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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Durham County 427 359 77.5 70.8-83.1 28 7.4 4.7-11.5 40 15.1 10.1-21.8
GENDER
Male 141 117 74.2 62.4-83.3 10 8.4 4.0-16.9 14 17.4 9.6-29.5
Female 286 242 80.5 72.7-86.5 18 6.5 3.9-10.6 26 13.0 7.7-21.0
RACE
White 241 218 89.3 82.4-93.7 12 6.2 2.9-13.0 11 4.5 2.2- 9.1
Other 184 139 66.7 56.0-75.9 16 8.5 4.8-14.7 29 24.8 16.2-36.0
AGE
18-44 213 175 72.9 63.1-80.8 16 7.8 4.3-13.8 22 19.3 12.2-29.4
45+ 213 183 85.5 78.8-90.4 12 6.7 3.4-12.9 18 7.7 4.6-12.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 92 58.4 45.7-70.1 11 9.7 4.6-19.3 28 31.9 20.9-45.4
Some College + 296 267 89.6 84.6-93.1 17 5.9 3.4-10.1 12 4.5 2.3- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 172 74.0 63.7-82.1 11 5.8 2.9-11.5 26 20.2 12.7-30.7
$50,000+ 162 146 87.5 78.6-93.0 10 8.5 3.9-17.5 6 4.1 1.7- 9.5

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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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