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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Orange County 379 262 67.8 61.4-73.6 56 15.2 11.1-20.4 61 17.0 12.7-22.4
GENDER
Male 147 98 66.5 56.7-75.0 23 15.7 9.7-24.6 26 17.8 11.9-25.9
Female 232 164 69.2 60.8-76.6 33 14.6 9.8-21.1 35 16.2 10.6-24.0
RACE
White 314 217 69.0 62.5-74.8 47 15.7 11.4-21.1 50 15.3 11.3-20.6
Other 62 43 64.5 46.6-79.2 9 13.8 5.3-31.2 10 21.7 10.8-38.9
AGE
18-44 151 99 67.0 57.0-75.7 24 15.2 9.3-23.8 28 17.8 11.7-26.2
45+ 225 163 70.4 62.8-77.1 30 13.8 9.4-19.7 32 15.8 10.5-23.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 44 57.7 42.6-71.5 12 13.6 6.1-27.6 24 28.7 17.6-43.1
Some College + 298 218 72.1 65.6-77.9 43 15.4 11.0-21.1 37 12.5 8.7-17.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 99 65.0 53.3-75.2 20 14.8 8.3-25.2 29 20.1 12.8-30.2
$50,000+ 177 127 72.8 65.1-79.3 27 14.7 10.0-21.1 23 12.5 8.1-18.9

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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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