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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Orange County 379 113 33.3 27.0-40.4 179 42.8 36.5-49.4 87 23.8 18.4-30.3
GENDER
Male 147 41 31.5 22.8-41.8 70 43.1 33.7-53.1 36 25.4 17.0-36.1
Female 232 72 35.1 26.4-44.9 109 42.5 34.5-51.0 51 22.3 16.1-30.1
RACE
White 314 91 33.1 26.3-40.8 156 47.1 40.3-54.0 67 19.8 15.2-25.2
Other 62 21 34.2 20.2-51.5 23 29.5 16.6-46.7 18 36.4 20.7-55.6
AGE
18-44 151 56 41.4 31.3-52.3 63 35.5 26.8-45.3 32 23.0 15.0-33.7
45+ 225 56 22.9 17.4-29.5 115 52.3 44.8-59.8 54 24.7 18.7-31.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 24 35.9 22.9-51.5 33 32.4 20.7-46.9 23 31.6 18.5-48.5
Some College + 298 89 32.4 25.5-40.3 145 46.7 39.7-53.8 64 20.9 16.0-26.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 46 35.7 24.6-48.6 63 36.4 26.4-47.7 39 27.9 18.1-40.3
$50,000+ 177 47 27.5 20.7-35.6 90 48.5 40.4-56.7 40 23.9 17.6-31.6

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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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