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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Durham County 425 296 67.1 60.7-72.8 53 12.3 8.9-16.6 76 20.7 15.6-26.8
GENDER
Male 140 96 63.4 52.4-73.1 15 11.3 6.3-19.2 29 25.4 16.6-36.7
Female 285 200 70.3 63.5-76.4 38 13.1 9.2-18.4 47 16.6 11.9-22.6
RACE
White 240 175 71.8 64.3-78.3 31 13.9 9.1-20.6 34 14.3 9.7-20.5
Other 183 119 62.5 52.5-71.6 22 10.8 6.7-17.0 42 26.7 18.4-36.9
AGE
18-44 212 142 63.5 54.6-71.6 33 13.3 8.9-19.5 37 23.1 16.0-32.3
45+ 212 153 73.0 65.5-79.4 20 10.5 6.3-16.8 39 16.5 11.7-22.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 79 56.1 43.8-67.7 18 12.3 6.8-21.4 32 31.6 21.0-44.5
Some College + 296 217 73.9 67.8-79.2 35 12.2 8.5-17.3 44 13.9 10.0-18.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 144 65.4 55.7-74.1 19 7.1 4.1-12.0 44 27.5 19.3-37.6
$50,000+ 162 116 68.9 59.9-76.7 25 19.1 12.5-28.1 21 12.0 7.6-18.5

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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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