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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Guilford County 415 14 4.4 2.3- 8.4 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4 376 90.3 86.0-93.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 17 3.8 2.2- 6.8
GENDER
Male 144 5 5.3 2.1-12.9 3 0.9 0.2- 3.1 126 88.0 80.1-93.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 9 5.4 2.5-11.2
Female 271 9 3.6 1.5- 8.5 3 1.2 0.4- 3.6 250 92.5 87.6-95.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 8 2.4 1.1- 5.2
RACE
White 300 7 2.5 1.0- 6.6 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9 272 90.7 85.8-94.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 15 5.2 2.9- 9.4
Other 114 6 8.0 3.2-18.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 104 89.9 79.8-95.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3
AGE
18-44 153 8 6.4 2.7-14.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 140 91.4 84.0-95.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.8 0.7- 4.7
45+ 260 6 2.4 1.0- 5.6 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 234 89.1 83.5-93.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 13 6.0 3.1-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 9 7.2 3.3-15.0 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 138 88.0 80.0-93.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 5 3.0 1.0- 8.6
Some College + 257 5 2.7 0.8- 8.4 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 236 91.7 86.1-95.2 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 12 4.4 2.2- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 9 4.6 2.0-10.5 4 1.3 0.4- 3.7 200 91.7 85.7-95.3 0 0.0 . - . 7 2.4 0.9- 6.4
$50,000+ 129 2 2.4 0.4-12.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 120 91.7 82.7-96.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 5.3 2.1-13.2

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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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