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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Orange County 379 356 92.0 86.8-95.3 11 3.5 1.5- 8.0 12 4.5 2.3- 8.7
GENDER
Male 147 133 89.6 80.7-94.6 7 5.3 1.8-14.7 7 5.2 2.3-11.1
Female 232 223 94.5 87.3-97.7 4 1.7 0.6- 4.5 5 3.8 1.2-11.9
RACE
White 314 302 96.5 93.4-98.2 8 2.1 1.0- 4.2 4 1.4 0.4- 4.8
Other 62 52 78.1 59.6-89.6 3 8.2 1.9-29.6 7 13.7 5.7-29.4
AGE
18-44 151 142 90.9 81.4-95.8 2 3.0 0.6-14.3 7 6.2 2.6-13.8
45+ 225 212 94.0 89.6-96.6 9 4.2 2.1- 8.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 66 79.2 63.9-89.1 6 9.1 3.0-24.6 8 11.7 5.1-24.6
Some College + 298 289 97.0 93.7-98.7 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 4 1.7 0.5- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 133 86.2 75.2-92.8 7 6.2 2.1-16.8 8 7.6 3.3-16.5
$50,000+ 177 175 99.1 96.5-99.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 0 0.0 . - .

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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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