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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Guilford County 421 387 90.5 85.0-94.1 19 4.7 2.6- 8.1 15 4.8 2.2-10.4
GENDER
Male 145 130 88.2 77.3-94.2 10 6.1 2.9-12.7 5 5.7 1.5-18.7
Female 276 257 92.7 87.8-95.7 9 3.3 1.5- 7.2 10 4.0 1.9- 8.2
RACE
White 303 288 94.8 90.0-97.4 8 3.2 1.2- 8.2 7 2.0 0.8- 4.8
Other 117 98 81.2 67.7-90.0 11 7.8 4.0-14.6 8 11.0 3.9-27.0
AGE
18-44 154 142 88.9 78.0-94.7 7 5.0 2.0-11.8 5 6.1 1.9-18.3
45+ 265 244 92.5 88.2-95.4 12 4.4 2.3- 8.1 9 3.1 1.5- 6.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 137 87.5 79.6-92.6 14 8.0 3.9-15.7 9 4.5 2.1- 9.3
Some College + 259 249 92.7 83.7-96.9 5 2.5 1.0- 6.4 5 4.7 1.4-15.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 199 85.5 75.8-91.7 14 7.6 4.0-14.0 8 6.9 2.5-17.7
$50,000+ 130 128 98.3 93.0-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.7 0.4- 7.0

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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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