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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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 12,510 8,998 71.9 70.4-73.3 936 7.5 6.8- 8.3 2,576 20.6 19.3-22.0
-Buncombe County 380 291 78.8 73.2-83.4 20 4.2 2.5- 6.9 69 17.0 12.7-22.4
GENDER
Male 137 97 74.5 65.2-82.0 8 5.4 2.5-11.0 32 20.1 13.4-29.1
Female 243 194 82.4 75.3-87.8 12 3.3 1.7- 6.0 37 14.4 9.3-21.5
RACE
White 348 268 78.1 72.2-83.1 16 3.7 2.1- 6.5 64 18.1 13.5-24.0
Other 29 20 83.0 65.4-92.7 4 9.6 3.0-26.7 5 7.3 2.7-18.5
AGE
18-44 101 79 78.1 67.5-86.0 3 2.2 0.6- 7.7 19 19.7 12.2-30.2
45+ 278 211 79.4 74.0-83.9 17 6.1 3.6-10.0 50 14.5 10.9-19.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 73 67.7 55.8-77.7 8 4.6 2.1-10.0 30 27.7 18.2-39.6
Some College + 266 216 83.2 76.9-88.1 12 4.2 2.2- 7.8 38 12.6 8.3-18.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 181 131 75.0 66.2-82.1 11 5.4 2.7-10.5 39 19.6 13.2-28.2
$50,000+ 155 132 85.1 77.2-90.6 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3 18 12.0 7.0-19.7

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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