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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Forsyth County 405 209 46.0 39.9-52.2 131 37.6 31.6-44.0 65 16.4 12.6-21.2
GENDER
Male 130 50 38.8 28.9-49.9 56 44.7 34.4-55.4 24 16.5 10.6-24.7
Female 275 159 51.7 44.4-58.9 75 32.0 25.1-39.7 41 16.4 11.6-22.5
RACE
White 298 161 47.9 41.0-54.8 99 39.5 32.6-46.9 38 12.6 8.8-17.6
Other 105 47 40.9 29.0-53.9 31 33.2 22.0-46.6 27 26.0 17.1-37.4
AGE
18-44 139 55 35.2 25.9-45.9 62 49.5 39.1-60.0 22 15.2 9.6-23.4
45+ 264 153 55.9 49.1-62.6 68 26.5 20.8-33.0 43 17.6 12.9-23.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 72 42.4 31.8-53.8 39 38.4 27.5-50.6 28 19.2 12.4-28.4
Some College + 266 137 48.2 41.1-55.3 92 37.1 30.3-44.4 37 14.8 10.4-20.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 108 44.4 35.6-53.7 60 37.0 28.4-46.5 35 18.6 12.8-26.2
$50,000+ 144 74 49.8 40.2-59.4 55 40.6 31.2-50.7 15 9.6 5.6-16.1

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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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