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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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 12,546 8,055 65.0 63.5-66.5 2,540 20.4 19.1-21.7 1,951 14.6 13.4-15.9
-Mecklenburg County 591 371 61.9 56.4-67.0 138 24.2 19.8-29.2 82 14.0 10.6-18.2
GENDER
Male 218 127 55.7 47.5-63.7 53 27.1 20.3-35.1 38 17.2 11.8-24.2
Female 373 244 67.3 60.2-73.7 85 21.5 16.3-28.0 44 11.1 7.4-16.4
RACE
White 413 276 67.1 60.9-72.8 80 20.6 15.6-26.6 57 12.3 9.1-16.5
Other 168 91 54.6 44.3-64.6 52 27.8 20.1-37.2 25 17.5 10.9-27.0
AGE
18-44 182 125 65.2 56.0-73.5 36 23.1 16.2-31.8 21 11.7 7.0-19.0
45+ 403 243 58.9 53.1-64.5 101 25.6 20.9-30.8 59 15.5 11.6-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 70 47.9 36.2-59.8 48 36.3 25.6-48.6 23 15.8 9.3-25.6
Some College + 448 300 67.0 61.2-72.4 90 19.8 15.7-24.7 58 13.2 9.5-18.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 125 58.7 48.8-67.9 60 26.2 18.9-34.9 34 15.2 9.5-23.3
$50,000+ 274 193 69.6 62.7-75.7 47 17.8 13.1-23.9 34 12.5 8.6-18.0

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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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