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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Orange County 379 340 87.0 81.2-91.2 14 4.3 2.0- 9.0 25 8.7 5.5-13.7
GENDER
Male 147 128 86.2 77.1-92.1 8 6.9 2.7-16.2 11 6.9 3.5-13.0
Female 232 212 87.7 79.4-92.9 6 1.8 0.7- 4.5 14 10.5 5.6-19.0
RACE
White 314 293 93.8 89.8-96.3 9 2.0 0.9- 4.0 12 4.2 2.2- 8.1
Other 62 45 64.9 46.9-79.5 5 12.4 4.2-31.5 12 22.7 11.7-39.5
AGE
18-44 151 131 84.1 74.7-90.5 6 5.4 1.9-14.5 14 10.4 5.7-18.3
45+ 225 207 90.9 84.1-94.9 8 3.0 1.4- 6.5 10 6.1 2.7-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 56 66.0 50.5-78.8 9 12.3 5.0-27.3 15 21.6 11.9-36.1
Some College + 298 283 95.1 91.5-97.3 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2 10 3.7 1.8- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 121 77.8 66.3-86.2 10 8.2 3.4-18.6 17 13.9 7.7-23.9
$50,000+ 177 172 96.6 91.9-98.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 4 2.6 1.0- 7.1

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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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