296 285 95.7 91.8-97.8 4 1.7 0.5- 5.3 7 2.6 1.2- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 180 74.6 64.1-82.9 8 5.6 2.5-12.0 21 19.8 12.2-30.5
$50,000+ 162 157 95.4 88.8-98.2 2 2.3 0.5- 9.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.4

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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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