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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Forsyth County 403 352 85.1 79.1-89.6 15 3.5 2.0- 5.9 36 11.4 7.3-17.5
GENDER
Male 130 113 86.3 75.2-92.9 8 4.7 2.2- 9.5 9 9.0 3.5-21.4
Female 273 239 84.2 76.7-89.6 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 27 13.3 8.2-20.9
RACE
White 297 268 90.9 86.3-94.0 12 3.7 2.0- 6.8 17 5.4 3.0- 9.5
Other 104 83 71.7 56.3-83.3 3 2.9 0.8- 9.5 18 25.4 14.1-41.3
AGE
18-44 139 124 83.4 71.4-91.0 2 1.8 0.5- 6.9 13 14.8 7.5-27.0
45+ 262 226 86.7 81.6-90.5 13 5.0 2.9- 8.7 23 8.3 5.4-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 112 79.2 66.7-87.8 7 3.2 1.5- 6.9 20 17.6 9.4-30.6
Some College + 264 240 88.7 82.3-93.0 8 3.6 1.7- 7.3 16 7.7 4.1-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 171 81.6 71.7-88.7 7 2.7 1.2- 5.7 24 15.7 9.0-26.0
$50,000+ 144 135 90.2 80.2-95.4 5 4.5 1.8-10.7 4 5.3 1.6-16.6

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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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