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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Orange County 379 298 76.9 70.2-82.5 29 7.6 4.6-12.2 52 15.5 10.7-21.9
GENDER
Male 147 109 72.2 61.0-81.1 15 10.9 5.7-19.8 23 16.9 9.6-28.1
Female 232 189 81.6 74.2-87.3 14 4.3 2.4- 7.7 29 14.1 9.0-21.4
RACE
White 314 256 83.1 77.9-87.3 21 5.9 3.6- 9.5 37 11.0 7.7-15.5
Other 62 40 56.8 38.6-73.4 8 13.5 5.1-31.4 14 29.7 15.0-50.3
AGE
18-44 151 116 74.0 62.9-82.6 10 6.6 2.8-14.8 25 19.4 11.8-30.4
45+ 225 181 81.4 74.9-86.5 18 8.4 4.9-14.0 26 10.3 6.8-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 49 60.6 44.4-74.8 14 14.3 6.6-28.0 17 25.2 13.0-43.2
Some College + 298 249 83.6 78.0-88.0 14 4.6 2.4- 8.6 35 11.8 8.2-16.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 105 68.2 55.5-78.7 17 10.5 5.2-20.1 26 21.3 12.3-34.3
$50,000+ 177 155 85.7 78.7-90.7 5 3.8 1.4- 9.8 17 10.5 6.4-16.7

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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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