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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Orange County 379 343 85.5 78.5-90.5 16 7.9 4.0-15.2 20 6.6 3.8-11.0
GENDER
Male 147 131 82.7 70.2-90.6 10 12.9 5.8-26.4 6 4.4 1.9-10.1
Female 232 212 88.3 80.7-93.2 6 3.0 1.3- 6.8 14 8.7 4.4-16.4
RACE
White 314 295 93.4 89.0-96.1 12 4.4 2.3- 8.0 7 2.3 0.9- 5.8
Other 62 46 60.1 41.0-76.6 4 20.1 7.0-45.8 12 19.8 10.0-35.5
AGE
18-44 151 128 79.0 67.4-87.2 10 11.6 5.1-24.2 13 9.4 5.0-17.2
45+ 225 213 94.0 89.1-96.8 6 3.5 1.5- 8.2 6 2.4 1.0- 5.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 62 67.0 49.4-80.9 8 19.5 7.9-40.3 10 13.5 6.4-26.4
Some College + 298 280 92.7 87.9-95.7 8 3.4 1.6- 7.3 10 3.8 1.8- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 122 74.3 60.9-84.3 10 13.4 5.6-28.8 16 12.3 6.8-21.3
$50,000+ 177 172 96.9 92.1-98.8 4 2.9 1.1- 7.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3

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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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