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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 12,541 11,817 93.2 92.0-94.2 387 3.3 2.7- 3.9 337 3.5 2.7- 4.6
-Mecklenburg County 591 560 94.8 91.6-96.8 19 2.3 1.3- 4.3 12 2.9 1.4- 5.9
GENDER
Male 218 207 92.7 86.1-96.3 5 2.2 0.7- 6.6 6 5.1 2.1-11.5
Female 373 353 96.6 94.3-98.0 14 2.5 1.3- 4.8 6 0.9 0.4- 2.1
RACE
White 413 397 97.6 95.5-98.7 12 2.0 1.0- 4.0 4 0.5 0.2- 1.3
Other 168 153 90.1 82.2-94.8 7 3.1 1.1- 8.3 8 6.8 3.0-14.4
AGE
18-44 182 177 95.5 89.1-98.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.6 3 2.9 0.9- 9.1
45+ 403 377 94.0 90.4-96.3 17 3.1 1.8- 5.3 9 2.9 1.3- 6.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 129 90.6 80.6-95.7 6 1.6 0.6- 4.1 6 7.7 3.0-18.4
Some College + 448 429 96.3 93.4-98.0 13 2.6 1.3- 5.4 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 201 90.4 82.6-94.9 7 2.1 0.9- 5.0 11 7.5 3.5-15.6
$50,000+ 274 268 97.0 92.4-98.9 5 2.4 0.8- 7.1 1 0.6 0.1- 3.8

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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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