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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Forsyth County 403 261 64.6 58.2-70.4 63 15.2 11.4-20.0 79 20.3 15.3-26.4
GENDER
Male 130 79 60.9 49.8-71.0 24 18.3 11.6-27.7 27 20.8 12.6-32.2
Female 273 182 67.4 60.4-73.8 39 12.7 9.0-17.5 52 19.9 14.5-26.7
RACE
White 297 193 66.4 59.4-72.7 43 14.5 10.1-20.4 61 19.1 14.2-25.3
Other 104 67 60.0 46.5-72.1 20 17.2 10.5-26.8 17 22.8 12.3-38.4
AGE
18-44 139 79 58.4 47.6-68.4 29 17.7 11.6-26.2 31 23.9 15.3-35.2
45+ 262 180 70.2 63.7-76.0 34 12.8 8.7-18.3 48 17.0 12.7-22.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 89 62.1 50.1-72.8 22 14.0 8.0-23.4 28 23.8 14.6-36.4
Some College + 264 172 66.0 58.9-72.5 41 15.8 11.4-21.6 51 18.2 13.1-24.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 138 63.4 53.4-72.4 27 12.9 8.0-20.1 37 23.7 15.7-34.2
$50,000+ 144 93 68.0 58.9-75.9 27 19.1 12.7-27.7 24 12.9 8.4-19.3

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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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