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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Durham County 427 302 67.4 61.1-73.1 40 9.1 6.3-12.9 85 23.5 18.3-29.8
GENDER
Male 141 98 63.5 52.5-73.2 15 9.3 5.2-16.1 28 27.2 18.2-38.7
Female 286 204 70.8 64.1-76.7 25 8.9 5.7-13.7 57 20.3 15.3-26.4
RACE
White 241 188 78.3 71.6-83.8 19 7.4 4.4-12.1 34 14.3 9.8-20.4
Other 184 112 57.2 47.3-66.5 21 10.7 6.5-17.1 51 32.1 23.4-42.3
AGE
18-44 213 143 64.2 55.4-72.2 21 8.4 5.1-13.5 49 27.4 19.9-36.4
45+ 213 158 72.7 64.8-79.3 19 10.3 6.1-16.8 36 17.0 11.8-23.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 70 51.0 39.0-62.8 17 10.7 6.0-18.2 44 38.4 27.3-50.9
Some College + 296 232 77.7 71.6-82.8 23 8.1 5.1-12.7 41 14.2 10.1-19.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 139 60.4 50.8-69.3 21 8.8 5.3-14.4 49 30.8 22.3-40.8
$50,000+ 162 130 79.5 71.7-85.6 11 7.8 4.2-14.3 21 12.7 8.1-19.3

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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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