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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 13,018 84.4 83.6-85.2 1,138 7.5 6.9- 8.1 1,105 8.1 7.5- 8.8
-Guilford County 420 368 86.8 81.5-90.8 26 5.3 3.4- 8.2 26 7.9 4.6-13.2
GENDER
Male 144 122 85.3 75.2-91.8 10 4.3 2.1- 8.6 12 10.4 4.8-21.2
Female 276 246 88.2 82.9-92.1 16 6.2 3.5-10.7 14 5.6 3.1- 9.7
RACE
White 302 268 90.8 86.7-93.7 19 4.7 2.8- 7.8 15 4.5 2.6- 7.8
Other 117 99 78.3 64.7-87.7 7 6.5 2.9-14.0 11 15.2 7.0-29.9
AGE
18-44 154 139 87.8 77.6-93.7 8 4.5 2.1- 9.4 7 7.7 2.9-19.0
45+ 264 228 86.1 80.7-90.2 18 6.1 3.6-10.2 18 7.7 4.7-12.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 133 85.6 78.2-90.8 14 6.3 3.3-11.6 13 8.1 4.3-14.7
Some College + 258 234 87.9 79.8-93.0 12 4.7 2.5- 8.6 12 7.4 3.2-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 190 82.4 73.2-88.9 15 6.5 3.6-11.4 16 11.1 5.6-20.7
$50,000+ 130 121 93.6 87.6-96.8 6 4.0 1.6- 9.3 3 2.4 0.8- 7.3

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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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