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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston 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
-Johnston County 339 299 89.2 84.4-92.6 23 7.3 4.5-11.7 17 3.5 2.0- 6.2
GENDER
Male 128 107 83.8 74.8-90.1 13 11.4 6.2-20.0 8 4.8 2.2-10.3
Female 211 192 94.0 89.7-96.5 10 3.6 1.7- 7.6 9 2.4 1.1- 5.0
RACE
White 273 246 90.1 84.9-93.7 16 6.2 3.4-10.9 11 3.7 1.9- 7.2
Other 64 52 86.2 73.1-93.5 6 10.8 4.3-24.5 6 3.1 1.3- 7.2
AGE
18-44 116 101 88.3 80.1-93.4 8 7.6 3.6-15.4 7 4.1 1.8- 9.1
45+ 221 198 91.0 85.7-94.5 13 6.1 3.2-11.3 10 2.9 1.4- 5.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 142 87.1 79.6-92.2 14 8.2 4.2-15.4 10 4.6 2.2- 9.3
Some College + 172 156 90.8 84.0-94.8 9 6.6 3.2-13.0 7 2.7 1.0- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 155 141 90.9 82.5-95.5 8 7.2 3.1-16.1 6 1.8 0.8- 4.2
$50,000+ 146 129 90.2 83.6-94.4 9 5.4 2.6-10.9 8 4.4 1.9- 9.6

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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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