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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,240 1,861 10.0 9.5-10.6 15,379 90.0 89.4-90.5
-Orange County 421 64 12.5 9.4-16.3 357 87.5 83.7-90.6
GENDER
Male 159 16 8.9 5.1-15.1 143 91.1 84.9-94.9
Female 262 48 16.0 11.7-21.4 214 84.0 78.6-88.3
RACE
White 350 59 15.3 11.5-20.0 291 84.7 80.0-88.5
Other 68 5 2.8 1.1- 7.1 63 97.2 92.9-98.9
AGE
18-44 166 24 10.7 6.8-16.4 142 89.3 83.6-93.2
45+ 252 40 14.9 10.6-20.6 212 85.1 79.4-89.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 6 4.0 1.6- 9.8 85 96.0 90.2-98.4
Some College + 329 58 15.7 11.8-20.7 271 84.3 79.3-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 16 8.2 4.5-14.4 150 91.8 85.6-95.5
$50,000+ 193 41 17.8 12.8-24.2 152 82.2 75.8-87.2

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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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