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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 15,237 5,755 38.0 37.0-39.1 5,667 37.7 36.6-38.8 3,815 24.3 23.4-25.2
-Guilford County 420 158 40.9 35.0-47.0 155 34.5 29.0-40.5 107 24.6 19.6-30.5
GENDER
Male 144 66 45.6 35.7-55.8 54 34.9 25.9-45.0 24 19.6 11.9-30.3
Female 276 92 36.5 29.8-43.8 101 34.2 28.1-40.9 83 29.3 23.4-36.0
RACE
White 302 101 37.8 30.9-45.3 122 38.3 31.5-45.6 79 23.9 18.5-30.3
Other 117 56 47.1 36.2-58.4 33 26.6 18.3-36.9 28 26.3 16.5-39.2
AGE
18-44 154 57 40.7 31.3-50.8 60 33.8 25.2-43.7 37 25.4 17.3-35.8
45+ 264 100 41.0 34.2-48.1 95 35.5 29.2-42.4 69 23.5 18.4-29.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 66 44.8 35.1-54.9 49 33.0 23.9-43.7 45 22.2 15.7-30.3
Some College + 258 92 38.6 31.3-46.4 106 35.7 29.0-42.9 60 25.7 18.9-34.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 86 41.9 33.5-50.8 73 29.4 22.3-37.5 62 28.7 21.0-37.9
$50,000+ 130 45 40.5 30.8-50.9 62 44.3 34.8-54.2 23 15.2 10.0-22.6

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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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