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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Do you think feeling weak, lightheaded, or faint are symptoms of a heart attack?

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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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Orange County 379 249 67.0 60.6-72.7 85 22.4 17.5-28.3 45 10.6 7.4-14.9
GENDER
Male 147 88 64.2 54.5-72.9 39 25.5 17.9-35.0 20 10.3 6.3-16.2
Female 232 161 69.7 61.3-76.9 46 19.4 13.8-26.6 25 10.9 6.5-17.7
RACE
White 314 209 69.2 62.9-74.9 74 23.4 18.3-29.4 31 7.4 5.1-10.9
Other 62 38 60.0 42.5-75.3 11 19.9 9.2-37.9 13 20.1 10.3-35.5
AGE
18-44 151 108 72.1 62.3-80.1 27 18.3 11.8-27.3 16 9.6 5.3-16.7
45+ 225 139 60.4 52.7-67.6 58 28.1 21.6-35.8 28 11.5 7.7-16.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 35 51.4 36.5-66.1 27 30.0 18.5-44.6 18 18.7 10.3-31.3
Some College + 298 213 73.0 66.6-78.5 58 19.6 14.8-25.5 27 7.5 4.9-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 89 64.5 53.0-74.5 34 21.5 13.7-32.1 25 14.0 8.3-22.5
$50,000+ 177 122 68.9 60.9-75.8 38 22.3 16.3-29.8 17 8.8 5.3-14.3

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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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