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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Forsyth County 403 376 92.2 86.5-95.6 17 4.9 2.2-10.6 10 2.9 1.3- 6.3
GENDER
Male 130 121 91.6 78.9-97.0 6 7.0 2.1-21.0 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3
Female 273 255 92.7 87.0-96.0 11 3.2 1.6- 6.3 7 4.1 1.6-10.2
RACE
White 297 280 96.0 93.2-97.6 13 3.2 1.7- 5.8 4 0.9 0.3- 2.4
Other 104 94 82.9 65.8-92.5 4 9.2 2.3-30.0 6 7.9 3.0-18.9
AGE
18-44 139 131 90.3 78.0-96.1 3 5.9 1.6-19.9 5 3.8 1.3-11.0
45+ 262 243 93.9 90.3-96.3 14 4.0 2.3- 6.9 5 2.1 0.8- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 123 85.6 72.1-93.2 8 7.6 2.2-23.5 8 6.8 2.8-15.3
Some College + 264 253 96.2 92.4-98.1 9 3.3 1.5- 7.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 188 90.0 79.0-95.6 10 7.0 2.4-18.7 4 2.9 0.8- 9.6
$50,000+ 144 139 97.0 92.1-98.9 5 3.0 1.1- 7.9 0 0.0 . - .

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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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