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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Orange County 379 337 86.1 80.4-90.3 26 8.7 5.4-13.7 16 5.2 2.9- 9.2
GENDER
Male 147 123 83.0 74.1-89.3 16 12.0 6.6-20.7 8 5.0 2.4-10.2
Female 232 214 89.2 81.2-94.0 10 5.4 2.4-11.7 8 5.4 2.2-12.8
RACE
White 314 288 91.5 87.4-94.4 18 6.1 3.7- 9.9 8 2.4 1.1- 5.0
Other 62 47 68.8 50.5-82.6 8 17.6 7.4-36.3 7 13.6 5.7-29.3
AGE
18-44 151 131 85.9 76.9-91.8 13 8.3 4.1-16.4 7 5.8 2.4-13.1
45+ 225 205 87.7 80.4-92.5 12 8.3 4.3-15.6 8 4.0 1.9- 8.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 62 72.5 56.9-84.0 11 17.1 8.2-32.3 7 10.4 4.2-23.4
Some College + 298 274 91.4 86.9-94.4 15 5.4 3.1- 9.3 9 3.2 1.6- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 127 80.8 69.4-88.6 13 11.7 5.7-22.5 8 7.5 3.2-16.3
$50,000+ 177 163 92.0 86.5-95.4 7 4.2 2.0- 8.8 7 3.8 1.7- 8.3

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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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