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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell 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 12,534 10,969 86.5 85.3-87.7 757 6.4 5.6- 7.2 808 7.1 6.1- 8.2
-Iredell County 408 359 81.6 74.0-87.3 22 9.2 5.2-16.0 27 9.2 5.3-15.5
GENDER
Male 153 133 84.5 75.1-90.8 12 8.9 4.6-16.4 8 6.6 2.8-15.1
Female 255 226 79.1 67.2-87.5 10 9.5 3.8-21.8 19 11.4 5.7-21.4
RACE
White 351 310 82.2 73.7-88.4 18 9.4 4.8-17.4 23 8.4 4.6-15.0
Other 56 48 77.9 57.3-90.3 4 8.8 2.8-24.6 4 13.3 3.9-36.7
AGE
18-44 123 103 74.7 61.8-84.4 11 12.9 6.2-25.0 9 12.4 6.0-23.9
45+ 284 255 89.6 84.7-93.1 11 4.9 2.5- 9.4 18 5.5 3.3- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 162 76.2 63.8-85.3 13 13.7 6.5-26.6 16 10.1 4.9-19.7
Some College + 217 197 86.7 77.3-92.5 9 5.0 2.4- 9.9 11 8.4 3.6-18.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 172 90.1 83.1-94.4 11 7.1 3.4-14.2 9 2.8 1.3- 5.8
$50,000+ 147 131 82.5 70.2-90.5 8 9.9 4.2-21.9 8 7.5 2.9-18.1

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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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