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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Forsyth County 397 16 4.4 2.4- 7.9 7 1.8 0.7- 4.6 360 90.7 86.5-93.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 12 2.8 1.5- 5.2
GENDER
Male 129 5 3.5 1.3- 9.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 118 92.1 85.0-96.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 3.0 1.1- 8.0
Female 268 11 5.2 2.4-10.6 6 2.1 0.8- 5.8 242 89.5 83.8-93.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 7 2.7 1.2- 5.6
RACE
White 294 11 3.9 1.8- 8.2 5 1.5 0.4- 5.0 267 91.0 86.0-94.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 10 3.4 1.7- 6.7
Other 101 5 5.8 2.2-14.6 2 2.6 0.6-11.1 91 89.5 80.1-94.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 2 1.4 0.4- 5.7
AGE
18-44 138 6 5.9 2.5-13.2 2 1.5 0.3- 6.7 122 88.2 80.5-93.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 7 4.0 1.8- 8.8
45+ 257 10 3.0 1.5- 5.8 5 2.1 0.6- 6.9 236 93.0 88.5-95.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 5 1.7 0.7- 4.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 135 10 9.6 4.7-18.5 3 2.0 0.5- 8.4 119 87.0 77.8-92.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.4 0.4- 4.7
Some College + 262 6 1.4 0.6- 3.1 4 1.7 0.5- 5.8 241 92.8 88.4-95.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 9 3.6 1.8- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 11 7.2 3.6-14.0 3 0.7 0.2- 2.1 174 88.7 82.0-93.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 8 3.1 1.5- 6.3
$50,000+ 144 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 137 95.3 89.1-98.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.9 0.6- 5.8

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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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