BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth County: (History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,137	1,945	8.7	8.2- 9.2	15,192	91.3	90.8-91.8
-Forsyth County	457	57	10.8	8.0-14.3	400	89.2	85.7-92.0
GENDER
Male	149	25	13.8	8.9-20.8	124	86.2	79.2-91.1
Female	308	32	8.4	5.8-12.0	276	91.6	88.0-94.2
RACE
White	341	46	11.2	8.1-15.3	295	88.8	84.7-91.9
Other	114	11	10.1	5.2-18.6	103	89.9	81.4-94.8
AGE
18-44	152	0	0.0	. - .	152	100	. - .
45+	303	57	20.5	15.6-26.5	246	79.5	73.5-84.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	31	16.5	10.9-24.3	130	83.5	75.7-89.1
Some College +	296	26	7.3	4.8-11.0	270	92.7	89.0-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	33	13.3	8.8-19.5	192	86.7	80.5-91.2
$50,000+	164	14	7.6	4.4-12.8	150	92.4	87.2-95.6

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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions

^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,137	1,945	8.7	8.2- 9.2	15,192	91.3	90.8-91.8
-Forsyth County	457	57	10.8	8.0-14.3	400	89.2	85.7-92.0
GENDER
Male	149	25	13.8	8.9-20.8	124	86.2	79.2-91.1
Female	308	32	8.4	5.8-12.0	276	91.6	88.0-94.2
RACE
White	341	46	11.2	8.1-15.3	295	88.8	84.7-91.9
Other	114	11	10.1	5.2-18.6	103	89.9	81.4-94.8
AGE
18-44	152	0	0.0	. - .	152	100	. - .
45+	303	57	20.5	15.6-26.5	246	79.5	73.5-84.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	31	16.5	10.9-24.3	130	83.5	75.7-89.1
Some College +	296	26	7.3	4.8-11.0	270	92.7	89.0-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	33	13.3	8.8-19.5	192	86.7	80.5-91.2
$50,000+	164	14	7.6	4.4-12.8	150	92.4	87.2-95.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*