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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Guilford County 420 126 33.7 28.1-39.9 181 41.3 35.5-47.4 113 25.0 19.9-30.8
GENDER
Male 144 41 32.2 23.4-42.4 72 45.8 36.0-56.0 31 22.0 14.1-32.5
Female 276 85 35.1 28.4-42.5 109 37.2 30.8-44.0 82 27.7 22.1-34.2
RACE
White 302 84 33.1 26.3-40.6 140 43.1 36.1-50.3 78 23.8 18.4-30.3
Other 117 41 34.7 25.0-45.8 41 37.8 27.7-49.1 35 27.5 17.8-39.9
AGE
18-44 154 55 40.4 30.9-50.6 58 35.0 26.3-44.9 41 24.6 16.7-34.6
45+ 264 71 27.1 21.5-33.5 122 47.8 40.9-54.7 71 25.2 19.6-31.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 43 31.8 22.9-42.3 71 46.6 36.8-56.7 46 21.6 15.5-29.2
Some College + 258 83 35.1 28.0-42.9 109 37.9 31.1-45.4 66 26.9 20.0-35.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 62 31.8 24.0-40.8 91 38.7 30.7-47.3 68 29.5 21.8-38.6
$50,000+ 130 43 35.6 26.4-45.9 61 44.7 35.2-54.6 26 19.7 13.0-28.7

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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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