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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Guilford County 420 358 82.6 76.5-87.4 30 7.5 4.8-11.5 32 9.9 6.0-15.8
GENDER
Male 144 117 76.3 65.0-84.9 14 9.6 5.1-17.4 13 14.0 7.1-25.8
Female 276 241 88.4 83.5-92.0 16 5.6 3.2- 9.4 19 6.1 3.6-10.0
RACE
White 302 273 89.5 83.0-93.7 12 3.7 1.7- 7.8 17 6.8 3.4-13.1
Other 117 84 67.6 55.0-78.1 18 15.8 9.3-25.6 15 16.5 8.2-30.5
AGE
18-44 154 128 78.5 67.4-86.5 14 9.1 4.8-16.6 12 12.4 6.0-24.0
45+ 264 229 87.1 81.9-91.0 16 5.9 3.5- 9.9 19 6.9 4.2-11.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 122 75.6 65.7-83.3 19 12.9 7.3-21.8 19 11.5 6.4-19.6
Some College + 258 235 87.3 78.5-92.8 11 4.1 2.1- 7.8 12 8.6 3.9-18.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 179 76.0 66.2-83.7 24 12.6 7.7-19.7 18 11.4 5.7-21.7
$50,000+ 130 123 91.7 81.1-96.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 6 8.0 3.2-18.8

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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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