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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 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Guilford County 420 362 83.2 77.4-87.7 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4 40 11.1 7.3-16.6
GENDER
Male 144 120 79.7 69.1-87.3 8 6.7 3.2-13.5 16 13.6 7.2-24.3
Female 276 242 86.3 80.6-90.6 10 4.9 2.4- 9.5 24 8.8 5.6-13.6
RACE
White 302 275 90.3 85.2-93.8 5 2.3 0.9- 5.9 22 7.3 4.4-12.0
Other 117 87 68.2 55.4-78.7 13 13.0 7.1-22.6 17 18.8 9.9-32.6
AGE
18-44 154 128 80.3 70.1-87.6 11 8.3 4.4-15.2 15 11.4 5.7-21.7
45+ 264 233 86.4 80.4-90.8 7 3.1 1.4- 6.7 24 10.5 6.6-16.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 118 71.8 62.4-79.7 16 13.2 7.7-21.7 26 14.9 9.6-22.5
Some College + 258 244 90.8 82.0-95.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 13 8.4 3.9-17.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 182 76.4 67.0-83.8 14 8.5 4.8-14.8 25 15.1 8.8-24.5
$50,000+ 130 124 95.2 89.3-97.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 4.8 2.1-10.7

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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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