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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 15,237 5,755 38.0 37.0-39.1 5,667 37.7 36.6-38.8 3,815 24.3 23.4-25.2
-Orange County 379 104 32.8 26.2-40.2 189 45.5 39.1-52.1 86 21.7 17.1-27.2
GENDER
Male 147 38 31.8 22.5-42.9 76 47.6 37.8-57.6 33 20.6 14.2-28.8
Female 232 66 33.8 25.0-43.8 113 43.4 35.3-51.8 53 22.9 16.6-30.5
RACE
White 314 79 29.3 22.5-37.1 163 48.3 41.4-55.2 72 22.4 17.5-28.4
Other 62 23 44.4 27.7-62.4 26 37.2 22.5-54.6 13 18.5 9.1-33.9
AGE
18-44 151 41 36.3 26.0-47.9 74 40.6 31.2-50.6 36 23.2 16.1-32.2
45+ 225 61 27.5 21.0-35.2 115 52.8 45.1-60.3 49 19.7 14.7-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 29 44.6 29.9-60.2 27 30.4 18.6-45.6 24 25.0 15.2-38.3
Some College + 298 74 27.9 21.0-35.9 162 51.6 44.4-58.8 62 20.5 15.6-26.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 50 41.1 29.2-54.1 63 36.2 26.2-47.6 35 22.7 15.0-32.9
$50,000+ 177 34 21.8 15.4-30.0 103 57.7 49.4-65.6 40 20.5 15.0-27.5

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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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