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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Guilford County 420 297 67.0 60.8-72.7 44 11.6 8.3-16.1 79 21.3 16.3-27.4
GENDER
Male 144 104 69.2 58.4-78.3 20 13.2 7.9-21.3 20 17.6 10.2-28.7
Female 276 193 65.0 57.9-71.6 24 10.1 6.6-15.3 59 24.8 18.9-31.8
RACE
White 302 228 72.8 65.6-78.9 24 8.9 5.5-14.2 50 18.3 13.1-25.0
Other 117 68 54.6 43.0-65.7 20 17.5 10.8-27.1 29 27.9 17.9-40.8
AGE
18-44 154 104 63.8 53.4-73.1 17 11.6 6.7-19.2 33 24.6 16.5-35.1
45+ 264 193 70.9 63.9-77.0 27 11.8 7.8-17.4 44 17.3 12.4-23.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 88 56.2 46.2-65.6 31 19.6 13.0-28.5 41 24.2 17.1-33.2
Some College + 258 209 74.4 65.8-81.4 13 6.6 3.6-11.8 36 19.0 12.6-27.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 140 58.9 49.8-67.4 31 15.5 10.3-22.7 50 25.6 18.1-35.0
$50,000+ 130 108 78.9 68.9-86.3 7 7.2 3.2-15.6 15 13.9 8.0-22.9

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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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