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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Orange County 379 199 47.5 40.9-54.2 125 34.5 28.5-41.1 55 18.0 12.9-24.5
GENDER
Male 147 63 41.0 31.7-50.9 60 40.7 31.3-50.9 24 18.3 10.7-29.4
Female 232 136 54.1 45.3-62.6 65 28.3 21.4-36.4 31 17.6 11.7-25.7
RACE
White 314 176 55.2 48.3-61.9 96 30.7 24.9-37.3 42 14.0 10.0-19.3
Other 62 21 21.8 11.8-36.7 29 48.0 31.2-65.2 12 30.2 15.4-50.8
AGE
18-44 151 69 41.8 32.0-52.4 50 33.2 24.4-43.3 32 24.9 16.5-35.8
45+ 225 130 55.8 48.0-63.3 73 35.3 28.1-43.3 22 8.9 5.7-13.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 33 37.2 24.6-51.8 28 35.1 22.2-50.6 19 27.7 15.1-45.2
Some College + 298 166 51.8 44.7-58.9 96 34.0 27.8-40.9 36 14.2 9.9-19.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 63 38.7 27.7-51.0 55 37.2 26.8-49.0 30 24.1 14.7-36.8
$50,000+ 177 106 57.1 48.8-65.0 53 31.3 24.1-39.5 18 11.6 7.3-18.0

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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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