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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Forsyth County 403 110 30.7 25.1-36.8 178 41.2 35.2-47.4 115 28.2 22.9-34.1
GENDER
Male 130 38 32.3 23.1-43.3 56 44.2 34.0-55.0 36 23.4 16.1-32.8
Female 273 72 29.3 23.1-36.4 122 38.7 32.3-45.5 79 31.9 25.1-39.7
RACE
White 297 79 31.0 24.6-38.1 135 40.7 34.1-47.5 83 28.4 22.4-35.3
Other 104 31 30.8 20.4-43.7 41 40.8 28.8-54.1 32 28.3 18.5-40.8
AGE
18-44 139 49 36.0 26.6-46.5 56 37.6 28.0-48.3 34 26.4 17.9-37.1
45+ 262 61 25.8 20.0-32.6 121 44.3 37.7-51.2 80 29.9 24.2-36.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 36 31.9 22.0-43.9 53 37.1 26.6-48.9 50 31.0 21.9-41.7
Some College + 264 74 29.9 23.8-36.9 125 43.7 36.8-50.7 65 26.4 20.2-33.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 56 31.7 23.6-41.0 85 40.1 31.3-49.4 61 28.3 21.0-36.9
$50,000+ 144 42 32.3 23.7-42.2 69 43.9 34.8-53.5 33 23.8 16.3-33.4

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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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