BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth County: (Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,216	969	4.3	4.0- 4.6	16,247	95.7	95.4-96.0
-Forsyth County	457	23	4.8	3.1- 7.5	434	95.2	92.5-96.9
GENDER
Male	149	12	6.4	3.4-11.6	137	93.6	88.4-96.6
Female	308	11	3.6	1.9- 6.8	297	96.4	93.2-98.1
RACE
White	341	16	4.2	2.5- 7.1	325	95.8	92.9-97.5
Other	114	7	6.6	2.9-14.3	107	93.4	85.7-97.1
AGE
18-44	152	0	0.0	. - .	152	100	. - .
45+	303	23	9.2	5.9-14.0	280	90.8	86.0-94.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	12	7.3	3.9-13.4	149	92.7	86.6-96.1
Some College +	296	11	3.4	1.8- 6.3	285	96.6	93.7-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	14	6.2	3.4-11.1	211	93.8	88.9-96.6
$50,000+	164	6	3.5	1.5- 7.8	158	96.5	92.2-98.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,216	969	4.3	4.0- 4.6	16,247	95.7	95.4-96.0
-Forsyth County	457	23	4.8	3.1- 7.5	434	95.2	92.5-96.9
GENDER
Male	149	12	6.4	3.4-11.6	137	93.6	88.4-96.6
Female	308	11	3.6	1.9- 6.8	297	96.4	93.2-98.1
RACE
White	341	16	4.2	2.5- 7.1	325	95.8	92.9-97.5
Other	114	7	6.6	2.9-14.3	107	93.4	85.7-97.1
AGE
18-44	152	0	0.0	. - .	152	100	. - .
45+	303	23	9.2	5.9-14.0	280	90.8	86.0-94.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	12	7.3	3.9-13.4	149	92.7	86.6-96.1
Some College +	296	11	3.4	1.8- 6.3	285	96.6	93.7-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	14	6.2	3.4-11.1	211	93.8	88.9-96.6
$50,000+	164	6	3.5	1.5- 7.8	158	96.5	92.2-98.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction?