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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 15,235 12,698 81.9 81.0-82.8 943 6.6 6.1- 7.2 1,594 11.4 10.7-12.2
-Guilford County 419 362 84.5 78.8-88.9 21 5.8 3.6- 9.4 36 9.6 6.0-15.2
GENDER
Male 144 123 81.6 70.6-89.2 9 6.7 3.2-13.4 12 11.7 5.4-23.3
Female 275 239 87.2 82.0-91.0 12 5.0 2.6- 9.5 24 7.8 5.1-11.8
RACE
White 301 271 89.3 83.6-93.2 8 3.6 1.6- 8.0 22 7.1 4.1-12.1
Other 117 90 74.2 61.2-84.0 13 10.7 5.8-18.9 14 15.1 7.0-29.6
AGE
18-44 154 135 84.7 74.1-91.5 7 4.5 1.9-10.1 12 10.8 4.9-22.0
45+ 263 227 85.0 79.0-89.5 14 7.3 4.0-12.9 22 7.7 4.9-12.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 126 80.8 72.5-87.0 16 10.1 5.7-17.2 17 9.2 5.2-15.6
Some College + 258 236 87.4 78.5-92.9 5 3.2 1.2- 8.0 17 9.4 4.5-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 181 77.7 68.2-84.9 14 7.9 4.4-13.8 26 14.4 8.2-24.2
$50,000+ 130 127 96.2 87.5-98.9 1 2.2 0.3-13.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2

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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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