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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Orange County 377 12 4.2 2.0- 8.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 339 86.3 79.0-91.3 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3 22 8.3 4.2-15.4
GENDER
Male 146 6 4.8 1.6-13.7 0 0.0 . - . 132 88.9 79.7-94.2 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 7 5.2 2.1-12.2
Female 231 6 3.7 1.4- 9.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 207 83.7 71.7-91.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 15 11.3 4.7-24.6
RACE
White 312 9 3.1 1.4- 6.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 283 87.5 79.1-92.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 17 8.5 3.9-17.6
Other 62 3 8.1 2.0-27.6 0 0.0 . - . 53 81.8 63.9-91.9 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 5 7.7 2.4-22.1
AGE
18-44 151 8 6.1 2.5-14.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 128 79.9 67.9-88.2 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1 12 11.9 5.3-24.6
45+ 223 4 1.9 0.6- 5.6 0 0.0 . - . 208 94.0 89.6-96.6 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 10 3.8 1.9- 7.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 78 1 4.6 0.7-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 72 88.4 71.9-95.8 2 2.8 0.6-11.7 3 4.2 0.8-18.8
Some College + 298 11 4.1 2.1- 8.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 266 85.4 76.7-91.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 19 9.8 4.8-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 146 7 7.5 2.9-17.9 0 0.0 . - . 127 78.7 63.9-88.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 11 12.6 4.9-28.8
$50,000+ 177 4 1.9 0.7- 5.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 160 90.5 84.8-94.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 11 6.3 3.4-11.5

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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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