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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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Guilford County 420 268 64.4 58.3-70.0 88 21.2 16.8-26.4 64 14.4 10.4-19.6
GENDER
Male 144 93 67.1 56.8-76.0 33 20.5 13.9-29.0 18 12.5 6.4-22.7
Female 276 175 61.9 54.8-68.6 55 21.9 16.4-28.6 46 16.2 11.8-21.7
RACE
White 302 206 70.4 63.8-76.3 57 18.0 13.3-24.0 39 11.5 8.0-16.2
Other 117 62 51.8 40.4-63.0 30 27.6 18.9-38.5 25 20.6 11.8-33.6
AGE
18-44 154 105 68.2 58.1-76.9 29 18.4 12.2-26.9 20 13.4 7.4-23.1
45+ 264 163 61.0 53.9-67.6 58 23.9 18.3-30.6 43 15.1 10.9-20.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 95 63.6 54.0-72.2 38 23.5 16.3-32.6 27 12.9 8.3-19.4
Some College + 258 173 65.3 57.2-72.5 50 19.9 14.6-26.6 35 14.8 9.4-22.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 131 59.2 50.2-67.6 52 24.3 17.8-32.3 38 16.5 10.3-25.2
$50,000+ 130 94 70.7 60.8-78.9 23 19.0 12.2-28.2 13 10.4 5.9-17.7

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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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