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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 377 44 8.1 5.7-11.4 333 91.9 88.6-94.3
GENDER
Male 130 9 4.6 2.1- 9.8 121 95.4 90.2-97.9
Female 247 35 11.9 8.3-16.6 212 88.1 83.4-91.7
RACE
White 323 43 9.9 6.9-14.0 280 90.1 86.0-93.1
Other 53 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 52 98.4 89.6-99.8
AGE
18-44 99 11 5.4 2.7-10.5 88 94.6 89.5-97.3
45+ 275 33 11.0 7.6-15.7 242 89.0 84.3-92.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8 115 97.7 94.2-99.1
Some College + 257 39 11.2 7.6-16.1 218 88.8 83.9-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 168 14 3.4 1.8- 6.2 154 96.6 93.8-98.2
$50,000+ 163 27 14.1 9.3-20.8 136 85.9 79.2-90.7

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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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