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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Forsyth County 403 288 70.1 63.8-75.7 41 9.3 6.6-13.0 74 20.6 15.5-26.9
GENDER
Male 130 89 68.3 57.2-77.7 15 9.1 5.2-15.5 26 22.6 14.1-34.0
Female 273 199 71.4 64.1-77.7 26 9.5 6.2-14.3 48 19.1 13.6-26.2
RACE
White 297 216 73.4 66.9-79.0 29 8.7 5.8-12.9 52 17.9 13.1-23.9
Other 104 70 61.3 47.3-73.6 12 11.0 5.9-19.7 22 27.7 16.2-43.1
AGE
18-44 139 98 66.8 55.6-76.3 15 9.6 5.6-16.1 26 23.6 14.9-35.3
45+ 262 189 73.1 66.8-78.6 26 9.1 6.0-13.6 47 17.8 13.3-23.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 84 63.2 51.5-73.5 22 12.4 7.7-19.5 33 24.4 15.3-36.6
Some College + 264 204 74.2 66.9-80.4 19 7.5 4.5-12.0 41 18.3 12.8-25.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 142 68.6 58.9-76.9 24 10.4 6.6-16.0 36 21.1 13.5-31.2
$50,000+ 144 112 74.3 64.4-82.3 12 8.2 4.4-14.8 20 17.5 10.6-27.3

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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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