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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Guilford County 421 210 45.7 39.7-51.7 144 35.9 30.2-42.1 67 18.4 13.6-24.4
GENDER
Male 145 67 42.2 32.8-52.2 56 38.5 29.1-48.8 22 19.3 11.5-30.5
Female 276 143 48.8 41.8-55.9 88 33.5 27.2-40.6 45 17.6 12.9-23.7
RACE
White 303 170 52.9 45.5-60.1 96 34.1 27.3-41.5 37 13.0 8.6-19.3
Other 117 40 30.3 21.5-40.9 47 39.5 29.3-50.7 30 30.2 19.9-42.9
AGE
18-44 154 59 37.3 28.4-47.2 66 40.1 30.8-50.1 29 22.6 14.6-33.3
45+ 265 151 54.6 47.5-61.4 77 31.5 25.2-38.6 37 13.9 9.8-19.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 68 38.6 29.7-48.4 61 41.8 32.1-52.3 31 19.6 12.9-28.6
Some College + 259 142 50.4 42.7-58.1 82 32.1 25.5-39.5 35 17.5 11.3-26.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 101 40.9 32.7-49.7 81 39.0 30.9-47.8 39 20.1 13.2-29.4
$50,000+ 130 73 54.2 44.1-64.0 43 32.5 23.9-42.6 14 13.3 7.1-23.3

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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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