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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Forsyth County 403 357 86.3 80.8-90.4 25 7.1 4.2-11.9 21 6.6 4.0-10.8
GENDER
Male 130 111 83.7 73.7-90.4 10 10.1 4.7-20.5 9 6.2 3.0-12.2
Female 273 246 88.3 81.9-92.7 15 4.8 2.7- 8.2 12 6.9 3.4-13.6
RACE
White 297 271 91.4 86.4-94.6 17 4.9 2.7- 8.6 9 3.7 1.6- 8.1
Other 104 85 75.5 61.8-85.5 7 10.7 4.1-25.4 12 13.7 7.2-24.6
AGE
18-44 139 122 83.6 73.2-90.5 10 9.9 4.7-19.6 7 6.6 2.7-14.9
45+ 262 233 88.7 83.6-92.4 15 4.6 2.6- 7.9 14 6.7 3.8-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 116 78.6 66.7-87.0 9 8.1 3.1-19.9 14 13.3 7.2-23.2
Some College + 264 241 90.9 85.9-94.3 16 6.5 3.7-11.3 7 2.5 1.1- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 179 84.0 74.6-90.4 12 7.9 3.5-17.0 11 8.1 4.0-15.4
$50,000+ 144 131 91.1 84.1-95.2 9 6.0 2.9-12.1 4 2.9 0.9- 8.9

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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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