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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,272 1,815 11.3 10.6-12.1 12,457 88.7 87.9-89.4
-Mecklenburg County 655 84 10.8 8.4-13.7 571 89.2 86.3-91.6
GENDER
Male 235 21 7.5 4.5-12.2 214 92.5 87.8-95.5
Female 420 63 13.7 10.4-17.8 357 86.3 82.2-89.6
RACE
White 458 68 12.8 9.9-16.4 390 87.2 83.6-90.1
Other 193 16 7.8 4.3-13.7 177 92.2 86.3-95.7
AGE
18-44 230 22 7.4 4.5-11.7 208 92.6 88.3-95.5
45+ 417 60 14.6 11.2-18.9 357 85.4 81.1-88.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 14 5.2 2.8- 9.4 158 94.8 90.6-97.2
Some College + 482 70 13.2 10.1-17.1 412 86.8 82.9-89.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 18 5.4 3.0- 9.4 223 94.6 90.6-97.0
$50,000+ 329 51 14.3 10.5-19.1 278 85.7 80.9-89.5

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*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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.

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