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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Orange County 379 338 86.6 80.8-90.9 24 6.5 3.7-11.3 17 6.8 4.0-11.5
GENDER
Male 147 127 86.0 77.0-91.8 11 7.4 3.2-16.0 9 6.7 3.3-13.1
Female 232 211 87.3 78.8-92.7 13 5.7 2.6-11.9 8 7.0 3.1-15.2
RACE
White 314 291 93.7 89.8-96.2 16 3.3 1.9- 5.6 7 3.0 1.2- 7.0
Other 62 45 63.8 45.8-78.6 8 17.4 7.3-36.1 9 18.7 9.0-35.0
AGE
18-44 151 131 84.0 74.5-90.4 9 6.1 2.4-14.3 11 9.9 5.2-18.0
45+ 225 205 90.2 83.4-94.5 15 7.3 3.6-14.0 5 2.5 0.9- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 60 68.8 53.3-81.1 11 16.2 7.5-31.4 9 15.0 7.2-28.6
Some College + 298 277 93.6 89.3-96.2 13 2.8 1.5- 5.1 8 3.7 1.6- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 122 78.9 67.4-87.1 16 11.7 5.8-22.3 10 9.3 4.4-18.7
$50,000+ 177 169 95.1 89.9-97.7 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 5 4.0 1.6- 9.4

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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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