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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,120 964 4.3 3.9- 4.6 16,156 95.7 95.4-96.1
-Orange County 421 14 4.5 1.7-11.0 407 95.5 89.0-98.3
GENDER
Male 159 7 6.9 2.1-20.5 152 93.1 79.5-97.9
Female 262 7 2.1 0.9- 4.6 255 97.9 95.4-99.1
RACE
White 350 11 2.8 1.4- 5.5 339 97.2 94.5-98.6
Other 68 3 10.4 1.9-41.3 65 89.6 58.7-98.1
AGE
18-44 166 4 4.7 1.0-19.5 162 95.3 80.5-99.0
45+ 252 10 4.2 2.1- 8.4 242 95.8 91.6-97.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 7 11.7 3.4-33.5 84 88.3 66.5-96.6
Some College + 329 7 1.8 0.7- 4.2 322 98.2 95.8-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 6 6.7 1.7-23.2 160 93.3 76.8-98.3
$50,000+ 193 4 1.9 0.6- 5.9 189 98.1 94.1-99.4

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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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